1. Decisions in Planning Your Career
Section 2-1

2. What You’ll Learn
How to identify the personal issues to consider when choosing & planning your career
How to evaluate the factors that influence employment opportunities

3. Some Characteristics of Successful People
Work well with others
Strive to do their best
Creativity when problem solving
Understanding themselves & others
Not allowing conflicts to hinder their work

4. Job vs. Career Job: work that a person does mainly to earn money
Career: a commitment to work in a field that is interesting & fulfilling

5. Standard of Living
A measure of quality of life based on the amounts & kinds of goods and services a person can buy

6. Trends
Developments that mark changes in a particular area

7. Potential Earning Power
The amount of money a person may earn over time

8. Aptitudes
The natural abilities that people possess

9. Interest Inventories
Tests that help people to identify the activities they enjoy the most & match their interests, likes, and dislikes with various kinds of work

10. Stages of Career Planning

11. A Career Plan of Action

12. Demographics Trends Ways in which groups of people change over time
Areas with fastest-growing job markets: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, & Texas

13. Recent Demographic Trends Affecting the Job Market
More working parents
More leisure time
More elderly people in the overall population
Greater demand for ongoing employment training

14. Service Industries
Industries that provide services for a fee

15. Assignment
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