1. Career and career choices

2. Unit 1: Commitment to a decision taken

3. Do I study further? Full –time or part-time? What must I study?
What do I do after Grade 12?
Do I study further? Full –time or part-time? What must I study?
Do I apply for job? Where do
I start?
What about a gap year?
DECISIONS –
DECISIONS - DECISONS

5. 1.1 Commit to decision taken
Decisions=resolutions to make up your mind about a choice after considering the different options
Decisions are based on your:
Interests
Strengths
Weaknesses
Skills
Abilities
Personality

6. Commit=to promise to do something; to work very hard to do something; to not give up
After you make a decision, you have toCOMMITtoit
Decisions do not lead to much – you haveto ACT ON YOUR DECISION
What does this mean?

7. 1.2. Job or course applications for additional or higher education
Application hints:
refer topg80
Job application:
Are you sure this is what you want to do?
Have you gathered enough information on various options?
Have you researched the jobs in detail?

8. 1.2. Job or course applications for additional or higher education…….
Application for a course at a higher education institution (HEI) or for additional education
Are therecourses, other than at university, that will be better suited to you?
Is theclosestHEI, necessarily the best for you?
Fees?
Reputationof HEI?
Is the HEI orcoursearecognised? Check with SAQA/NQF/CHE
Where will you stayif the HEI is far away?

10. 1.3. Skills for final action
Availability of funds:
Bursary
Scholarship
Student loan
Learnership(contact the SETA for the sector you are interested in)

11. 1.3. Skills for finalaction…..
Complete forms:
Seepgs83-84 for examples and what to remember

12. 1.3. Skills for finalaction…….
Accommodation and travel arrangements:
Where will you stay?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of that accommodation option
What travel arrangements will you have to make? Cost?

13. 1.4. Locate work or study opportunities
Where do I get career information???
pg85-86

14. 1.5.Requirements for acceptance and possible challenges
You have the necessary marks, qualifications, experience
You have completed the application forms correctly
You met the due dates

15. Possiblechallenges: Availability of funding
Not being able to follow your first choice of study programme
Transport & accommodation
Lack of jobs that interest you
You have to move far away from home
Language of instruction is not your home language

16. 1.6. Strategies to achieve goals
SMARTgoals
Specific – exact and not general
Measurable – you can see when you have achieved your goal/made progress towards it
Achievable – you can reach this goal, it is within your abilities, it is possible
Realistic – your goal is practical and sensible
Timely – you can achieve it within the time you have set yourself

18. 1.6. Strategies to achievegoals….
Once you have set youSMARTgoal:
Make anaction planto achieve it
Carry outthe action plan
Evaluateif you have achieved your goal or how far you still have to go

19. Unit 2: Reasons for and impact of unemployment

20. 2.1. Reasons for unemployment
Recession–downturn, slump, decline
Unemployment–being without a job, jobless
Many reasons for unemployment
SA not the only country with a high unemployment rate
In SA the greatest number of unemployed people is between the ages of 15 and 35 (youth unemployment is a serious problem)

21. 2.1. Reasons forunemployment…
Specific reasons for youth unemploymentpg91
Reasons for unemploymentpg90

22. 2.2. Impact of unemployment
Unemployed people lose hope, self-respect and motivation
This causes family conflicts, substance abuse, illness, crime, and child abuse
They may be forced to accept low paying jobs
The unemployed don’t pay tax, so the government has less money to provide training and create jobs
This is known as theCYCLE OF UNEMPLOYMENTpg93

24. 2.2. Impact ofunemployment….
Crime
Exploitation
Humantrafficking
HIV and AIDS
Child abuse
Exclusion and loneliness
Not feeling like a South African citizen
Poverty
Hunger
Homelessness
Lack of education & training
Substance abuse
Physical & mental health suffers

25. POVERTY

29. Unit 3: innovative solutions to counteract unemployment

30. 3.1. Volunteering, part-time jobs, community work, entrepreneurship and informal jobs

31. 3.1. Volunteering, part-time jobs, community work, entrepreneurship and informal jobs………

32. 3.1.Volunteering, part-time jobs, community work, entrepreneurship and informal jobs…..

33. 3.2.Financial and social viability of entrepreneurship and other employment options
Create work and employ others
In SA formal jobs are scarce
Draw up abusiness plan
Become anentrepreneur

34. 3.3. SARS obligations
Income tax is the governments main source of income
It is every citizens duty to pay tax
What does the government do with the tax?
Tax threshold
Key words:
-Income tax
-SARS
-Tax threshold
-Non-compliance
-Tax dodging

35. 3.4.The impact of corruption and fraud on the individual, company, community and country
Key words:
*corruption= dishonesty, misuse of public power and money for private benefit
*fraud= to swindle, scam, cheat or deceive
*cronyism= favouritism shown to friends, regardless of their qualifications
Forms of corruption:
Bribery
Influence peddling
Stealing public resources
Nepotism & cronyism
Favouritism
Extortion

38. 3.4.The impact of corruption and fraud on the individual, company, community andcountry…..
Impact of corruption on:
Individuals
Companies
Communities
The country
What to do?
- Never take part in corruption
- Report corruption