2. Contents
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Chapter 1 ■ Your Personal Strengths Chapter 2 ■ The Roles You Play Chapter 3 ■ Why We Work Chapter 4 ■ Exploring the Career Clusters Chapter 5 ■ Think Like an Entrepreneur Chapter 6 ■ Skills for Success Chapter 7 ■ Academic Planning Chapter 8 ■ Communicating with Others Chapter 9 ■ Building Relationships Chapter 10 ■ Basic Math Skills Chapter 11 ■ Technology and Your Career Chapter 12 ■ Career Planning Chapter 13 ■ Managing a Job Search Chapter 14 ■ Getting Started in Your Career
Chapter 15 ■ Being Productive in Your Career Chapter 16 ■ Living a Healthy and Balanced Life Chapter 17 ■ Starting Your Own Business Chapter 18 ■ Planning Your Own Business Chapter 19 ■ Managing Your Business Chapter 20 ■ Personal Money Management Chapter 21 ■ Personal Financial Planning Chapter 22 ■ Basic Economics Chapter 23 ■ Basic Business Financial Management Chapter 24 ■ Financial Calculations for Business

3. Planning a Career To plan your career:
Planning a career involves assessing your career-related skills and interests and then setting goals. You will also explore the career clusters, pathways, and jobs so that you know the possibilities. You must also analyze career resources to identify opportunities that can help you achieve your goals.
To plan your career:
Assess your interests, skills, values, and abilities.
Research the big picture. Which job areas are the fastest-growing in your area?
Explore career options. What types of careers are there?
Create a career plan. What are your career goals?
Get hired.
Be successful.
Continue planning.
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4. A Career Plan
A career plan is a map that shows you the way to achieve your career goals. You use it to identify your skills and interests, to find a career or career cluster that suits your skills and interests, and to determine the type of education and training you will need to succeed.
Your career plan should be specific, realistic, and attainable. It should include a long-range career goal as well as a series of short-term milestones that will help you get there.
There are different ways to develop a career plan. Your teacher or counselor may have a form for you to use.
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5. Managing a Career Self-Assessment
To perform a career self-assessment, focus on career-related skills, interests, values, and abilities.
To assess your career interests, skills, and abilities:
List your two favorite school subjects.
List at least four specific skills you have acquired in your favorite subjects.
List at least four achievements in your favorite subjects.
List at least four abilities.
List at least two interests.
List at least four work values.
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6. Completing Your Career Self-Assessment Worksheet
Use the charts in your textbook to find the ability (or abilities) that describe you best, and to find your interest areas and identify the corresponding careers.
Once you have filled in your career self-assessment worksheet, you can look through the information to find connections that might point to a possible career path.
To complete the worksheet, list your top two preferred career clusters—the clusters that best match your skills, interests, and abilities.
Every career self-assessment worksheet will be unique, because you are unique.
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7. Analyzing Career Planning Resources
Part of planning your career opportunities is to find and use job search resources—tools designed to help you find job leads.
Networking means sharing information about yourself and your career goals with people you know already, or new people you meet in any area of your life.
Employers like to hire people who come with a recommendation from someone they know and trust.
The first step in networking is to tell everyone you know that you are planning your career.
Once you make a contact, it is important to stay in touch through regular calls or s.
Always give the contact your phone number and address so he or she can reach you.
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8. Organizing Contacts and Using Online Resources
Set up a networking file to keep track of each contact. By doing this, you will have a record of each communication to help you stay organized and focused. You can use index cards or a computer program.
You can use the Internet to help find a career. You can also use it to make contacts for networking. Some of the more effective online resources include:
Company Web sites
Government sites
Industry sites
Online job agencies
Social networking sites
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9. Career Centers, Employment Offices, and Job Fairs
Career centers have job listings, research resources, and counselors who will help you identify jobs that match your skills and interests.
Employment offices are often sponsored by the state or local government.
Private employment agencies charge a fee to match employees with employers.
Temporary employment agencies are hired by a company to fill temporary jobs.
A career or job fair is a great opportunity to meet representatives from various companies. You can learn more about the business, types of careers, and available positions.
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10. Using Help Wanted Ads
While most career fairs are general in nature, some focus on a specific industry.
When you attend a career fair, not only are you collecting information for career planning, you should also assume you are also being evaluated as a potential employee.
Help wanted, or classified, ads are job listings for specific positions. They are printed in newspapers and magazines, and posted online.
Help wanted ad listings include a job title and a very brief description of the responsibilities and experience required. There is usually an address, mailing address, phone number to contact to ask for more information or to apply.
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11. Chapter Review
Planning a career involves assessing your career-related skills and interests and then setting goals.
A career plan is a map that shows you the way to achieve your career goals.
To perform a career self-assessment, focus on career-related skills, interests, values, and abilities.
Every career self-assessment worksheet will be unique, because you are unique.
Part of planning your career opportunities is to find and use job search resources—tools designed to help you find job leads.
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12. Chapter Review (continued)
Networking means sharing information about yourself and your career goals with people you know already, or new people you meet in any area of your life.
Career centers have job listings, research resources, and counselors who will help you identify jobs that match your skills and interests.
A career or job fair is a great opportunity to meet representatives from various companies.
Help wanted, or classified, ads are job listings for specific positions.
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