1. © South-Western Educational Publishing Chapter 2 Planning Your Career  

2. GOALS © South-Western Educational Publishing Lesson 2.1 Finding a Good Career Fit    

3. © South-Western Educational Publishing Why People Work    

4. © South-Western Educational Publishing Factors Affecting Career Choice   

5. Values: Things That are Important to You       

6. Lifestyle: How to Choose to Live Your Life     

7. © South-Western Educational Publishing Interests: Types of Work Activities  Analyzing and recording  Creating and designing  Following directions  Helping others  Indoor work  Managing people and resources  Manual work  Outdoor work  Physically active work  Physically inactive work  Presenting or speaking  Repetitive tasks  Self-motivated work  Thinking work  Various tasks  Working alone  Working on a computer  Working with machines

8. © South-Western Educational Publishing Personal Qualities 1.Has a good attitude toward own work and that of others. 2.Shows courtesy and respect toward others. 3.Is dependable and will do what is promised. 4.Has a desire to succeed and to do a good job. 5.Has enthusiasm for the job and for life. 6.Is clean and has a healthy appearance. 7.Is friendly and helpful. 8.Has a good sense of humor and cares about others. 9.Desires and respects giving a day’s work for a day’s pay. 10.Is willing and able to learn new skills. 11.Is able to adapt to change quickly and easily. 12.Is capable of working in a stressful and changing environment.

9. © South-Western Educational Publishing Steps in Career Planning    

10. © South-Western Educational Publishing The Importance of Goals  Short-term goal  Intermediate goals  Long-term goals

11. © South-Western Educational Publishing Role of Experience  Experience is knowledge and skills acquired from working in a career field  Lack of experience may mean a lower salary

12. GOALS © South-Western Educational Publishing Lesson 2.2 Finding Career Opportunities      

13. © South-Western Educational Publishing Sources of Job Opportunity Information  Primary Research     

14. Sources of Job Opportunity Information  Secondary Research    

15. © South-Western Educational Publishing Job Search Techniques    