1. Your Ideal Career More than just the work

2.   Copy vocab into workbook (from word document)  Complete the Crossword for the chapter  Read vocab words once a night for homework  To prepare for vocab test at the end of the chapter. Chapter 5 Vocab

3. category : a classification or grouping characteristics : traits or attributes environment : your surroundings; the setting in which you live or work frequent : to hang out at a place regularly acquaintances : a person you know but who is not a close friend isolation : being detached or far removed from others variety : many different forms or types of something compatible : able to live or work together in harmony flexible : adaptable to new, changing, or developing circumstances potential : hidden talent or possibility incentive : motive; something that provokes action option : a choice; an alternative way of arriving at something composite : a combination of several different parts free lance : a person who works within a profession but with no fixed long-term responsibility to any one company sequential : one after another anxiety : uneasiness; a feeling of impending doom tolerance : open-mindedness; understanding someone else’s beliefs even if they are unlike your own entrepreneur : someone who establishes and runs a business or company capital : the money invested to start or maintain a business status : a person’s position in relation to others

4.   Physical settings  Working conditions  Relationships at work  Psychological rewards of working  Mixing career and family  Financial rewards Considerations

5.   Read pg 124-125 & discuss  Continue through pg 131 reading and checking the boxes that appeal to you  Be sure to check the boxes in your workbook Considerations

6.   Based on the boxes you selected for considerations and the personal profile bull's-eye chart complete the following  Fill out your job skills chart (using info from ch 2)  Refer back to Gina’s story in the opening  Discuss pg 133  Fill in your chart that matches pg 134 Ideal Job

7.   Full- or part-time job  Structured or flexible hours  Composite or single career(s)  Salary or freelance/commission  Company site or telecommuting/home-based  Lifetime or sequential career(s)  Anxiety and how much you can tolerate Job Characteristics

8.   Read pg 135-136  Complete chart that matches pg 137 “Fears are normal; learning to act in spite of them is a mark of maturity.” annonymous

9.   Employer  People who own their business, whatever it’s size  “Entrepreneur”  More freedom and control over their time  Take major risks, personally and financially  Complete the checklist that matches 138-139 and total your score to learn if you are a “good candidate” Employee or Employer?

10.   Do you care about having a more prestigious career?  Consider…  Status within the field but not overall  Status based on more education  Doctors, lawyers, college professors, etc  Is status always related to income?  Read pg 140 Status