Your Career: Your Career: Doing What Matters MostDoing What Matters Most

What will you do after high School?

Go to college? Join the military? Enter a trade school? Start working a full time job?

What Do You Think?

1. Forty-four percent of teenagers worked last summer.

2. Most of them worked full-time jobs (35 or more hours a week).

3. Teens most often work in the food service and retail industries.

4. The average American will have had 10 jobs between the ages of 18 and 38.

5. Every year, about one-tenth of workers change jobs to take advantage of better opportunities.

1. True.

2. False

3. True.

4. True.

5. False.

True or False

Why do people work?Why do people work?

Job Vs. Career A job is defined as anything that has to be

done, as the action of completing a task or duty. A job provides you with the basics—cash and something to do to earn it.

A career, on the other hand, is technically defined as a profession or vocation that is pursued as life work. In other words you have made a long term commitment.

Face it… you’re going to be working for a long time.

If you plan to retire at age 65, you have more than four decades of work ahead of you.

Can you imagine doing the same thing for 40 years?

Reasons Employees Are Reasons Employees Are RewardedRewarded They add value with their They add value with their

ideas.ideas. They learn new skills.They learn new skills. They help the business They help the business

grow.grow. They take on additional They take on additional

responsibility.responsibility. Can you think of others?Can you think of others?

Have you got the Have you got the skills?skills?

Basic SkillsBasic Skills

Interpersonal SkillsInterpersonal Skills

Information ManagementInformation ManagementSkillsSkills

Systems SkillsSystems Skills

Technology SkillsTechnology Skills

Thinking SkillsThinking Skills

Personal SkillsPersonal SkillsResource ManagementResource Management

SkillsSkills

Basic SkillsBasic SkillsAble to read, write, perform basic math Able to read, write, perform basic math computations; listens well; speaks clearlycomputations; listens well; speaks clearly

Key Employee SkillsKey Employee Skills

Personal SkillsPersonal Skills

Goal driven, positive self image, Goal driven, positive self image, sociable, realistic self-assessment, sociable, realistic self-assessment, demonstrates honestydemonstrates honesty

InterpersonalInterpersonal SkillsTeam player, able to teach and lead other employees Team player, able to teach and lead other employees with diverse backgrounds, meets customer with diverse backgrounds, meets customer expectations, negotiates wellexpectations, negotiates well

Key Employee SkillsKey Employee Skills

Organizational SkillsOrganizational SkillsWorks well in an organization, can Works well in an organization, can monitor and correct performance, monitor and correct performance, suggests improvements to the suggests improvements to the organizationorganization

Thinking SkillsThinking SkillsCreates new ideas, makes decisions, Creates new ideas, makes decisions, solves problems, organizes solves problems, organizes information, learns efficiently, can information, learns efficiently, can reason things out.reason things out.

Key Employee SkillsKey Employee Skills

Resource Management SkillsResource Management SkillsMakes good use of time, money, materials, and Makes good use of time, money, materials, and employee resources. Thinks of more efficient employee resources. Thinks of more efficient ways of doing thingsways of doing things

Information Management SkillsInformation Management SkillsAcquires, assimilates, and organizes information; Acquires, assimilates, and organizes information; has solid analytical and problem-solving skillshas solid analytical and problem-solving skills

Key Employee SkillsKey Employee Skills

Technology SkillsTechnology SkillsSolid skills in various electronic media Solid skills in various electronic media (computers), can operate various types (computers), can operate various types of equipment with ease, can maintain of equipment with ease, can maintain and repair equipment and repair equipment

What are your skills? Turn to this page in What are your skills? Turn to this page in your packet…your packet…

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Source: Job Outlook 2006, National Association of Colleges and Employers

Education and Earnings

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Typical Employee Benefits Hospitalization, Medical, and Disability Insurance Dental and Vision Insurance Accidental Death Insurance Sick Leave Paid Vacation Time and Holidays Parental Leave Worker’s Compensation Insurance Life Insurance Retirement Benefits Retirement Savings Plans Employee Assistance Programs

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Factors that Can Affect Your Earning Factors that Can Affect Your Earning PotentialPotential

Business DownturnBusiness Downturn

Being Laid OffBeing Laid Off

Life-Changing SituationsLife-Changing Situations

Changing CareersChanging Careers

PromotionsPromotions

RelocationRelocation

Business UpturnBusiness Upturn

Additional TrainingAdditional Training

What other factors can you think of?What other factors can you think of?

A New JobA New Job

Being FiredBeing Fired

Advanced DegreesAdvanced Degrees