Exploring Careers

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Exploring Careers

• Defining the Terms
• Resources
• Considerations
• Career Clusters

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Defining The Terms

• Job
• A specific duty or responsibility you perform on
  a regular basis, which is paid or unpaid.
• He got a job as a librarian.
• Work
• Conscious effort to produce societal acceptable
  benefits for yourself and others.
• He spent the afternoon working in the garden.

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Defining The Terms

• Occupation
• Is the work that makes up most of your time and
  is typically identified by job title.
• She is a math teacher
• Career
• The totality of your lifes work, including
  family, learning and leisure.
• She has three children, is a competitive
  swimmer, reads mystery novels and has worked in
  politics for 20 years.

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Resources

• What resources are available to you when you
  want to learn more about a particular career?
• Books, Magazines and the Internet (Library)
• Family, Friends or Neighbors (Exploratory
  Interviews)
• Part-Time Work (Cooperative Education)
• Career Centers
• Professionals (Job Shadowing)

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Researching Careers

• What should you consider when researching
• a career?
• Training Education
• Work Environment
• Time Requirements
• Location
• Income

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Consider

• Training Education
• Vocational/Technical School?
• 4 Year or 2 Year College?
• Evening Classes?
• Training Seminars?
• Apprenticeships?
• Often, the more education or training a
  person has, the more marketable they will be,
  therefore, they will make more money.

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Consider

• 2. Work Environment
• Indoors or Outdoors?
• Office setting behind a desk?
• Quiet or Noisy?
• Appropriate Attire? (uniform or suit)
• Supervisor overseeing you?
• Your work environment includes the building
  you work in, the people you work with, the type
  of work you do and more.

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Consider

• 3. Time Requirements
• Typical Hours?
• Shift Nights or Days?
• Weekend or Weekdays?
• Called for emergencies?
• Full-Time or Part-Time?
• Vacation Time?
• Ask yourself How much of my time do I want
  to spend at my job? Is my job going to be one of
  my top priorities?

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Consider

• 4. Location
• City, Town, Suburbs or Country?
• Will I Commute? How Far?
• Climate Warm or Cold?
• Near or Far From Family Friends?
• Cultural Athletic Resources Nearby?
• Think carefully about the way in which where
  you live will affect how you live.

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Consider

• 5. Income
• Ideal Amount of Money to Live On?
• Minimum Amount of Money to Live On?
• Opportunities for Advancement to Make More Money?
• Long Hours for High Income?
• Material Items Desired?
• Most of us want the basic American Dream.
  When thinking about your income, be realistic
  about the profession you choose to be able to
  meet all of your wants and needs.

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Consider

• Does this job coincide with your
• VALUES???

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Career Clusters

• Agribusiness Natural Resources
• Business Office
• Communication/Media
• Construction
• Family Consumer Science
• Environment
• Fine Arts Humanities

• Health
• Hospitality Recreation
• Manufacturing
• Marine Science
• Marketing Distribution
• Personal Service
• Public Service
• Transportation

U.S. Office of Education (15 Career Clusters)