Thinking About Work

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Chapter 2 Thinking About Work
Lesson 2.1 What Is Work All About?
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Discover

• Why people work
• How work affects peoples lives

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Why Its Important

• Choosing work that is right for you will be
  easier to do if you understand why people work
  and how work can affect your life.

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Key Terms

• job
• occupation
• career
• full-time
• lifestyle

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What Is Work?

• Work is what people do to earn money.
• Money is not the whole story though.

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Why Work?

• People work

to make a contribution
to help others
to use skills and talents
to meet other people
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Why Work?

• Some people work so that they wont be bored.
• Others think of work as a way to challenge their
  minds.

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Why Work?

• Works makes many people feel good about
  themselves.

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Jobs, Occupations, and Careers

• Work includes jobs, occupations, and careers.

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Jobs, Occupations, and Careers

• A job is work that people do for pay.

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Jobs, Occupations, and Careers

• An occupation is a set of related skills and
  experiences.

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Jobs, Occupations, and Careers

• If you are trained and experienced as an
  engineer, your occupation is engineer, even if
  you do not hold an engineer job.

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Jobs, Occupations, and Careers

• A career is a work history of one or more jobs in
  the same or related fields of interest.

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Jobs, Occupations, and Careers

• Each job in a career builds on interest,
  knowledge, training, and experience from the
  other jobs.

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Your Work and Your Life

• If you work full-time, youll be on the job at
  least 40 hours a week.
• Thats the time youll definitely want to spend
  doing things you enjoy.

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Choosing a Way of Life

• The work you do affects your lifestyle.
• Your lifestyle is the way you use your time,
  energy, and other resources.

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Try This Activity
What Kind of Lifestyle Do You Want?

• It is important to understand the impact of
  career choice on personal lifestyle.

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Try This Activity
What Kind of Lifestyle Do You Want?

• Lifestyle Budget Prepare a personal lifestyle
  budget reflecting your lifestyle desires.

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Try This Activity
What Kind of Lifestyle Do You Want?

• Think About Salaries Now that you have estimated
  how much it will cost to live the lifestyle you
  plan, use print and online resources to determine
  the monthly salaries of ten careers in which you
  are interested.

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Try This Activity
What Kind of Lifestyle Do You Want?

• Remain Flexible As you plan for your future,
  remember that adaptability and flexibility are
  vitally important.

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Attitude Counts

• Recipe for Success
• In the recipe for success, in both career and
  life, attitude is an essential ingredient.
• You can start cultivating a positive attitude
  today.

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Critical Thinking Review

• What are some important reasons for working?
• Reasons for working include earning money, making
  a contribution, helping others, using skills and
  talents, meeting other people, or achieving
  personal satisfaction.

Critical Thinking
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Critical Thinking Review

• How might the kind of work you choose affect your
  lifestyle?
• Your income can determine the kind of lifestyle
  you have. Work responsibilities can affect how
  much time you have to spend with friends and
  family and to pursue other interests.

Critical Thinking
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End of Chapter 2 Thinking About Work
Lesson 2.1 What Is Work All About?