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Planning Your Career

2.1 Finding the Right Career Fit2.2 Finding Career Opportunities

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Do Now:

■ Create a Goals Checklist■ Turn to page 31 in your textbook and look

at figure 2.4 for an example.■ 1. Short Term■ 2. Intermediate■ 3. Long Term

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Discuss:

■What are some obstacles you may have in achieving your goals?

■How can you overcome these obstacles?

■Who can help you in achieving your goals?

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Agenda■ List reasons why people work.■ Discuss factors that affect career choices.■ Identify and describe good career

planning techniques. List sources of job opportunity information.

■ Itemize job search techniques and design a plan to get the job you want.

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Why People Work

■ Needs, wants, and goals■ Sense of purpose■ Sense of identity—of who they are

and how they fit in

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Values and Lifestyle

■ Values are the ideals in life that are important to you.

■ Lifestyle is the way people choose to live their lives, based on the values they have chosen.

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Aptitudes and Interests

■ An aptitude is a natural physical or mental ability that allows you to do certain tasks well.

■ Interests are the things you like to do.

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Personal Qualities

■ Your personality is made up of the many individual qualities that make you unique.

■ Personal qualities include such things as your intelligence, creativity, sense of humor, and general attitude.

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Career Planning

■ Important task■ Consider the total time spent working

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Steps in Career Planning

■ Self-analysis■ Research■ Plan of action■ Re-evaluation

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The Importance of Goals

■ A goal is a desired end toward which efforts are directed. Goals provide a sense of direction and purpose in life.

■ There are three types of goals: ■ Short-term goals are one you expect to reach in a

few days or weeks.■ Intermediate goals are those you wish to

accomplish in the next few months or years. ■ Long-term goals are those you wish to achieve in

five to ten years or longer.

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GOALS CHECKLISTWeek of ____________

AccomplishedShort-term goals (today/this week): 1. Buy birthday gift for mom _______________ 2. Get haircut (Saturday) _______________ 3. See counselor about chemistry class _______________Intermediate goals (next month/year) 1. Get a C or better in Chemistry _______________

2. Prepare for SAT (test in May) _______________

3. Finish term report (due December 14) _______________Long-term goals (future) 1. Graduate from college _______________ 2. Buy a car _______________ 3. Get a full-time job _______________

Goals Checklist

Short-term

Intermediate

Long-term

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The Role of Experience

■ Experience is the knowledge and skills acquired from working in a career field.

■ Lack of experience may mean a lower salary.

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Contacts■ A contact is a member of your

network. ■ Many job openings are never advertised. ■ Contacts can provide you with inside

information on job openings.

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Job Shadowing■ Job shadowing is

spending a morning or afternoon with a worker in the type of job that interests you.

■ You can see how activities are performed in a typical day firsthand.

■ Job shadowing can give you an inside track on finding out about future job openings.

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School Counseling andPlacement Services

■ Assist students in making career choices

■ Guide students as they prepare for careers

■ Help students get part- or full-time work■ Cooperative education is a program

where students attend classes part of the day and then go to a job that provides supervised field experience.

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Public and Private Employment Agencies

■ Employment agency■ Employment agencies help job

seekers find a job for which they are qualified.

■ They also help employers locate the best applicants for job openings.

■ Headhunter■ A headhunter is a type of

employment agency that seeks out highly qualified people to fill important positions for an employer.

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Public and Private Employment Agencies

■ State employment office■ Temporary agency

■ A temporary agency, commonly referred to as a “temp agency,” provides part- or full-time temporary job placement.

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Newspaper, Yellow Pages, and Private Job Listings

■ Help wanted ads■ Unsolicited letter of

application-what is it?

■ Job opening announcements

■ What other ways can you search for a job?

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Online Job Information

■ Online career and employment sites

■ Newspaper web sites

■ Company web sites

■ Professional association web sites

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Job Search Techniques

■ A careful search can land you a job you will enjoy for many years.

■ Your work history is a record of the jobs you have held and how long you stayed with each employer.

■ Employers will evaluate your work history when you apply for a job.

■ Take time to do what is necessary to find the job that is the right fit for you.

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Finding the Right Job

■ Get organized.■ Make a plan.■ Follow up.■ Don’t give up.

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Closure:

How do companies fill jobs without advertising?

How can cooperative education help you get a job?

How can the Internet help your job search?

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