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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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