2. Pre-class: Respond to
following questions…
• 1. Do you equate a career choice
with making a lot of money?
• 2. What are the advantages of
taking a career risk?
• 3. What are the disadvantages of
taking a career risk?
• 4. What on earth is a “career”. Is it
different than a “job”?
3. Go to the following link to
learn more about career
risks…
www.introbus.glencoe.com
5. APTITUDE EXPLANATION EXAMPLES OF
OCCUPATION
Mechanical Ability to work well with your
hands
Copier technician,
carpenter
Math Ability to work with numbers Retail sales, insurance
underwriter, accounting,
CEO, CFO
Communication Ability it express yourself in
speech & writing
Writer, editor, CSR,
publisher
Human
Relations
Ability to get along with and
understand others
Supervise, health, human
resources, teach, social
service
Problem
Solving
Ability to apply the reasoning
process to problem situations
Manager, systems analyst,
systems admins,
computer tech, CSI
Kinesthetic Ability with physical
coordination
Exercise, physical therapy,
athlete, teach
Artistic Ability to create or re-create
forms of expression
Dancer, artistic, designer,
interior design
6. DEFINITIONS
Career—an occupation or field which you work over
a long period of time. Takes planning, time,
training and experience
Career--your thoughts:
7. DEFINITIONS
• Career planning—
assessing your potential, analyzing your
options and preparing for the future.
• Career Counselor
a person trained to provide information and
guidance on choosing a career. Helps you
learn more about your interests and abilities
10. Most important tactic in
business world… you
CANNOT succeed without
this
• IDEAS:
• ANSWER:
NETWORKING
Defined as:
meeting and talking to people in
different occupations to find out
what they do and make
connections
11. How people find jobs
How people find jobs
Heard about opening
from someone 35%
Contacted employer
directly 30%
Answered want ads
(14%)
Referred by state
emloyment agency
(5%)
Referred by orivate
employment agency
(6%)
Other methods (school,
union)- 8%
Took civil service test
2%
12. What are your thoughts?
• What do you
consider a
profession?
• What do you
consider a trade?
13. How to reach profession
Associates Degree
Focus, 5 year plan Bachleors Degree Masters Degree
PROFESSION
14. DEFINITIONS:
• Profession—
a field that requires a
high level of
education.
Examples are law,
medicine, teaching or
architecture
• Trade—
a field that requires a
high level of manual
or technical skill
Examples are carpentry,
mechanics or
computer
programming
15. Steps to the Trades
Apprenticeship
6 mos-1 yr
Test, Approval
Journeyman
Several Years
Master Tradesman
16. STEP 1:
• Apprenticeship—learning
a trade by working under
the guidance of a skilled
worker. Examples are a
chef, plumber, electrician,
tattoo artist, music
producer Trade schools
help with this
• Journey worker—an
apprentice who
completes a program.
Also called a skilled
craftsman. Make high
wages
STEP 2:
17. Steps to Professions
Bachleors Degree
Requirement for choice
Internship
on the job experience
Masters Degree
Higher Earning potential
Mid Salary Profession
18. How about the cold hard
cash?
• Starting salary for
tradesman--4
years of working
experience
• Starting salary for
a college
graduate with a
BA or BS (not
engineering/comp
uter)
www.Salary.com
19. What can you do to
ensure success?
• Internship—a program that provides hands-on
experience for a beginner in an occupation,
usually as an unpaid trainee. Happens al lot in
college
• Shadowing—following a person throughout a
workday to see what a job involves
• Career ladder—different job levels. What
someone moves up on in a career?
• Entry level job—a beginning career job
20. QUIZ QUESTIONS:
• Q. Difference between a profession and a trade:
• Q. Some ways you can gain work experience
• Q. Where can you find out about apprenticeship
programs?
• Q. Difference between a job and a career?
• Q. What is the difference between an aptitude and
a skill?
21. QUIZ ANSWERS:
• Q. Difference between a profession and a trade:
• A. Requires a high level of education versus a high level of manual or
technical skill
• Q. Some ways you can gain work experience
• A. apprenticeship, internship, volunteer work, work in a family
business, shadow
• Q. Where can you find out about apprenticeship programs?
• A. labor unions, trade schools, state employment office
• Q. Difference between a job and a career?
• A. One is something you do to make money and the other is an
occupation or field in which you work for a long time
• Q. What is the difference between an aptitude and a skill?
• A. one is the natural ability to do something and the other is developed
through learning and experience
23. Do you have any?
• Qualifications— • Employability Skills
—
education, skills and
work experience to
do a particular job
a person’s character,
personality, and
ability to work with
each other
Ideas… Ideas…
24. What do you need?
• Resume • References
a summary of your skills,
education and work
experience.
person an employer can
contact to find out about
your experience,
education and character
25. Why do you need a
resume? Purpose?
• Your thoughts… Purpose it to
persuade
potential
employers to
grant you an
interview
26. What resources are there?
Who can help me find a
job? What do I need to
do?
• Who?
• Where?
• What?
• When?
27. Ideas…
• Job
Lead:
informat-
ion about
a job
opening
• Referral:
a personal
recommend-
ation to an
employer or
other job
lead
Employment
agencies :
services that help
people find jobs.
Can be public or
private.
28. What do I need to get
started…
• Resume
• Talk to references, get phone #’s
and addresses of them
• Cover letter
• Book on interviewing skills
• New suit or dry cleaned
• Positive attitude and perseverance
29. Why do you need a cover
letter?
• a one page document that tells the employer
about you and why you’re applying for the
job
• Give a brief introduction without having to
read resume…saves time for hiring
manager
• Prove your writing skills
• Introduce yourself….1st impression
• WHY and WHAT you WANT!
30. Before you spoke to me, I
knew 40% about you.
• Body Language—nonverbal communication.
Says more about you than your spoken or
written words. Includes facial, posture, eye
contact, gestures, hand shake
