CHAPTER 1: LIFE’S MANY TASKSSection 1: Choosing Your Career

Section 2: Work: What & Why?

Section 3: Developing Your Career Skills

CHAPTER 1.1: CHOOSING YOUR CAREER

Objectives: Appreciate the opinions of others but accept full

responsibility for your decisions Describe how a paycheck & job security,

relationships and work tasks contribute to their level of job satisfaction

Identify 9 steps in a career plan Describe how the career steps relate to your life

goals

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Question: What is the toughest age a person goes through? Infant ToddlerTeen Elderly

Question: In which stage above are people most often given more assistance?

Question: What responsibilities have you taken over in the last few years from the adults in your life?

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CAREER - the paid and unpaid work you do during your lifetime

It determines: How much $$ you have to spend Whom you interact with every day How much free time you have How you feel about your activities and

accomplishments

Remember your book title: Preparing for Career Success

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Question: What is your current career dream?

Question: Was your dream career always the same one you have now?

Question: Why is there a difference?

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Knowing your plans for your future is KEY

How will you support yourself? Do you want to rely on others for the next

several years?

Question: What kind of lifestyle do you want?

Question: What do you picture in 5 years? 10 years?

CHAPTER 1.1: CHOOSING YOUR CAREER The Career Plan (do not write down)

1. List your personal & career interests, natural abilities, job skills & values

2. Establish short- and long-term goals with dates3. Locate & use occupational information4. Choose as many occupations as possible within

your general career interest5. Narrow down your choices6. Develop a plan to acquire the education and

training you will need7. Learn job-seeking & job-keeping skills8. Decide what sacrifices you are willing to make

in order to fulfill your career plan

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3 Types of People

SUBMISSIVE – people who tend to be apologetic, indifferent, passive and yielding

AGGRESSIVE – people who tend to be unfriendly, insulting, domineering, relentless and quarrelsome

ASSERTIVE – people who tend to be persistent, understanding and cooperative