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Chapter 4Making Career Decisions
Chapter 4Making Career Decisions
Lesson 4.2 Career Strategy
Lesson 4.2 Career Strategy
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How to make decisions about careers
How to check your career decisions
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Why It’s ImportantWhy It’s Important
Career choices are important decisions. Before making a choice, you’ll want to give time and thought to all the possibilities.
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Key TermsKey Terms
decision-making processbackup plan
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Taking It Step by StepTaking It Step by Step
Use the decision-making process to decide on a career path.
The decision-making process is the series of steps that help you identify and evaluate choices.
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Seven Steps to a Career DecisionSeven Steps to a Career DecisionGraphic OrganizerGraphic Organizer
Step 1 Understand what you need and want.
Step 2 Review your career resources.
Step 3 Decide what careers seem interesting.
Step 4 Research potential careers.
Step 5 Compare your choices.
Step 6 Make your decision.
Step 7 Reach your career goal.
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Checking and Changing DirectionChecking and Changing Direction
Once you’ve put your plan into action, you need to evaluate your decision to make sure you are on the right path.
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Checking and Changing DirectionChecking and Changing Direction
One way to make sure that you stay on a path that’s right for you is to have a backup plan.
A backup plan is an alternative course of action.
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Evaluate, Evaluate!Evaluate, Evaluate!
Evaluation is an ongoing process.
At each point on your career path, you’ll want to stop and evaluate where you are.
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I’m afraid that I’ll make the wrong career choice. How can I be 100 percent sure about my career decision?
I’m afraid that I’ll make the wrong career choice. How can I be 100 percent sure about my career decision?
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Start by following the decision-making steps in this book. But remember, decisions don’t have to be final. You can check and adjust your decisions along the way.
Start by following the decision-making steps in this book. But remember, decisions don’t have to be final. You can check and adjust your decisions along the way.
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Keep Asking QuestionsKeep Asking Questions
One way to check your decisions along the way is to ask questions.
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Starting OverStarting Over
You may decide to continue on your career path or go back and choose a different career.
Never be afraid to start over.
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Investigating Career Clusters
Investigating Career Clusters
Business Earning money by providing goods and servicesManagement The direction or control of a businessAdministration Setting and achieving the goals and rules of an organization
Business Earning money by providing goods and servicesManagement The direction or control of a businessAdministration Setting and achieving the goals and rules of an organization
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Business, Management, and AdministrationBusiness, Management, and Administration
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Investigating Career Clusters
Investigating Career Clusters
If you like business, numbers, and organizing things, then you might consider a career in business, management, and administration.
If you like business, numbers, and organizing things, then you might consider a career in business, management, and administration.
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Why is it important to use the decision-making steps when choosing a career?
The decision-making process will help you identify and evaluate your choices.
Why is it important to use the decision-making steps when choosing a career?
The decision-making process will help you identify and evaluate your choices.
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When should you stop evaluating a career decision?
Never; you should continue to evaluate the career you’ve chosen to make sure it still meets your needs and wants.
When should you stop evaluating a career decision?
Never; you should continue to evaluate the career you’ve chosen to make sure it still meets your needs and wants.
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End of Chapter 4Making Career Decisions
End of Chapter 4Making Career Decisions
Lesson 4.2 Career Strategy
Lesson 4.2 Career Strategy
