FINDING YOUR PLACECAREERS

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• Planning is an essential part of travel, not just on a vacation, but through life.– Education, how you will get to school, what you will

do for the day, after school, weekends, etc.– The kind of work/career you will do/have should

require some planning– Planning leads to being prepare – leads to being

successful– Career planning, helps develop the skills we need to

be successful.

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• CAREER PLANNING:• Career- general area of work, the direction of

a persons life as related to work– May include work related activities– May involve several jobs from entry level, etc– Some choose to be Self Employed-work for

themselves• Most people are employees and work for an employer

either for large corporations or small businesses

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• GOALS– Everyone’s goals toward careers are different– Some want fame, money, to be a leader, to help

others. What do you want?– GOAL-something you want to achieve• Must be realistic, practical, challenging, attainable• 3 types of goals based on length of time to achieve

– Short term: achieved in 1 year or less– Intermediate: achieved in 1 to 4 or 5 years

» includes short term goals– Long term: achieved in 4 or more years

» includes both short term and intermediate goals

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• Once goals are made, they often need to be revised. Our interest may change. New goals may be needed.

• Ways and means: how to achieve goals, action• Target dates are necessary, so you know if you

are where you should be w/your goal

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Career Ladder

• :the upward movement of people in their careers– People start in lower level jobs move up to higher

level jobs (climbing a career ladder)– Advancement comes from experience, being

productive,– Advancements bring more responsibility, demands,

better pay, and other benefits– Advancements may also require more education and

risks

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Career Skills

• Skills are required for most jobs, the kinds of skills vary

• Skills include:– education-provides preparation, varies per career, high

school, community college, college, vocational training– people skills-abilities that help people get along, having PS

helps you to gain others respect– Experience-having personally done something, it helps you

to know the job/work, what’s expected– -get experience from volunteering, should be related to

field of work interest

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People skills

• being courteous• being honest• respecting others• seeking suggestions from others• having good communications skills• allowing others to help• having a pleasant personality –w/a smile• helping others feel good about themselves

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