IFD C6

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IFD C6

• Decisions Concerning your Future Career

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Terms to Know

• Job group of tasks performed by a worker
• Career series of jobs, usually in same or
  related fields
• Aptitude potential for special talents
• Career Plan where do you want to be
• Entrepreneurship owning your own business
• Apprenticeship formal, registered program
  training for a trade
• Leadership ability to lead and influence others
• Teamgroup of people who relay on the efforts of
  each member for success
• Internet
• Web Site
• Resume info sheet about your education and
  experience
• Cover Letterletter of interest, intent
• Ethical Standardsstandards of behavior set of
  moral principles
• Networkingmaking professional contacts

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Objectives

• Identify career decisions that need to be made
• Describe education and training options related
  to career preparation
• Explain the importance of developing workplace
  skills
• Describe the steps in a job search
• Summarize strategies for job success and
  advancement
• List points to keep in mind when changing jobs

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Deciding on a Career

• One of the major decisions you will soon face
• Few people choose one job to last a lifetime
• A career usually includes different jobs in a
  progression of a specific field, more
  responsibilities, advancement, and personal
  growth
• Additional training may be required

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• Must satisfy your needs and your work must
  satisfy your employers needs
• Things to Know
• True motives
• Interests
• Abilities
• What you can contribute
• Answers to questions about the job

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Factors that Affect career choice

• Interests
• Likes
• Dislikes
• How do you spend your spare time
• What electives do you take in school
• Hobbies
• Tv shows
• Do you like to work with people
• Do you prefer objects or information
• Personal priorities
• What is important to you
• Passionate about what topics
• Aptitude and ability
• Use aptitude or natural ability for success

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Knowledge of Career Alternatives

• Knowledge of available careers is important
• Do not limit yourself to gender roles
• Strive for higher educational achievement
• Just because a parents enjoys a career does not
  mean that you will enjoy the same career

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Activity Make a Career Plan

• List long and short term goals
• List what resources you need to achieve them
• Think about where you want to be at 20, 25, 30
• What education and job experience is needed
• Re-evaluate

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Make the most of Career Opportunities

• Luck is where preparation meets opportunity
• Create a job
• Fall into a job and end up loving it
• Networking
• Respect yourself and value what you are
  contributing to the world

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Careers in Family Services and Human Services

• Extension specialist in family relations, child
  development, or family economics
• Specialist, family life education programs
• Writer on family life topics
• Recreation supervisor
• Financial consultant
• Image consultant and analyst
• Family life educator
• Child development teacher
• Child care worker / teacher
• Nursery School teacher / kindergarten teacher
• Homemaker or homemakers aide
• Elder care aide
• See chart on Pages 148-150

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Decisions about your education

• Post secondary school is determined by selection
  of career
• Educational Options
• Technical training- occupational training
• Community colleges- combo or career and core
  classes
• Apprenticeships- in class and on the job training
• Formal employer training- with the company
• Colleges or universities- background, core, and
  job specific classes

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Activity

• List the schools/training opportunities in our
  area.
• Categorize theses schools into technical,
  community college, associates, bachelors,
  masters, apprenticeships, internships, formal
  employer training, etc
• What are the requirements for each? For your
  goals??

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Combining work and education

• Part time work
• Full time work
• Course credit for part time work
• 15-20 hours of part time work max to balance
  school and work
• Positive and negative
• Experiences, challenges, money, responsibility
• Stress, poor habits

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Developing workplace Skills

• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Problem solving skills

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Getting a Job

• Contacts
• Job vacancies
• Write a resume
• Write a cover letter
• Interview preparation

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Job research

• Potential employers
• Teachers
• Counselors
• People already in the field
• Call companies
• Personnel department
• Human resources department

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Resume and Cover Letters

• Info about yourself
• See sample on page 160
• Cover Letter
• See sample on page 161
• Job interview
• Pick a partner..

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Common interview questions

• Please tell me about yourself
• What type of work are you seeking
• Why are you interested in this type of work
• What are your long term career goals
• Why are you qualified for this job
• Strengths/ weaknesses
• Why did you leave your last position
• What salary are you looking for
• When can you start

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Strategies for Job Success

• Doing the work to the best of your ability
• Learning to accept advice and criticism
• Maintaining high ethical standards
• Honesty
• Being cooperative, considerate, respectful, and
  courteous with customers and coworkers

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Interpersonal Skills

• Skills that lead to job success
• Enable you to get along with customers, clients,
  coworkers, and supervisors
• A person that has a respectful, cooperative,
  helpful demeanor
• Considerate and courteous to customers and
  coworkers
• Help you day to day
• Help you succeed on the job