Career vs' Job

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Career vs. Job

• September 28, 2009

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September 28, 2009

• Entry task What did you learn about your
  personality? What type of career do you think
  will fit you best based on your personality type?
• Target You will be able to define both a career
  and a job

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Dates

• Upcoming important dates
• October 6th
• Self analysis papers due
• Self analysis test
• Self analysis packets due.

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Job

• What is a job?
• A regular activity performed in exchange for
  payment, especially as one's trade, occupation,
  or profession.
• One distinct and generally unrelated period of
  employment in a series.
• A job provides income to perform basic needs.

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Now that you know the definition of a job, do you
think there is a difference between a career and
a job?
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A Career

• What is a career?
• an occupation or profession, especially one
  requiring special training, followed as one's
  lifework
• A chosen pursuit, a profession or occupation the
  general course or progression of ones working
  life
• success in a profession and occupation

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Career

• While a career, much like a job, provides income
  for basic need, it also provides opportunities
  for advancement, allows for challenges and
  nurturance of personal growth.
• People who choose a career prefer a single
  vocation and seek an education that allows them
  to break into it. Under this scenario, ideally
  each "job" they hold in the series prepares them
  for the next, more advanced, better paying job.

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Whats the difference?
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Factors
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US Department of Labor
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What Does this Mean for YOU?

• Are you looking for a string of jobs, each that
  can be unrelated to the others, or a series of
  jobs that are steps along a specific path?

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Deciding what you need

• Take your time to decide what it is that you need
  and want to fulfill.
• Need
• Pay bills, keep cupboards stocked
• Personality
• Short attention span and opportunity to move from
  different positions job
• Committed to understanding the interest of the
  work career

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Figuring out how to get there

• What is your work experience?
• What is your education?
• Is your personality suited to a certain position?
• How do you know what career is suited for you?

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Worksheet Time!

• For this worksheet you are going to cut out the
  squares on the worksheet and put them in order
  from most important to least important.
• This will help you visualize what you want in a
  future job and/or career.

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Fastest Growing Jobs in the US

• No. 1 Home Health Aides
• Increase 56Income up to 20,184Number in
  2004 624,000Number in 2014 974,000Education
  required Short term, on-the-job training

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• No. 2 Network systems and data communications
  analysts
• Increase 54.60Income 43,605 and upNumber in
  2004 231,000Number in 2014 357,000Education
  required Bachelor's degree

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• No. 3 Medical assistants
• Increase 52.10Income 20,185 to
  28,589Number in 2004 589,000Number in 2014
  387,000Education required Moderate on-the-job
  training

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• No. 4 Physician assistants
• Increase 49.60Income 43,605 and upNumber in
  2004 62,000Number in 2014 93,000Education
  required Bachelor's degree

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• No. 5 Computer software engineers, applications
• Increase 48.40Income 43,605 and upNumber in
  2004 460,000Number in 2014 682,000Education
  required Bachelor's degree

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• No. 6 Physical Therapist Assistants
• Increase 44.20Income 20,185 to
  28,589Number in 2004 59,000Number in 2014
  85,000Education required Associate's degree

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• No. 7 Dental hygienists
• Increase 43.30Income 43,605 and upNumber in
  2004 158,000Number in 2014 226,000Education
  required Associate's degree

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• No. 8 Computer software engineers, systems
  software
• Increase 43Income 43,605 and upNumber in
  2004 340,000Number in 2014 486,000Education
  required Bachelor's degree

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• No. 9 Dental assistants
• Increase 42.70Income 20,185 to
  28,589Number in 2004 267,000Number in 2014
  382,000Education required Moderate on-the-job
  training

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• No. 10 Personal and home care aides
• Increase 41Income up to 20,184Number in
  2004 701,000Number in 2014 988,000Education
  required Short-term on-the-job training