1. Balancing Life Goals 4.1

2. The Impact of Career Choices Career –Series of related jobs or achievements through which a person progresses in particular field

3. Financial Resources Defines your standard of living

4. Personal Satisfaction Psychological Rewards Accomplishments & Pride

5. Family Life How will your job affect your family relations?

6. Balancing Roles Develop a clear sense of priorities Learn to say no Set realistic goals & standards Ask & accept help

7. Workplace Policies Flextime –Work a certain number of hours, but you set them

8. Job Sharing –2 people share a full time job

9. Work-at-home Options –Work from home, communicating with the central office through telecommunications

10. Employee Assistance Programs –Low cost counseling

11. Family & Medical Leave Act –Granted leave for certain situations –12 weeks per year

12. Article Review You are to find an article discussing at least one of the workplace policies that we discussed in class. (Flextime, Job Sharing, Work-at-Home Options, Employee Assistance Programs, Family & Medical Leave Act). You are to write about your article following the listed criteria: –Name of the policy you’re writing about.(1 pt.) –Citation of the article (where you found it) (1 pt.) –Summary of the article-minimum of 5 sentences! (5 pts.) –Your opinion of the article-minimum of 2 sentences (2 pts.) –Copy of the article (1 pt.)