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Students will be able to: Unit 3 Theme: Career Crossroads Objective 3.01 Students will be able to: Classify strategies for making personal, education, and job/career choices to achieve lifestyle goals.

Career Crossroads PF Objective 3.01: Classify strategies for making personal, education, and job/career choices to achieve lifestyle goals.

Career Crossroads How well do you handle choices? Are you good at making decisions? Have you chosen a career for your future? If so, what have you chosen, and why did you choose it? How many times in your lifetime will you change careers?

What turns will you take? This map contains many roads one may travel to reach destinations, so there are many different directions individual s may take to do their life’s work. There will be times in each persons life when crossroads will be reached and one has to decide which way to go.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What strategies can be used to make personal choices that lead to achievement of lifestyle goals? What strategies can be used to make education choices that lead to achievement of lifestyle goals? What strategies can be used to make job/career choices that lead to achievement of lifestyle goals?

Strategies Each young person needs to reflect about the type of lifestyle he/she would like to lead as an adult and use strategies to make appropriate personal, education, and job/career choices to achieve lifestyle goals. Strategies for personal choices Strategies for education choices Strategies for job/career choices

Apply Strategies to Making Career Choices

Strategies for Career Choices Individual interests Consider key questions when identifying interests Use career interest inventories Research careers in clusters based on individual inventory results Match career paths with personal interests

Strategies for Career Choices Personality Identify personal qualities, values, and goals Choose a career pathway to match personal qualities Develop personal qualities that employers seek Become involved in informal experiences in which qualities for success are learned

Strategies for Career Choices Personal priorities and goals Analyze ideals and principles that are important to you Identify types of work that would make you feel you are making a difference Identify types of work where you have developed skills Identify specific achievements you want to realize Find work that is enjoyable and challenging

Choose an Occupation You Enjoy!

Strategies for Education Choices Human capital --- the complete set of skills that a person has acquired Invest in your own human capital to increase productivity Invest in your own human capital to increase earnings What are you doing now to improve your human capital?

Strategies for Education Choices Will you attend community college, college, or a university program? How will you make the right educational decision ? Begin planning early for college Choose a school that satisfies your goals and reasons for going to college Consider costs Consider your high school record and performance Compare available college/university choices Decide on the size of school in which you would be most successful Decide how close to home you would like to be Investigate options for online courses

Occupational Training Programs Specialize in a specific field of employment Consider occupational training programs that match your talents, skills, and interests Evaluate carefully the quality and content of any program before enrolling

Other Learning Opportunities Investigate internships and apprenticeships Learn as you earn with “On The Job Training” Find out about military programs Take advantage of opportunities for continuing education through employer or on your own

Strategies for Job/Career choices Classify job and career factors In general, select jobs for short-term purposes, careers for longer terms Use jobs to supplement income while going to college or working in career Use jobs to serve as stepping-stones to reach career goals Think of a career as a lifetime investment

Job OR Career? Is there a CAREER in sight? Does anyone see a JOB anywhere? B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices Job AND Career Thanks for getting me to the hospital on time. I have to assist in surgery at 9:00. I love my job as a taxi driver. It’s been a good source of extra income since I retired. And, it gets me out of the house! B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices Job or Career? Part 1 Work Factors JOB CAREER Earnings Income level Length of commitment Purpose B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices Job or Career? Part 2 Work Factors JOB CAREER Type of training Work schedule Extra work time Opportunities to advance B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices Work Strategies- Jobs & Careers Select jobs for short-term purposes Plan a career for the long term Use jobs to supplement income when needed Use jobs as stepping-stones to careers Think of a career as a lifetime investment B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

Example: Lifetime Career Planning High School Graduate Part time job as sales associate at Revco Community College Associates Degree Part time job as assistant manager at Revco Pharmacy Tech Certification Online Full time career as pharmacy tech at Revco University Pharmacy degree Internship at Revco to complete Pharmacy degree Full time career as registered pharmacist

How to Classify Job and Career Factors 1. Earnings Earn wages – money for hours worked Earn salary – set amount per pay period 2. Income level Generally wages are fixed, ranging from entry- to low- or mid-range incomes Generally provide higher levels of income and benefits 3. Length of commitment Usually relatively short-term---weeks or months—although can be longer A more long-term commitment --- years or a lifetime 4. Purpose Work primarily to earn income Contribute to a profession or life’s work 5. Type of training Initial training required; additional training to learn new procedures as implemented Continual training required 6. Work schedule Working hours are set each week One works until tasks are completed 7. Extra work time Hours over 40 per week earn overtime No overtime for extra hours worked 8. Opportunities to advance Generally optional; seek promotions within current job, find better job, or move to a career position Generally expected; obtain work experience, develop skills, earn higher degree to advance within a career field

B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices What are some of the crossroads you will come to as you plan your career? B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices

Remember to consider all of these factors when you reach each Career Crossroad and make decisions that will affect your lifestyle.