Do Now…  What is the difference between a ‘job’ and a ‘career’?  List at least 3 differences and 1 similarity

Do Now: Define Job Define Career If you got laid off of your job, what would you do…?

Your Career: Doing What Matters Most

What will you do after high School?  Go to college?  Join the military?  Enter a trade school?  Start working a full time job?

What Do You Think? 1. Forty-four percent of teenagers worked last summer. 2. Most of them worked full-time jobs (35 or more hours a week). 3. Teens most often work in the food service and retail industries. 4. The average American will have had 10 jobs between the ages of 18 and Every year, about one-tenth of workers change jobs to take advantage of better opportunities.  1.True.  2.False. 18% of teenagers worked full-time last summer  (35 hours or more per week), while 26% worked  part-time (less than 35 hours a week).  3. True.  4. True. and have three to five careers during a lifetime.  5. False. Every year, about one- third of workers change  jobs to take advantage of better opportunities. True or False

Job Vs. Career  A job is defined as anything that has to be done, as the action of completing a task or duty. A job provides you with the basics—cash and something to do to earn it.  A career, on the other hand, is technically defined as a profession or vocation that is pursued as life work. In other words you have made a long term commitment.

Pay Differences

Face it… you’re going to be working for a long time.  If you plan to retire at age 65, you have more than four decades of work ahead of you.  Can you imagine doing the same thing for 40 years?  Job Vs Career Job Vs Career

A job provides the basics — cash and an activity.  A job is anything that has to be done and provides income to meet an individual’s basic needs.  In general, it allows a person to go to work and draw a paycheck.  Few people, however, feel passionate or committed to a job. It does not necessarily make you want to get up in the morning, take an interest in what you do, or provide you with fulfillment.

JOB A job to some people may be a career to others.  Working at a particular thing for money; you must have the money but do not enjoy your position.  Example: I would not like to be in the heat driving a bull dozer all day, so that would be a job to me, but some people love being outside and driving heavy equipment, so it is a career to them.

A career, on the other hand, is a profession or vocation that is pursued as your life’s work.  While it meets the basic definition of a job by providing income from employment, it is much more.  A career allows you various opportunities for advancement, for personal growth, for personal challenges and for personal satisfaction.

CAREER A career to some people may be a job to others  Time spent in one type of job or area of interest earning money.  For a career, a person may need training, or have to attend college.  A career is working in a job that you like or enjoy.  Example: The teacher loves to teach so that would be his/her career, but for some people they would hate to stand in front of a group of students every day so teaching for them would be a job.

Comparison of a Career and a Job A CAREERA JOB  Is suited to your personality.  Is unrelated to your likes and dislikes.  Provides personal satisfaction in addition to a paycheck.  Provides no satisfaction beyond a paycheck.  Has opportunity for advancement that interests you, and you want to pursue.  Has opportunity for advancement that you do not want to pursue.  Is a field of work you intend to still be in in five years.  A field where you will most likely not be working in five years.  Is something you enjoy  You build during a lifetime  Excites you  Uses your best skills and talents  Fits with your lifestyle  Long term  Mostly paid a salary  Something you have to do  Means to an end  Helps pay for college  Make extra money  Help pay bills  Short term  Mostly paid by an hourly rate

Graphic Organizer  Using the graphic organizer handout, list a minimum of 7 characteristics of a Job and a Career  List 5-7 similarities  THIS IS DUE AT THE START OF OUR NEXT CLASS!!