Balancing Life Goals 4.1
The Impact of Career Choices Career –Series of related jobs or achievements through which a person progresses in particular field
Financial Resources Defines your standard of living
Personal Satisfaction Psychological Rewards Accomplishments & Pride
Family Life How will your job affect your family relations?
Balancing Roles Develop a clear sense of priorities Learn to say no Set realistic goals & standards Ask & accept help
Workplace Policies Flextime –Work a certain number of hours, but you set them
Job Sharing –2 people share a full time job
Work-at-home Options –Work from home, communicating with the central office through telecommunications
Employee Assistance Programs –Low cost counseling
Family & Medical Leave Act –Granted leave for certain situations –12 weeks per year
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.)