1. Career Crossroads

2. What do YOU do when you come to a crossroad?
B Job/Career Choices

3. What job or career choices will you make in your lifetime?
B Job/Career Choices

4. Strategies for Personal Choices
B Job/Career Choices

5. B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices
Individual Interests
Consider key questions when identifying interests
Use career interest inventories
Research careers in clusters based on inventory results
Match career paths with personal interests
B Job/Career Choices

6. B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices
Personality
Identify personal qualities, values, and goals
Choose a career path to match personal qualities
Develop personal qualities that employers seek
Become involved in informal experiences in which
qualities for success are learned
B Job/Career Choices

7. Personal Priorities & 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
B Job/Career Choices

8. Strategies for Education Choices
B Job/Career Choices

9. B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices
Invest in Your “Human Capital”
“Human capital” = the complete set of skills that a person has acquired
B Job/Career Choices

10. B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices
An investment in your “human capital” can increase productivity and increase earnings . . .
B Job/Career Choices

11. Community College, College & University Programs
Begin planning early for college
Choose a school that satisfies your goals and reasons for
going to college
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
Consider costs
Consider your high school record and performance
Compare available college/university choices
B Job/Career Choices

12. 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
B Job/Career Choices

13. Other Learning Opportunities
Investigate internships and apprenticeships
Find out about military programs
Take advantage of opportunities for continuing
education
B Job/Career Choices

14. Strategies for Job and Career Choices
B Job/Career Choices

15. B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices
Job or Career?
B Job/Career Choices

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

17. 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 Job/Career Choices

18. B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices
Job or Career? Part 1
Work Factors
JOB
CAREER
Earnings
Earn wages – money for hrs worked
Earn salary – set amt per pay period
Income level
Wages are fixed, ranging from entry-to-low- or mid-range incomes
Provide higher levels of income and benefits
Length of commitment
Short-term (weeks or months) although can be longer
More long-term commitment (years or lifetime)
Purpose
Earn income
Contribute to a profession of life’s work
B Job/Career Choices

19. B-3.01 - Job/Career Choices
Job or Career? Part 2
Work Factors
JOB
CAREER
Type of training
Initial training required; additional training to learn new procedures
Continual training required
Work schedule
Working hours are set each week
One works until tasks are completed
Extra work time
Hours over 40 per week earn overtime
No overtime for extra hours worked
Opportunities to advance
Optional; seek promotions within current job, find better job, or move to a career position
Expected; obtain work experience, develop skills, earn higher degree to advance within a career field
B Job/Career Choices

20. Job or Career?
Let’s share our findings!
B Job/Career Choices

21. 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 Job/Career Choices

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

23. Remember to consider all of these factors when you reach each Career Crossroad.