1. Section 2.2 Employment and Career Development
Chapter 2
Section 2.2
Employment and Career Development

2. How do we find the job we are interested in?
Part-time work
Summer and part-time jobs can provide valuable experience to help you determine your interest in a profession
“Temp” or Temporary jobs also provide valuable experience.
Volunteer Work
Volunteering time work certain professions sometimes gives you a “leg up” on people who have never worked in the field.

3. Continue on obtaining Employment Experience
Internships
Usually non-paid is a position in which a person receives training by working with people who are experience in a particular field.
Cooperative Education
Is a program that allows students to enhance classroom learning with part-time work related to their majors and interest. COE

4. Where do we find the jobs?
Job Advertisements
Newspapers
On-line job sites (monster, Jobs.com)
Job Fairs
Employment Agencies

5. Applying for a job What do we need to do in order to apply for a job?
Find the job that you are interested in.
Get the application to apply for the job. Sometimes there are hard copies other times it is done on-line.
Do you have a resume?
Do you have a cover letter?
Go for the interview
Accepting or declining a job

6. What kinds of things can/ can’t ask you???
Take a minute to write down at least 3 things that a potential employer can and three things they can’t ask you?

7. Applications What questions can be asked on an application?
How important is the application?
Get out your planner!!!!
You are to get an application from a business, it can be a job you would like to have, or even a fast food restaurant. One application is for me the other is for you to fill out (wait to fill it out until we have one in class).

8. Resume’
Usually a one or two page summary of your education, work experience and qualifications for the job.
Two major types of resume’s
Chronological Resume
Provides a year-by-year outline of your education, work experience and related information.
Skills resume
Highlights your skills and abilities in specific categories, such as communications, supervisions or research.

9. Chronological Resume
Find an example of a chronological resume

10. Skill Resume
Find an example of a Skill or Functional resume

11. Parts of a Resume Title (Always included) Includes Name (full name)
Address (full address)
Phone number (all phone numbers)
address
Sometimes even a photo
Career Objective
This is a sentence or two explaining why you have sent this resume to this employer.
Body of the Resume
Depends on what type you are writing
References
People who will vouch for you about your qualifications or talk about prior work experiences

12. Cover Letter
When sending a resume and application to an employer you will want to include a cover letter.
This one page letter tells a potential employer why you are interested in a particular job and why you think that it would be worthwhile for him or her to interview you.

13. Parts of the cover letter
Title
Includes
Name, Address, Phone number, Address
Date
Return Address
3 Paragraph body
Signature Line
Example of a Cover Letter

14. Considering the job offer
Do you jump into the job once you get it?
What are things that you should consider?
Work Environment
Is it safe
How do you get a raise (policies surrounding that?)
Employee Benefits – Next Page

15. Other things to consider about the job…
Employee Benefits
Cafeteria-style employee benefits
Are plans that employees can choose from to best suit their situation.
Employees that have multiple kids may want a different plan than one who only has one child.
Pension Plans
What type of retirement system do they set up for you when you retire?
A fixed amount when you retire
Profit sharing – some businesses set aside money to a retirement fund and then when you retire you can pull that money from that account what ever way you would like.
401(k) and 403(b) You set aside an amount each paycheck into an account that you may pull from when you hit retirement age.

16. Other employee benefits
Two major types of employment benefits:
Tax-exempt
Is a benefit that is not taxable.
Can not be added to your salary and make you pay more taxes.
Ex. Medical insurance paid by the employer.
It has value to you but can not be considered income for your.
Tax – Deferred
Is a taxable benefit.
A 401(k) is a taxable benefit.
This means when you decide to take the money out of this account you will get taxed on the money that you take out.

17. Your rights as an employee
Is there anything that a business can discriminate against?
A couple of rights you should know about
A pregnant women must be given credit for work completed and any additional retirement benefits.
Can not discriminate against for age, race, color, gender, marital status, national origin, metal or physical disability.
In most cases employers must pay the minimum wage set by the government
Employers must pay unemployment taxes, and contribute to Social Security, and provide, in most cases worker compensation for injured employees.

18. Just a few more things. When looking at a job
How is the job going to help you become a better employee?
Is there someone you will work for or with? MENTOR?

19. Thank You letter Post – interview letter Continued interest letter
Post interview rejection letter

20. W-4 and W-2
When you get the job, you need to fill out some paper work.
One of the forms the government makes you fill out is a W-4
This is a form that is used for your taxes.
W-4
W-2 Form