1. CHAPTER 1: LIFE’S MANY TASKS
Section 1: Choosing Your Career
Section 2: Work: What & Why?
Section 3: Developing Your Career Skills

2. CHAPTER 1.1: CHOOSING YOUR CAREER
Objectives:
Appreciate the opinions of others but accept full responsibility for your decisions
Describe how a paycheck & job security, relationships and work tasks contribute to their level of job satisfaction
Identify 9 steps in a career plan
Describe how the career steps relate to your life goals

3. CHAPTER 1.1: CHOOSING YOUR CAREER
Question: What is the toughest age a person goes through? Infant Toddler Teen Elderly
Question: In which stage above are people most often given more assistance?
Question: What responsibilities have you taken over in the last few years from the adults in your life?

4. CHAPTER 1.1: CHOOSING YOUR CAREER
CAREER - the paid and unpaid work you do during your lifetime
It determines:
How much $$ you have to spend
Whom you interact with every day
How much free time you have
How you feel about your activities and accomplishments
Remember your book title: Preparing for Career Success

5. CHAPTER 1.1: CHOOSING YOUR CAREER
Question: What is your current career dream?
Question: Was your dream career always the same one you have now?
Question: Why is there a difference?

6. CHAPTER 1.1: CHOOSING YOUR CAREER
Knowing your plans for your future is KEY
How will you support yourself?
Do you want to rely on others for the next several years?
Question: What kind of lifestyle do you want?
Question: What do you picture in 5 years? 10 years?

7. CHAPTER 1.1: CHOOSING YOUR CAREER
The Career Plan (do not write down)
List your personal & career interests, natural abilities, job skills & values
Establish short- and long-term goals with dates
Locate & use occupational information
Choose as many occupations as possible within your general career interest
Narrow down your choices
Develop a plan to acquire the education and training you will need
Learn job-seeking & job-keeping skills
Decide what sacrifices you are willing to make in order to fulfill your career plan

8. CHAPTER 1.1: CHOOSING YOUR CAREER
3 Types of People
SUBMISSIVE – people who tend to be apologetic, indifferent, passive and yielding
AGGRESSIVE – people who tend to be unfriendly, insulting, domineering, relentless and quarrelsome
ASSERTIVE – people who tend to be persistent, understanding and cooperative