Analyzing careers
a chosen field of work in which you try to advance over time by gaining responsibility and earning more money
What is a career?
The responsibilities that you must perform in order to succeed in the career
What are Career requirements?
the thoughts, ideas, and actions that are important to you.
Values
Guidelines for whether or not something meets expectations.
What are standards?
An ability or talent—something you do well.
What is a skill?
any activity that you do in exchange for money or other payment
What is a job?
Something people expect you to do, or something you must accomplish
What is responsibility?
Something has this if it is important for acquiring something else.
Instrumental value
This is used to measure performance on everything from how many miles per gallon a car gets, to how well students do in a class.
What are standards?
These are things you have achieved at home, in school, or in the community.
What are accomplishments?
a word that means career or job
What is an occupation?
This is a requirement for all careers
What is education?
You use them to gauge or evaluate the people and things in your life as well as what occupation to choose
What are values?
Standards that can adapt to different situations
What are flexible standards?
Subjects or activities that attract your attention and that you enjoy doing or learning about.
What are interests?
Understanding these can help you choose a career that you will enjoy for many years
What are requirements and rewards?
The money that you receive in exchange for work performed
What is wages or a salary?
This refers to how you like to work and the results that you produce
Work-related values
This is a set of beliefs about what is right and what is wrong
What are ethics?
The personal qualities or traits that make you unique.
What is character?
a chosen field of work in which you try to advance over time by gaining responsibility and earning more money
This is a good reason to choose a career, but it is not the only reason
What is money?
You do this for college and career and it will set you on a track for success
effective planning
These are positive character traits—such as honesty, compassion, and loyalty
What are virtues?
Caring about the suffering of others
What is being compassionate?