Understanding Careers
This is a series off related jobs or occupations in a particular field.
What is a Career?
Spending at least seven or eight hours at work each day, five days a week.
What is full time?
The way national economies are linked around the world are linked by trade.
What is the global economy?
This is a training method in which an inexperienced worker learns alongside an expert.
What is an Apprenticeship?
This is a natural talent or potential for learning a skill.
What is an aptitute?
Give me at least 3 reasons why people work.
Achievement
Fulfillment
Personal Growth
Sense of Belonging
Approval
You may only work a few hours each week or each day.
What is part-time?
This means to eliminate jobs to reduce costs.
What is downsizing?
Short term work for little or no pay in exchange for an opportunity to work and learn.
What is an internship?
This is a large grouping of occupations that have certain characteristics in common.
What are career clusters?
This is all the career moves and knowledge that a person gains as they work toward a career goal.
What is a career path?
When someone works on a certain project for a specific period of time.
What is a contract (worker)?
Contracting out certain tasks to other companies to save money.
What is outsourcing?
True or False:
Vocational-Technical Schools are very similar to trade schools.
True
Name at least four sources of information to look for when looking for a job or careers.
Type of work
Working Conditions
Qualifications
Earnings (how much you make)
Outlook
Employment patterns
This is the way you live, and it reflects your values and attitudes.
Daily Double!!!
What is your lifestyle?
These workers are hired to help out during busy seasons or fill in for vacationing employees.
What is a temporary worker?
What is job security?
It is a measure of how stable and protected one's job is from various factors that could lead to job loss.
What is the difference between a college and a university?
Universities have Doctorate Programs, while colleges only offer four year degrees.
What can you use to help guide you to a career based on your preferences?
Aptitude Career Tests
Why do people change jobs?
Answers will vary....
Lack of advancement
Better compensation
Relocation
This is someone who sets up and operates a business.
What is an entrepreneur?
Give me three pro's for being a freelance worker.
1. Self-employed
2. Work from home
3. Flexible hours
Name the six branches of the military in the U.S.?
Daily Double
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Space Force
Coast Guard
What is a general skill that can be used in many situations?
What is a transferrable skill?