Jobs Vs. Careers
What is the main difference between a job and a career?
job is short-term work, while a career is a long-term path built from multiple jobs.
This cluster includes jobs in hospitals, clinics, and laboratories.
Health Sciences
Being on time to work is considered an important workplace quality.
True
True or False
In order to have a career you need to go to college?
False
Groups of Related Careers
What is a Career Cluster
What’s one advantage of being paid hourly vs. being paid salary?
Overtime pay and flexibility
Teacher, Coach, Principal
Education and Training
What is a soft skill?
Personal qualities like teamwork, communication, leadership, problem-solving
True or False: All careers require a college degree
False
Physical and Social surroundings at a workplace
Work Environment
A student loves solving math problems, building robots, and designing experiments. Which cluster would most of their career options belong to?
STEM
This cluster includes careers that help move people or products from one place to another.
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
What do we call the ability to adjust when plans change at work?
Flexibility and Adaptability
What type of degree usually takes 4 years to complete in college?
Bachelors Degree
__________ pay is based on how much you sell?
Commission
A school that offers a variety of skill oriented courses such as automotive technicians or cosmetology
Vocational-Technical Center or Trade School
How many career clusters in Georgia are there?
17
Which skill is useful in every career?
Communication
Which career usually takes more school to complete a doctor or teacher?
Doctors usually are 8+ years, teachers can usually get their degree in 4 years.
Following a worker for a period of time while observing how the job goes?
Job Shadowing
Extras that come with jobs and careers such as insurance paid days off?
Benefits
Social Worker, Childcare Worker, Cosmetologist
Human Services (Because it is helping someone out)
Give one skill that would transfer from being a student athlete to being a future employee
Teamwork, discipline, leadership, or time management
Why is education important in career planning
it provides training and skills needed for career success
Communicating with people you know or can get to know to share and get more information about jobs.
Networking