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Ann K. Jordan Lynne T. Whaley

Influences on Career Choices. Investigating Your Career. Ann K. Jordan Lynne T. Whaley. CHAPTER 2 Influences on Career Choices. Describe how various influences can affect your career decisions. Analyze how people influence you and your decisions.

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Ann K. Jordan Lynne T. Whaley

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  1. CHAPTER 2 Influences on Career Choices Investigating Your Career Ann K. Jordan Lynne T. Whaley

  2. CHAPTER 2Influences on Career Choices Describe how various influences can affect your career decisions. Analyze how people influence you and your decisions. Determine your preferences for a work environment. Identify the values that influence you.

  3. CHAPTER 2 Influence • Influence means the power of someone or something to affect you directly or indirectly. • Influences may be positive or negative. • Some influences may be stronger than others.

  4. CHAPTER 2 People Who Influence Career Decisions • Parents and other family members • Teachers • Peers • Employers • Counselors

  5. CHAPTER 2 Parents and Other Family Members Your family has the greatest influence on your career decision making. • Expectations of family members may: • Influence your personality, passions, interests, talents—and career choice. • Be based on someone else’s career dream and not express your own interests, talents, and passions. • Encouragement from family can offer you: • Support. • Guidance.

  6. CHAPTER 2 Teachers • Help you learn specific subjects related to particular career fields. • Help you develop skills and behaviors needed for a variety of careers.

  7. CHAPTER 2 Peers • You, your friends, and classmates influence each other every day. • What clothes to wear • What movies to see • What classes to take • What music to download • How to spend money • Use your judgment. • Remember your goals.

  8. CHAPTER 2 Employers • Provide a way to try out various careers through part-time jobs or volunteer opportunities. • Provide opportunity to observe other employees. • Provide specific skills training.

  9. CHAPTER 2 Counselors • Provide information. • Suggest courses and activities. • Offer career research options. • Provide business contacts for career experiences. • Help you discover your options.

  10. CHAPTER 2 Environmental Influenceson Career Decisions • Your work environment is made up of the surroundings and conditions of your workplace. • Your social environment includes the community where you live and work and your lifestyle choices. Continued on next slide

  11. CHAPTER 2 Environmental Influences on Career Decisions Continued from previous slide • Do you want to stay where you live now? • Do you prefer a rural, urban, or suburban setting? • How important is the outdoors in influencing your choice of career? • Do you want to be close to a place where you can continue your education? • Is climate important to you? • Will there be a future for people in your career field in the community where you want to live? • Do you want to work around people or by yourself?

  12. CHAPTER 2 Influences of Values on Career Decisions • Personal and family values • Cultural expectations and values • Economic values • Intrinsic rewards • Extrinsic rewards

  13. CHAPTER 2 Summary • I can describe how the power of influences affects my career decisions. • I have analyzed how people influence my decisions and me. • I have determined my work and social environment preferences. • I have identified the values that influence me.

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