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Personal Finance. 8 Life Time Decisions. How many of you…. Are planning on going to college? Already know what you want to do for your first career? Already have a skill you can make money with?. How many of you…. Plan to get a regular paying job in high school?
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Personal Finance 8 Life Time Decisions
How many of you… • Are planning on going to college? • Already know what you want to do for your first career? • Already have a skill you can make money with?
How many of you… • Plan to get a regular paying job in high school? • Plan to get a regular paying job while going to college?
How many of you… • Have a credit card? • Have a debit card? • Have a checking account? • Have a savings account?
How many of you… • Are hoping to buy a car in the next couple of years? • Will be expected to help pay for use of a car in the next couple of years? • Insurance? • Gas?
How much money do you think you’ll getin your first job? • $ per year or per month? • Hourly rate?
Opportunity Cost What does this mean?
Goal of this class • To explore a lot of these types of decisions you’ll be meeting in the next few years • Talk with people who you would deal with to make those decisions, • And give you a better idea of what’s involved when you get there.
Types of decisions (order is still a bit uncertain) • Careers • Handling money • Loans / credit cards • Insurance • Buying a car • Renting an apartment or a condo • Taxes • Financial Planning
Format of each unit • Discussion • Field trip or speaker • Discussion • A week off • Some homework • It won’t be graded • It will be expected to be done to help with class discussion
Communication • Email me if you’re not coming: • Lwhipker@earthlink.net • Google Group: • personalfinanceclass@googlegroups.com • Outline/references/PowerPoints: • http://personalfinance2011.wikispaces.com
Career vs job philosophy • What’s the difference? • Which one sounds more appealing to you? • Which one do you think your parents have?
How would you decide a career or a job? • Long term goals?
How would you decide a career or a job? • Personality fit?
How would you decide a career or a job? • Education?
How would you decide a career or a job? • Your passion?
How would you decide a career or a job? • Job progression?
What jobs pay well? • Unusual jobs that pay well? • http://www.job-interview-site.com/unusual-jobs-that-pay-well-unusual-high-paying-careers.html • Top paying jobs: • http://www.careerinfonet.org/oview5.asp?Level=Overall
Fast Food Salaries • $29,000 per year • Hourly? 50 weeks, 40 hours/week = $10/hour • Is that enough? • Pick a job title and find out how much they pay • http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-lawn+care
Career Explorations By Interest Levels
http://driveofyourlife.com Sign in (outside Indiana) School: homeschool Teacher: Linda Whipker
Cool Off Topic TIP “Snipping Tool”
3 letter code describing what your top 3 traits are according to the way you answered the questions. Mine: SIQ (structured, influential, questioning)
Homework • Drive of Your Life • Do the questionnaire – email me by Wed noon: • Your 3 letter code • 5 careers (what they chose or add one or two that you liked better • Career name, Salary, Education • Think about: • Good fit?
Homework Part 2 • Talk to your parents • Why did they choose to do what they’re doing now (your Mom AND your Dad) • How often did their primary “career” change from the time they were teens until now? • Do they consider their current occupation a “career” or a “job”? (Good description of the differences: http://www.diffen.com/difference/Career_vs_Job ) • For the first major career/job they had, what were their motivations for choosing it?
Next and following weeks • Speaker: Sally CurryCareer coach • Resumes, brochures, etc.