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Careers that Involve Work with Children and/or Families. Objectives: List career opportunities involving work with children and families. Compare careers related to working with children and/or families to other careers. Explain ways to make a positive impression during a job interview. .
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Careers that Involve Work with Children and/or Families Objectives: List career opportunities involving work with children and families. Compare careers related to working with children and/or families to other careers. Explain ways to make a positive impression during a job interview.
What is a Job? • A job is a paid position of regular employment.
What is a Career? • An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.
Explain the difference between a Job and a Career. • A job is something you do simply to earn money; a career is a series of connected employment opportunities.
Full-time vs. Part-time • Part Time work is any amount of time worked less than 40 in one week. Full- Time is at least 40 hours of work a week.
What is an entrepreneur? • A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so.
What is Job Sharing? • Job sharing is an employment arrangement where typically two people are retained on a part-time or reduced-time basis to perform a single job.
What is Comp. Time? • Time off that is granted to a worker as compensation for working overtime. (More than 40 hours in one week)
What is Telecommuting? • When one works from home, communicating with the workplace using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems.
What is a Resume? • A resume is a brief written account of personal educational, professional qualifications and experience, prepared by an applicant for a job. • Example 1 • Example 2
What a reference list? • A list of friends, family, employers and co-workers and their contact information to be used to verify an applicant’s status.
What is a Job interview? • Interview – An interview process to determine whether an applicant is suitable for a position of employment.
Job Search • Newspaper Classifieds • Craigslist.com • Monster.com • Careerbuilder.com • Ask friends and family • Temp. Agencies • Walk –in & apply
Group Work… • In groups at your tables, come up with 5 ways to make a positive impression and 5 ways to make a negative impression.
Positive Impressions Negative Impressions • Being on time • Professional Dress • Neat and Groomed • Friendly and polite • Providing a resume of qualifications • Listening to questions • Look interviewer in the eye when responding • Being late • Dressing shabby • Long, un kept hair • Rude and abrupt • No resume • Lack of attention • Darting eyes around the room or looking down Making a first impression…
1. Works with.? • 2. Work Environment.? • 3.Training/qualifications/Requirements.? • 4. Pay..? • 5. Job Outlook.. • Social Worker
Final Activity • Using the Online Occupational Outlook Handbook choose one occupation that involves working with children and families, and one other occupation of your choice. Make a pros and cons list for all three.