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Preparing your Path to success

Preparing your Path to success. Unit 1. Warm- up: What can happen if you don’t plan for your career?. Think about the quote: “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” -Robert Byrne – poet What does it mean to have purpose in life?. Career Expectations (pg. 3).

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Preparing your Path to success

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  1. Preparing your Path to success Unit 1

  2. Warm- up: What can happen if you don’t plan for your career? Think about the quote: “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” -Robert Byrne – poet What does it mean to have purpose in life?

  3. Career Expectations(pg. 3) • Listen to the stories of Lucy and Rachel and think about why each felt the way they did. • Why do you think Lucy is unhappy? What are her strengths? • Why is Rachel happy with her work? What are her strengths?

  4. What do you expect from a career? • With a partner, list at least 5 of your career expectations. • Timer

  5. How did these rate? • Income • Reputation or fame • Creativity • Geographic location • Service to others • Title and position • Balance and peace in your life • Use of your strengths and abilities

  6. Expectations vs. Reality • Do you have realistic Career Expectations? • Get a post it note…write T and F on each note.

  7. Take the Career Planning Quiz and see how you do! 1.You must work in a career before you can decide whether it’s the one for you? 2. Anyone can do any job as long as he or she decides to do it. 3. The average person in the US spends more time doing work activites than any other type of activity. 4. Most careers in the future will require more than a high school education. 5. The majority of people spend their adult lives in the same career.

  8. Continued 6. Just wait – the right job opportunity will come your way. 7.Anyone who plans to work right out of high school needs the same basic academic skills as someone who plans to go to college. 8.If you go to a 2 year college, you must transfer later to 4 year college. 9.The best way to get a job is through the newspaper. 10. The number 1 reason people are fired from jobs is that they do not learn quickly enough.

  9. Vocabulary Job a paid position involving a specific place and time and specific tasks set by an employer – it usually satisfies an immediate need like money or training

  10. Vocabulary Occupation A group of related tasks that require special training, education, or experience to learn a specific set of skills (example – engineer)

  11. Vocabulary Career Describes a lifetime work history or long-term participation in a particular field of expertise – usually based on what you love to do and is usually lifelong

  12. Vocabulary Career Clusters All the possible careers in an entire field are called a career cluster. All types of employers can be classified into one of the many clusters.

  13. Your P*A*T*H TO SUCCESS • Having a good career plan means finding the PATH that will lead you to a satisfying career. • PATH is an acronym which stands for the following:

  14. PATH Passions – the strong positive feelings you experience while enjoying something Attitude – the way you feel. Are you eager and excited about the activity? Talents – your natural strengths and abilities Heart – what do you believe is important in your life choices?

  15. Learning from Others • Homework Due Friday! You will need to interview someone you know who has a job/career. Come up with 15 interview questions – find out as much as you can about their job, how they got started, and if they consider their position to be a job or a career?

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