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CM4.02: Critique career options in terms of personal characteristics and preferences. Powerpoint Templates

Benefits: Financial help in time of sickness, old age, disability, or the like. Bias: To prejudice or present information in a slanting manner. Career outlook: The number of jobs that will be available in a certain field in the future. Dictionary of Occupational Titles(DOT): Book that describes thousands of jobs in detail. CM004 Terms

Entrepreneur: A person who runs a business; a self-employed person. Entrepreneurship: The ownership, organization, and management of a business. CM004 Terms

F4K: A web portal developed to provide career and educational resources with industry and mentor support. Accessible at http://students.f4k.org. Free enterprise system: Allows private ownership; profit motive; competition, and freedom of choice. CM004 Terms

Guide to Occupational Education (GOE): Book that contains twelve main interest areas and careers that suit people with those interests. Inflation: A sharp increase in the costs of goods and services. Informational interview: Talking to a person about his/her job. CM004 Terms

Long-term goals: Those things that a person wants to accomplish that may take several months to several years to accomplish (long term goals generally refer to those goals which will take one year or more to accomplish). Mentor: A trusted advisor. CM004 Terms

Mentor: A trusted advisor. NCCareers.org: Website which contains career information specific to North Carolina. Helps match interests with possible occupations. Accessible at www.NCCareers.org. CM004 Terms

Nontraditional occupations: Occupations in which men/women compromise 25 percent or less of the work force. CM004 Terms

O*Net: The Occupational Information Network (O*Net) is a comprehensive, interactive database developed by the US Department of Labor to identify and describe important information about occupations, worker characteristics, work skills and training requirements. The on-line system is available at http://online.onetcenter.org. CM004 Terms

OOH: Occupational Outlook Handbook; leading guide for national occupational and career information from the US Department of Labor. It describes the nature of work, earning, outlook, education, and job requirements, and related occupations for approximately 200 occupations. Predicts future needs for employment. This resource is available in book format or at www.bls.gov/oco/. CM004 Terms

Promotion: Advance an employee earns by being productive, cooperation, dependable, and highly skilled. Recession: A period of declining economic growth. Short-term goals: Those things that a person wants to accomplish in a small amount of time (generally less than one year). CM004 Terms

SIC: Standard Industrial Classifications System; US department of Labor identifies career information based on industrial classification. Located at http://www.osha.gov/ SOC: Standard Occupational Classification System; provides information based on broad occupational definitions. CM004 Terms

Telecommute: To work at home using a computer connected to the network of one’s employer. Trade and professional journals: Publications which contain information regarding trends, industrial innovations and training opportunities for specific professions. CM004 Terms

Transferable Skills: To carry, move, or shift a proficiency or ability. Trends: A direction of movement. Video/voice conferencing: Can be used as an option to replace travel. CM004 Terms

Working conditions: Information about hours, environment, and safety in regards to an occupation. CM004 Terms

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http://www.liraz.com/tgoals.htm (Starting a Small Business) http://www.iseek.org/sv/10114.jsp?textOnly=Y (Non-traditional Careers for Men) Web Resources

http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2002.htm (Non-traditional Careers for Women) Web Resources

http://www.afscme.org/wrkplace/wrfaq08.htm (Barriers) https://www.hvcc.edu/coned/nontraditional_advantages.html Advantages and Disadvantages) http://www.quincareers.com/pros-cons_non-traditional_careers.html (Pro’s and Con’s) Web Resources

http://www.iseek.org/sv/10108.jsp?textOnly=Y (NT Interests Questionnaire) http://www.iseek.org/sv/10109.jsp?textOnly=Y (NT Skills Questionnaire) http://www.iseek.org/sv/10124.jsp?textOnly=Y (Benefits and Disadvantages Web Resources

http://www.iseek.org/sv/10126.jsp?textOnly=Y (Myths and Realities) http://www.work4women.org http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~wit/exploring/2edwwww.htm (Non-traditional/Gender Equity Organization Links) Web Resources

http://www2.edu.org/WomensEquity/ (Famous NT Women – Biographies) http://www.sba.gov/ (Small Business Administration) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/topic.jhtml?t=entrepreneurship (Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs) Web Resources

http://www.iseek.org (Entrepreneurship) http://www.agirlsworld.com (Non –Traditional Role Models, Cool Careers) Web Resources

Quizzes • http://www.iseek.org/guide/counselors/quizzes.html • Record score & results in your journal. • Nontraditional Careers Quiz • Is Self-Employment a good fit for you? Quiz

Types of sexual harassment 1). Quid pro quo harassment 2). Hostile environment harassment Sexual Harassment in the workplace

Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment It happens when employees who resist are fired or denied promotion. Quid pro quo sexual harassment is usually easy to recognize. In the classic quid pro quo ("this for that") case, your boss threatens you with the loss of a job benefit, or actually changes your working conditions, because you will not submit to his sexual demands. Sexual Harassment in the workplace

Employment law, hostile environment sexual harassment refers to a situation where employees in a workplace are subject to a pattern of exposure to unwanted sexual behavior from persons other than an employee's direct supervisor where supervisors or managers take no steps to discourage or discontinue such behavior. Sexual Harassment in the workplace

1). Is the behavior sexual in nature? 2). Do other individuals view the behavior as sexual in nature? 3). Is the behavior unwelcome? 4). Is the behavior offensive? 5). Does the behavior interfere with work? 6). Does the harasser understand that the behavior is unwelcome? Recognizing sexual harassment

1). Know the law and your company’s policy on sexual harassment. 2). Be businesslike in dress, language and behavior at all times. 3). Make the harasser know that you want the behavior stopped. Discouraging sexual harassment

1). Tell the harasser to stop! 2). Keep detailed written records. 3). Report the offense to your supervisor unless your supervisor is the harasser. If your supervisor is the harasser, report the incident to his/her supervisor. Taking action against sexual harassment

Occupations in which men/women compromise 25 percent or less of the work force. Non-TraditionalOccupations

Women in clerical jobs make more money than trade workers. Men are not nurturing enough to work with small children. Women are not strong enough to perform in trade or construction jobs. Myths/stereotypes regarding non-traditional careers

Men who work in non-traditional careers are not masculine. Women who work in non-traditional careers are not feminine. Men who choose non-traditional careers are not strong enough or skilled enough to perform traditionally male careers. Myths/stereotypes regarding non-traditional careers

Men or women employed in non-traditional careers earn less than others employed in traditional occupations. Females do not have a strong aptitude for math and science and therefore, won’t perform well in associated careers. Women and men are represented equally in most occupations. Myths/stereotypes regarding non-traditional careers

Certain jobs are “men’s work” and other jobs are “women’s work”. Women will leave employment to get married and have children; therefore, the best jobs should go to males. Women on a job site make it difficult for men to concentrate. Myths/stereotypes regarding non-traditional careers

Complete Appendix 4.02 (7) - Gender Benders. List the gender for who you believe to be the ideal employee for each of the identified occupations. Analyze your choices through answering the prompts provided Gender Benders

Check out these sites! • American Association of University Women • – http://www.aauw.org/ • EDC • – http://www2.edc.org/themes/list.asp • Equity in Access in Mathematics Forum • – http://Forum.swarthmore.edu/social/math.equity.html

Check out these sites! • Girls Incorporated • – http://www.girlsinc.org • MentorNet • – http://www.mentornet.net • Women in Engineering • – http://www.nae.edu/

Activity……. Handout Available • Visit sites • Answer questions on next slide. • Click here for handout!

Handout Available CM4.02 • Do any of the occupations on either list surprise you? Why? • Do any of the non-traditional occupations interest you? • Why or why not? • What are some of the biases/stereotypes related to non-traditional occupations? • Have these biases/stereotypes impacted your career decision? • What should be the primary considerations for making career decisions? • Is the career that you researched considered non-traditional for you? • What is the male/female ratio for the career that you researched? • What are the potential challenges of pursuing a non-traditional career? • What are the Potential benefitsof pursuing a non-traditional career?

An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome.[ The term is originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to the type of personality who is willing to take upon himself a new venture or enterprise and accepts full responsibility for the outcome. Jean-Baptiste Say, a French economist, is believed to have coined the word "entrepreneur" first in about 1800. He said an entrepreneur is "one who undertakes an enterprise, especially a contractor, acting as intermediatory between capital and labour."[note 2] Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response to a perceived opportunity. Entrepreneurship

The most obvious form of entrepreneurship is that of starting new businesses (referred as Startup Company); however, in recent years, the term has been extended to include social and political forms of entrepreneurial activity. Entrepreneurship

Research an entrepreneur (preferably related to the career cluster that you have selected to pursue) to determine what factors made the business and individual successful. Write a report summarizing the individual’s education/training, when, how and why the business was started and factors that made the business successful. Handout available! Activity

Using Appendix 4.02 (13) -Am I an Entrepreneur?, survey your suitability for a career as an entrepreneur. Activity

Being taught by a nontraditional teacher might help students choose a nontraditional class? • Collecting as much information as possible about the business opportunity might most positively influence the success of an entrepreneur.

Education should be included as part of the career information on a career profile? • Friends choice of career is NOT a factor to consider in evaluating career options?

Most individuals have the personality type to be an entrepreneur • Women make up more than half the workforce in Retail Sales.

Occupations in which either gender comprises 25% or less of the workforce are NonTraditional Occupations. • Careers considered non-traditional for men include Nursing.

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