1 / 11

Career Characteristics

Career Characteristics. A few things we all must consider. Elevator Operator Carpet Beater Blacksmith Milkmen Home Ice Delivery Cordwainer Wainwrite. Job Security. Challenging Non-repetitive Self-gratifying Visible results Valued by community. Interesting Work. Min. wage = $5.15/hr

salena
Download Presentation

Career Characteristics

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Career Characteristics A few things we all must consider

  2. Elevator Operator Carpet Beater Blacksmith Milkmen Home Ice Delivery Cordwainer Wainwrite Job Security

  3. Challenging Non-repetitive Self-gratifying Visible results Valued by community Interesting Work

  4. Min. wage = $5.15/hr $5.15/hr = $10,700/yr U.S. poverty level for family of 4 is $17,463 A U.S. family is considered self-sufficient at $34,950/yr High Pay

  5. The thrill of the job Is their risk? If I mess up, can I get hurt? If I mess up, can someone else get hurt? Exciting Work

  6. What occupations does society value? These can change over time and from place to place. Doctor Priest Garbage-man Prestige in the community

  7. Task Attention to all details Behavior/attendance Independence from Supervision

  8. Help the poor Help the sick Help the displaced Help disaster victims Help children Help their church Chance to help others

  9. Apartments Club Memberships Travel Insurance Retirement plans Cars Employee Benefits

  10. Overnight Weekends Foreign countries How often? Travel

  11. The End

More Related