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6.01 PowerPoint. 6.01 Understand skills required for seeking employment. Discovering Interests, Skills, Abilities, and Aptitudes is the 1 st step in job searching. Interests - activities one likes to do. Skills - the ability to perform a task due to training or experience.

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  1. 6.01 PowerPoint 6.01 Understand skills required for seeking employment.

  2. Discovering Interests, Skills, Abilities, and Aptitudesis the 1st step in job searching Interests- activities one likes to do. Skills- the ability to perform a task due to training or experience. • Abilities- a skill you have already developed. • Aptitude- the potential a person has for learning a skill.

  3. Interests can lead to a career choice Most Interests fall into 3 categories:     1.People- interests include activities involving people. 2. Information- interests include using ideas, facts, figures, and words. 3. Technology- interests involve working with things, such as tools, machines, and other equipment.

  4. Quiz yourself— • Interest Inventory- designed to help you relate your interests to occupational areas. • Ability Assessment- measure how well you perform specific tasks and whether you can master certain skills. • Aptitude tests- you can learn what careers you would be good at- aptitudes can be developed into skills.

  5. What skills are employers looking for? Basic Skills- Reads, writes, performs arithmetic and mathematical operations, listens, and speaks. Thinking skills- Thinks creatively, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes, knows how to learn, and analyzes. Social Skills- skills people use to interact with others. These skills are one of the top qualities employers look for in a job candidate.

  6. Personal Qualities • Displays responsibility • Self-esteem and self confidence • Self-management • Integrity and Honesty • Cooperation • Follows directions • Initiative and self-motivation

  7. Resources for choosing a career and seeking employment • Research • Networking • Work-based Learning

  8. Research • Classifieds • Internet • Employment Agencies

  9. Networking • Job leads • Referral • Career fair • Contact list

  10. Work-based Learning • Apprenticeship-A position that involves hands-on learning while working under the guidance of a skilled worker in a registered program. • Job Shadowing-The act of following a person on the job for a few days in order to learn about a particular career. • Internship-A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field. • Cooperative education (Co-op)-Combines school studies with paid work experience.

  11. Types of Career Choices Job- Work that a person does for pay. Career- a work history of one or more jobs in the same or related fields of interest. Trade- a particular skilled profession.

  12. Factors involved in choosing a career • Salary and Earnings • Benefits • Job Outlook • Advancement • Opportunities • Qualifications, training, education, and experience • Work permit

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