Unit 1 B - Part 2

Unit 1 B - Part 2

Career Awareness

Retirement

• Being retired from one's occupation.

• Most people work a certain amount of years at a job (teachers, military) OR

• They work until a certain age - 65 or older.

Profession

• Occupation that requires special education and training.

• Examples are doctor, nurse, teacher, attorney

• These are people who are higher paid.

• They are paid by salary usually.

Multiple Choice

A profession has specialized training.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

An attorney is an example of a

• profession.

• unskilled laborer.

Social Security

• Term used for old age, survivors, and disability insurance.

• Provides retirement benefits (money to live off of when you retire)

• Less than what you made while working.

Multiple Choice

When I get retirement benefits, I will make the same amount as when I worked.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Money I will receive when I retire is known as

• social security

• paycheck

Non-skilled Laborer

• No training past high school.

• Lower wages (many times minimum wage or not much more)

• Limited skill set.

• Hourly wages instead of salary

Multiple Choice

If I leave high school and go right to work, I am considered as

• skilled labor

• unskilled labor

Multiple Choice

If I work as an unskilled laborer, I will be paid

• minimum wage or a little more

• a lot of money