Intro to Careers: Lesson 1

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Introduction to Careers

You will learn about career education and how careers are organized.

OBJECTIVES

• Understand the difference between a job and a career.

• Identify career fields, clusters, and pathways.

• Understand your different educational options.

• Understand the benefits of Career and Technical Education

What is career education?

• Gives you more information about the different jobs you might choose.

• What are your tasks in those jobs

• Where you might work

• Helps to develop the skills that are needed to plan potential career paths

Poll

Do you have an idea of what career or job you would like to have?

• Yes!

• I have no idea

• I think so

Job vs Career

Career education is different than job education.

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Let’s learn how they’re different and why you may want a career instead of a job.

People with jobs may:

• Not need advanced education or training.

• Have an hourly wage, where they are paid a set amount of money per hour that they work.

• Have less job security and fewer benefits.

• Have special skills or training for their work

• Get promotions or move up in their field of work.

• Get paid a salary, which means getting a set amount of money per year rather than per hour.

• Get benefits like health insurance, paid vacations, or paid sick leave.

People with careers may:

Multiple Choice

What is one thing below that is NOT a benefit of a career?

• less job security

• paid sick leave

• guaranteed salary

• paid vacation

Jobs include:

• Restaurant servers

• Grocery store shelf stockers

• Greenhouse planters

• Retail salesperson

• ​Fast Food Worker

Careers include:

• Dentists

• Auto mechanics

• Plumbers

• Teachers

• Firefighters

• ​Architects

• Park Ranger​

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a career and not a job?

• waiter

• fast food worker

• plumber

• retail salesperson

Organizing Career Fields, Clusters and Pathways

Career Field: Broad categories that include different types of jobs and careers

Career Cluster: Occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills

Career Pathway: Outlines the positions, salary, and training required to advance in an industry

There are six basic career fields:

• Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources

• Business, Management, & Administration

• Communications & Information Systems

• Engineering, Manufacturing, & Technology

• Health Science Technology

• Human Services

Thinking about Career Education

Livingston High School allows you to begin vocational career and technical education.

You can find Career Technical Education pathways and classes on your class sign-up form.

If you are able and dedicated, you can go to a local vocational school or community college while you’re still in high school.

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What can you get out of a Career Technical Education course?

• Leadership

• Communication skills

• Friendship

• Learning opportunities

• Service opportunities

• Community involvement

• Scholarship and job opportunities

​Types of Postsecondary Schools

​Vocational-Technical Schools and Programs:

-offer education and training that is specifically targeted to specialized areas

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Community​/Junior Colleges:

-you can earn earn an Associate of Arts (AA) degree or an Applied Science (AAS) degree

-​you may transfer credits to a four-year college or university

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Four-year Colleges and Universities:

-students can earn bachelor’s degrees by successfully completing the degree program

-four-year colleges and universities also have graduate and professional schools in order to earn a master’s, specialist’s, and/or doctoral degree(s)

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Multiple Choice

What is post secondary education?

• Kindergarten

• Elementary school

• Any education beyond high school

• Middle School

Multiple Choice

Is post secondary education a one-size-fits-all proposition (idea)?

• TRUE

• FALSE

-How can you narrow down your career choices and start to make a plan for your future?

- In order to help you find your direction, ask yourself a few important questions...

• Where do you want to work?

• How much money do you need to be happy?

• What types of things make you the happiest?

Take the Web Quiz on the next slide.

After you take the quiz, save your results or write them down.

Answer the questions on the slides that follow.

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Open Ended

What career clusters did the quiz recommend for you?

Which of the career clusters that was recommended for you interests you the most? Why?

Open Ended

Do you like or are interested in what it chose for you? Are you thinking of a different career?

​I hope you learned something valuable for yourself