Career Exploration

Planning your career should start with...

• asking your parents

• time

• self assessment

• deciding how popular the job is

Employers seek employees (workers) who have a strong ...

• personality

• sense of style and fashion

• desire to make friends

• work ethic

How can employees keep pace with technological changes?

• update their skills

• stay at the same job for many years

• not take any classes

• ask others for help

Higher skills and education typically leads to ....

• lower income

• higher income

• less jobs

• higher taxes

Employers look for workers who are ...

• on time

• do not call out sick often

• have a positive attitude

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

If there is a high demand for police officers because of an increase in crime, a city might pay the new officers...

• less

• more

• the same as those who were hired a year ago

Who is most likely to be hired by an employer looking for a technology specialist?

• Sally who knows how to type very fast and accurate.

• Ben who can operate a forklift.

• James who has a two-year degree in computer information systems

• Alexa who has a bachelor's degree in fashion design and blogging

What is the purpose of a self-assessment?

• helps you learn new skills for a future career

• will allow you to earn more money

• tells your employer what you can and cannot do

• helps you understand what job might be right for your personality

On a workday, if you wake up feeling sick in the morning, what should you do?

• go back to sleep

• call your boss right away and let him/her know you are ill

• call your best friend and ask them to call your boss

• go to work anyways

Career: To do occasional work for hire.

Job: Occupation or profession followed as life's work.

• True

• False