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What is a job?
• Job – an activity through which an individual can earn
money
• Most people have several jobs during their lifetime

Have you had a job?

What jobs have your family members had?

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How do you become qualified for jobs?

Human Transferable
capital skills

Invest
in
yourself
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What is human capital?

Human capital - the skills, knowledge, and
experiences possessed by an individual

How can a person invest in their

human capital?

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What are transferable skills?

Transferable skills - versatile skills that
are applied to personal and
professional roles

Creativity Organization

Cooperation Listening

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Categories of Transferable Skills

Interpersonal Analytical Technical Organization

Sort data,
Analyze Specific,
People or plan, arrange
problems and hands-on
Explanation soft skills projects,
find solutions skills
keep records

Computer Time
Example Presenting Research
What is a proficiency
transferable skill management
you possess in each category?
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Developing Transferable Skills Round Robin

1. As a group, identify and record one action to
develop the transferable skill listed on the card
2. When finished, pass the card to the next group
3. Don’t repeat an action that was listed by another
group
4. Continue until all cards are complete

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Creativity • Take a class, participate in an organization, volunteer

• Have a part-time job, participate in a sport, use an
Organization
electronic time saving tool such as Evernote
Clear
• Participate in a group project, student organization,
communication &
take a class, attend a leadership training
teamwork
Critical
• Enroll in challenging classes, engage in meaningful
thinking/problem
discussion, enhance reading and writing skills
solving
• Take a class, participate in collaborative online
Technology
environments, use technology for learning
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Investing in your
human capital Develops A career
and transferable
skills

Career - lifetime journey of building and applying

skills, knowledge, and experiences in paid
employment positions
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Why develop High

your career? well‐being
comes from
feeling good Feelings of
Enhance well- about one’s life success
being
Careers may Results in
contribute to meaningful
high well-being work

Enjoyable
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Why develop your career?

Standard of
Potential to living
earn more Lifestyle
money Level of goods
and services you
Level of goods and desire
services you
currently have

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How do you invest in yourself?

Learning Networking
Informal
that occurs
training
in daily life Reading
Continuing
education Learn a Post-
secondary
specific set
Formal education
of skills
training usually from
Workshops
experts
What type of informal and formal training
are you currently participating in?
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Training often results in…

Increased earnings
Greater job Increased
throughout a
security employability
career

Making
Adding/enhancing Increased
connections with
skills knowledge
people

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Post-secondary education
Prerequisite = high school diploma or passing of GED test

Formal Some
training with college, no Associate Bachelor’s
no degree degree

Become a
specialist in an Official degree Two-year Four-year
requirements degree degree
area (certificate are not although time although time
or non- completed varies varies
certificate)

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Prerequisite = Bachelor’s degree

Master’s Doctorate Professional

Completion time Special type of

Average of two or
varies but is an advanced degree
more years of
average of four or required by some
study
five years occupations

Having a Master’s
degree is a Time to complete
common varies
requirement
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Where can post-secondary education occur?

Technical/
Community
vocational Colleges
colleges
schools

Private
Universities Academies
institutions

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Education pays…

Income
Earning Ability

Education

Unemployment
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Education Tower
Goal Challenge

• Build the • Each group

tallest free- has a different
standing tower education
using only the level with
supplies certain skills
provided and limitations
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Education Tower
• Can use one hand only, the other must be kept behind their back
High School Dropout and all communication must be done nonverbally

• Can use one hand only and the other must be kept behind their
High School Graduate back

• Have full use of their hands but all communication must be done
Associate degree nonverbally

• Have full use of their hands but the team must designate one
Bachelor’s degree person only who can talk; others must communicate nonverbally

Doctorate degree • Have no limitations

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Education Tower Discussion

How did the education
Which group had to Why were some
level relate to the
work the hardest to groups more successful
degree of the assigned
build the tower? Why? than others?
limitations?

How might a person

get the “skills” needed
How does this activity
for the opportunity to
relate and not relate to
add to their
real life?
occupational level and
earn a higher income?
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Read Anthony’s
story

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Underline actions Anthony took that contributed to his human capital.

• Worked for his dad’s construction company

• Played basketball
• Volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club
• Went to college
• Gave campus tours to incoming freshmen
• Obtained a Bachelor’s degree in business
• Worked for a construction company specializing in commercial building
• Worked as a sales representative

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Circle the transferable skills Anthony Choose two transferable skills and explain
has gained. what Anthony did to gain those skills.
Working for his dad’s construction
Discipline
company
Working for his dad’s construction
Patience
company

Presenting Giving campus tours to incoming

freshmen
Communication Attending college

Construction Working for construction companies

Teamwork Playing basketball

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Continuing Education
What informal training has What formal training has
Anthony received? Anthony received?
• Working for and observing his • Bachelor’s degree in
dad’s construction company business
• Volunteering at the Boys and • Training for commercial
Girls Club building
• Advisory relationship with
college advisor
• Gave campus tours to incoming
freshmen
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If Anthony had stayed in the

Discussion How did investing in his
construction business and
human capital help Anthony
not completed his degree in
when the construction
Business, what options
business went through a
would he have if he was laid
down time?
off from his job?

We were
What is one way Anthony can confused by
wording- sim
continue his education via
formal training?
w/o the deg
what would
options hav
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Occupation and Industry

Industry –
Occupation – Group of establishments
Grouping of jobs that that produce similar
perform similar tasks products or provide
similar services

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Jenny’s Occupation
Accountant
Industry Industry
Manufacturing Leisure and
Current Job: Hospitality
Accountant for an Potential Job:
electronics Hotel
company accountant
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Occupation
Occupation
Elementary, Middle,
Elementary school
and High School
teacher
Principals
Industry Formal training
Industry
Education and Receives a
Education and
Health Services Master’s degree
Health Services
in education
Current Job: Potential Job:
Teaching second Elementary
grade school principal
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Occupations

Jobs Industries

Help
determine
what
continuing
education
to pursue
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Career Clusters
Career cluster - a grouping of
occupations and industries based on
the knowledge and skills required

Helps students prepare

for employment
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Your present self impacts your future self

Future job
Invest in human
opportunities that
capital today
create well-being

How are you currently investing

in your human capital?
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