Subject: Bus Man Grades: 9.1&9.

2 Worksheet 11/15/2022

Choosing a career is an important decision that everyone must make. The decision will affect the rest of your
life. It will affect the amount of money you will earn. It will also affect the amount of satisfaction you will get
from your work and life. A full-time job requires at least 40 hours of work every week. Most full-time workers
spend 2,000 hours working each year. That is time you will want to spend doing something you enjoy.

Mark the following statements either true (T) or false (F).

1. Choosing a career is an important decision for everyone. _______________

2. Your career choice ultimately affects your life. _____________________.
3. The amount of money a person earns depends on his/her career choice. _____________________.
4. A career can never yield any degree of satisfaction at any time. _____________________.

Work is essential to almost everyone’s economic and social well-being. It includes jobs, occupations, and
careers. A job oroccupation is work that people engage in to earn pay. A career is a work history of one or more
jobs in the same or related fields of interest. Each occupation in a career builds on interest, knowledge, training,
and experience from the other jobs.

Circle the letter of the correct answer to each of questions (6-10).

5. Everyone’s economic and social well-being ___________________.
a. depends on work
b. is no one else’s buisness
c. is determined by luck, primarily
6. Work includes ______________.
a. work history and eductaional background
b. jobs, occupations and careers
c. imagination, artistic taste and attitude
7. ______________is/are essential for getting a good job.
a. Knowledge and training
b. Good luck
c. Experience
d. Immagination
Pursuing a career requires career planning. Career planning consists of assessing your potential, analyzing your
options, and preparing for the future. That preparation could include education or training as well as developing
specialized skills or abilities.

8. To pursue a career, everybody needs to ____________________.

a. do career planning
b. depend on his/her good luck
c. get help from relatives and friends
9. You cannot plan for your career _____________________.
a. if you are not active
b. without assessing your potential and analyzing your options
c. unless you prepare for the future
d. both ‘b’ & ‘c’
10. Developing specialized skills _____________________.
a. doesn’t have any effect on a person’s future career
b. is time consuming and is sometimes quite useless
c. is an important part of any career planning
d. should only be attempted when it is affordable