1 LEARN

LEARN ABOUT
ABOUT WORK
WORK

1-1 Why People Work

1-2 Get Self-Information
1-3 Understand Industries and
Occupations
1-4 Investigate Occupations

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1-1
WHY
WHY PEOPLE
PEOPLE WORK
WORK
Objectives

 Discuss reasons why people

work
 Distinguish among the terms
work, occupation, job, and career

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 Key Terms

 work
 occupation
 job
 career

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 Reasons
Reasons to
to Work
Work

 People’s views about work vary

greatly.
 Work is an important part of a well-
rounded life.
 People generally like what they do.
 People work for many different
reasons.

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 Reasons
Reasons to
to Work
Work
 Earn Money
 Number one reason why people work.
 Needed to support basic needs as well as wants.

 Social Satisfaction
 Chance to be with others and make friends.
 People can give and receive understanding and acceptance.

 Positive Feelings
 Working gives people satisfaction and self worth.

 Prestige
 Some people enjoy the recognition and status.
 Some occupations have more prestige than others.
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Reasons to
to Work
Work

 Personal Development
 Work can provide the opportunity to learn and grow.
 Many people have a drive to improve themselves.

 Contributions to Health
 Work can be important for mental and physical health.
 People who are active and happy in their work tend to feel
better.

 Self-expression
 Work can be a way to express your interests, abilities, and
talents.

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 Work,
Work, Occupation,
Occupation, Job,
Job, and
and Career
Career

 Work
 an activity directed toward a purpose or goal that produces
something of value to oneself and/or to society
 can be paid or unpaid
 Occupation
 an occupation is the name given to a group of similar tasks that
a person performs for pay
 a person in an occupation can work at a number of different jobs
 Job
 a paid position at a specific place or setting
 jobs are obtained after an occupation is learned
 most people change jobs a number of times throughout their lives
 Career
 the combination of all the occupations and jobs held
throughout your work life
 some people have multiple or mixed careers

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1-2
GET
GET SELF-INFORMATION
SELF-INFORMATION
Objectives

 Discuss how self-information can help

you make more satisfying
occupational decisions
 Describe the three types of self-
information and how they are
measured

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 Key Terms

 self
 self-information
 interest
 aptitude
 work value

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 Learning
Learning About
About Your
Your Self
Self

 self
 the sum of everything you are, including the unique
combination of qualities that define you
 self-information
 knowledge about your self
 interest
 an activity or idea you enjoy exploring
 aptitude
 something that you are good at doing
 work value
 a belief you hold that reflects what is important to you
about the work you do

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 Types
Types of
of Self-information
Self-information

 Interests
 Your interests can lead to occupations
that might suit you.
 By thinking about your likes and dislikes,
you are taking the first step toward
learning about yourself.
 Occupational interest inventories can
help identify interests.

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 Sample
SampleInterest
Interest Survey
SurveyQuestions
Questions

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  Aptitudes
 Verbal aptitude
 Numerical aptitude
 Clerical speed and accuracy
 Manual dexterity
 Mechanical reasoning
 Spatial visualization
 Aptitude tests can help you find out if
you are suited for a certain occupation.

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 Sample
Sample
Aptitude
Aptitude
Test
Test
Questions
Questions

Source: “Doing Your Best on Aptitude Tests,” GPO

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 Work
Work Values
Values
 Work values are needs you try to meet in your
work.
 Altruism
 Creativity
 Achievement
 Independence
 Prestige
 Financial success
 Security
 Surroundings
 Variety
 Work values can be identified by taking a work
values inventory.

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SampleWork
WorkValues
ValuesInventories
InventoriesItems
Items

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1-3
UNDERSTAND
UNDERSTAND INDUSTRIES
INDUSTRIES
AND
AND OCCUPATIONS
OCCUPATIONS
Objectives

 Explain how occupations and

industries are grouped
 Describe trends in the growth of
goods and service industries
 Describe employment trends in
occupations
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 Key Terms

 world of work
 Standard Occupational Classification
(SOC) system
 Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
 North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS)
 industry
 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
 service-providing industry
 goods-producing industry

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 Occupations
Occupations and
and Industries
Industries

 world of work
 the network of occupations and industries
that exists within the U.S. economic
system

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 Classifying
Classifying Occupations
Occupations

 Standard Occupational Classification

(SOC) system
 a system of grouping based on the type of work
performed
 Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
 a reference source produced by the federal
government that provides occupational
information and data

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 Standard
Standard
Occupational
Occupational
Classification
Classification
System
System(SOC)
(SOC)

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 Classifying
Classifying Industries
Industries

 North American Industry Classification

System (NAICS)
 groups industries according to the type of
product produced or service provided
 industry
 a place of employment
 hospitals, schools, grocery stores, and hundreds of
other types of workplaces
 NAICS is divided into two divisions and
twenty industry sectors.

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 North
NorthAmerican
American
Classification
Classification
System
System(NAICS)
(NAICS)

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 Tomorrow’s
Tomorrow’s Jobs
Jobs

 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

 federal agency that measures labor
market activity and working conditions
projects job trends by analyzing
 population patterns
 economic and social change
 technology

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 Employment
Employment Trends
Trends in
in Industries
Industries

 service-providing industry
 a company or business that produces or
provides some type of personal or
business service
 goods-producing industry
 a company or business which produces
some type of product

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 Numeric
NumericChanges
Changesin
inEmployment
Employmentby
by
Industry
Industry

Source: Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Winter 2009-10, Volume 53, Number 4

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 Employment
Employment Trends
Trends in
in Occupations
Occupations

 Future employment among occupational

groups will vary greatly.
 Information about projected trends is useful
in several ways.
 A person planning a career might choose an
occupation for which future employment is
expected to grow.
 A worker in a declining occupation might
consider retraining.

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 Comparing
ComparingNumeric
NumericGrowth
Growthto
toPercent
Percent Growth
Growth

Source: Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Winter 2009-10, Volume 53, Number 4

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 Fastest
FastestGrowing
GrowingOccupations
Occupationsby
byPercent
PercentGrowth
Growth

Source: Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Winter 2009-10, Volume 53, Number 4

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MostNew
NewJobs
JobsProjected
Projectedby
byNumeric
NumericGrowth
Growth

Source: Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Winter 2009-10, Volume 53, Number 4

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1-4
INVESTIGATE
INVESTIGATE OCCUPATIONS
OCCUPATIONS
Objectives

 Use the Occupational Outlook

Handbook to conduct an occupational
search
 Use O*NET to supplement information
 Explain Career Clusters
 List other sources of career
information
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 Key Terms

 occupational search
 occupational description

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 Using
Using the
the OOH
OOH

 occupational search
 the process of collecting information about an
occupation of interest using one or more printed
resources or databases
 occupational description
 tells you what the work in an occupation is like
 tasks involved
 working conditions
 earnings

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OOH Description
Description Categories
Categories

 Significant Points
 Nature of Work
 Training, Other Qualifications and
Advancement
 Employment
 Job Outlook
 Earnings
 Related Occupations
 Sources of Additional Information

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 Occupational
Occupational
Search
Search Form
Form

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 Occupational
Occupational
Alternative
Alternative
Checklist
Checklist

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 O*Net
O*Net OnLine
OnLine

 The Occupational Information Network

(O*NET) is a system used by state
employment service officers to classify
applicants and job openings.
 You can use O*NET to search
 occupations that match your skills
 by keyword
 by O*NET code
 O*NET reports information about different
aspects of the job.

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 Career
Career Clusters
Clusters

 Career Clusters group occupations based

on knowledge and skills that are the same
among the occupations.

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 Career
Career
Clusters
Clusters

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 Other
Other Sources
Sources of
of Career
Career Information
Information

 CD-ROMs
 Internet
 books

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