Chapter 19

Types of
Employment
Business Studies
Junior Cycle
Tell the difference between work, employment What I
and volunteering.
Understand the reasons why people volunteer. should
Identify the benefits of volunteering to
individuals, organisations and society.
know by
Discuss different types of employment. Thursday
Differentiate between employment and self
employment.
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List the benefits of work.
Understand what is meant by unemployment.
Identify careers relevant to your interests and
subjects.
Tell the difference
between work,
employment and
volunteering.
 Work Employment Volunteering
Any productive This is work for which a When a person freely offers
activity which to carry out some work or
person receives a activity without payment. The
requires effort. payment. aim is to help others, the
This can be environment or the
physical or mental. E.G Wage or a Salary
community.

Notes
Understand the
reasons why
people
volunteer.
 They may be passionate about a cause.
E.g. Preventing animal abuse
They may have time available and want to help
their community. E.g. keeping their neighbourhood
tidy – Tidy Towns volunteering.
They may have a skill that is needed and they want
Why do to put it to good use.
People They may have had a personal experience of a
Volunteer? cause they want to help. E.g. People who have had a
family member who was ill and were helped by a
charity may want to now give back.
Notes
Identify the
benefits of
volunteering to
individuals,
organisations
and society.
 Benefits to People Benefits to the Organisation Benefits to Society / Economy
A chance to learn new If volunteers are unpaid, more Volunteers reduce the financial
skills. money/funds can be put towards burden on the Government which
running the organisation. allows money to be spent in
other important areas.
It shows initiative which Every organisation benefits from The idea of helping others
may impress employers having passionate and motivated improves ‘Community Spirit’
on your CV and lead to volunteers as they bring new within the area.
future paid employment. skills and ideas to the
organisation.
It is good for your personal Well known (celebrity) volunteers Volunteering sometimes reduces
satisfaction and wellbeing. can bring positive publicity for social isolation for ‘at risk’ Notes
the organisation. members of society like the
elderly.
Discuss
different types
of employment.
Notes
Differentiate
between
employment and
self employment.
 Employment Self Employment
Most people work and report to somebody Self Employed people work for
in order to earn an income. This in turn themselves. They take their
allows them to have a good standard of income from the profits their
living and buy goods and services.
business earns.
If you are paid for the work you do, you are
known as an employee.
Notes
Benefits of Employment They may receive grants from
Earning a Living their Local Enterprise Office to
Regular Income help support their business.
Gaining Experience
List the benefits
of work.
Benefits of Work

Self Esteem and sense of achievement are improved

Contributing to Society
Notes
Gaining Experience
Completing Tasks
Understand
what is meant
by
unemployment.
 • If a person is of working age and is
available for work but they cannot
find work, they are said to be
unemployed.
Unemployment
• This does not count students who
are still in full time education.

Notes
The government have a number of training schemes in place to
help unemployed people improve their skills and get back to
work as soon as possible:
Solas
ETBI
Momentum

Notes
You do not need to write out anything for these girls, I just want you to take a
look over all of the key words and make sure you understand them now after
completing the chapter. If there are any you do not understand, please feel
free to ask me to explain it via email.
Identify
careers relevant
to your interests
and subjects.
 Use this to
help you
complete
workbook
exercise Q18