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Career Work Exploration

This course outlines career development concepts, differentiating job, occupation, and career, exploring options, decision making, and pursuit of goals. It covers workplace changes, motivations for working, and valuable occupations in society.

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Career Work Exploration

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  1. Career Work Exploration Ms. Lapointe Christa.lapointe@htcsd.ca http://2014semester2.wikispaces.com

  2. Outline • Website • Introduction • Course Outline – three different courses in one class • Expectations • Course Calendar • Assignments due for Tuesday, February 4 – NO LATES • Videos /Stats • Your Job/My Job

  3. Module 1 – Intro to career development Objectives: • Understand career development concepts and apply them to a personal career development process • Career Development Model • What is a career? • Differentiate between job, occupation, and career • definitions • Concept of work • Why work? Reasons to work. • Changing workplace/force – labour market info • Career Awareness • Experiences/Exposure/Active Role

  4. Career development model • Knowing Yourself • Personality; values; skills; interests; knowledge; etc. • Explore Your Options • Trends, info, co-op, job shadows, ii, gain experience, research, networking • Choose a Direction • Decision making, objectives, goals, life long learning, options, networking, try things out, job shadow, • Pursuing Your Goals • Course of action, plans, volunteer, Join the workforce • Re-evaluate/Reflect/New Goals

  5. High five messages What doe you think the five messages are? Video Intro to NCDW Videos Handout

  6. What is a career? • Your Career is the sum total of your life experiences! • Examples …

  7. Key Terms - handout • There will be a quiz on career, career development model and this terms tomorrow on the quia site.

  8. Why work? Reasons? • Brainstorm …

  9. Why Work? Reasons? • Money/Trade/Barter/Can’t do everything You can get a lot out of working! It doesn’t have to be something you have to do! • Economic Reasons • Food, shelter, clothing, independence, skills • Social Interaction • Meet new people/network, new interests, acceptance, active, make friends, help people, allows you to be with others, contribute to society, • Self Respect • Sense of accomplishment, praise, self-confidence • Work Satisfaction • Happy, healthy, less likely to be late or take days off, happier home life, enjoyment and satisfaction beats out money a lot of the time • Team • Basic human psychological need (belonging), pride, love, group effort • Feeling Useful, Being active • Sense of purpose and direction, community, contributing

  10. Assignment • Title Page – Why people work? Name, date, class • Conduct your own research: • Interview two adults and ask the following questions: • What are the main reasons you work? • Do you enjoy your work? • Did you plan to enter this line of work? • Is your work rewarding and important to your life? How? • What advice do you have for youth today in relation to working and career choices? • Answer the following questions for yourself. • In addition to money, list three other rewards/reasons for work that are most meaningful to you. • What occupations do you think are most valuable to our society? • Why are some jobs seem to be valued more highly than other? Explain. • Which occupations do you think are undervalued?

  11. Contribution - http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2013/07/15/which-occupations-contribute-most-to-society/

  12. Types of work - stats • Examples … • http://www.careers.govt.nz/plan-your-career/get-career-ideas/types-of-work-arrangement-and-hours/

  13. Changing workforce/workplace • Examples …

  14. Types of Work • Full Time Employment • Part Time • Seasonal • Contract • Casual • Job Sharing • Virtual/Remote/Tele • Entrepreneurship • Consulting • Portoflio • Piece work

  15. Changing workforce/workplace • New skill set • Types of work • Outsourcing • Automation • Technology • Economy • Baby boomers • Global market • Changing work patterns • Pink collar/while collar • New Generation/X/Y/Milleniums • Education • Skills Shortage

  16. Motivation • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc • Daniel Pink

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