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Have you started thinking about a career? What careers have you been thinking about?
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​Consider This- Personal Finance- p. 4

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Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.
What would happen if a person chooses a job that she/he could not do and did not like it?

What was the consequences of Raphael's poor choice?

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Career Vs. Job

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A job is work you perform to earn money to support your basic needs. It can be a full-time or part-time job and may be short-term.

Career Vs. Job

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A career -
A long-term pursuit in a field where you grow and develop, aiming for personal satisfaction and advancement. It usually requires advanced training or education.

Jobs include: Copy two examples

• Restaurant servers

• Grocery store shelf stockers

• Greenhouse planters

• Retail salesperson

• ​Fast Food Worker

Careers include:

• Dentists

• Auto mechanics

• Plumbers

• Teachers

• Firefighters

• ​Architects

• Park Ranger​

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Importance Factors for Mantaining Your Career

Retaining- Knowledge and skills

Upgrading - Taking courses and learning new skill or education required to do your job because of situations new situations

Example- Learning how to use the computer to do your job or learn how to use Zoom for working remotely during the pandemic.
Example- Learning how to use computers to create work and enter grades in gradebook

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Technology

Major changes in technology are factors that cause people and demands for technology causes people to require new skills for career advance and creations of products.

Example- Cybersecurity- career create to combat increase cyber attacks.