What is an occupation?

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What is an occupation?

• And how is it different from a job or a career?

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An Occupation is

• A general name for a kind of work that people do
  in many different ways and places.
• For example
• Teaching is an occupation that includes
  kindergarten teachers, high school teachers,
  principals and many others.

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What is a Job?

• And how is it different from an occupation or a
  career?

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A Job is

• One persons task or tasks in one work situation,
  may be full or part-time, short or long duration.
  
• For example
• A secretary at your school

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What is a Career?

• And how is it different from an occupation or a
  job?

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A Career is

• The combined total of all the events in a
  persons life from the time he/she is born,
  including education, work, family, leisure
  activities, and more.

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Lets Practice!
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Kelly is a recent graduate from college. She has
just started working as a secretary for a major
law firm. She is in charge of filing cases and
sorting mail. Is this her job or her occupation?

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Her Job!

• Why?
• It is something specific that she does for the
  company.

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Brads field is criminal justice. He can either
be a police officer, a forensic scientist, or a
judge. Is this his career or his occupation?
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His Occupation!

• Why?
• He works in the field of criminal justice and can
  do any number of jobs within the field.

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Michael is 65 years old and is retiring this
year. Throughout his life he has worked as a bank
teller, a real estate agent, and a teacher. Is
this his career, his job, or his occupation?
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His Career!

• Why?
• It is all of the jobs that he has had throughout
  the course of his life.

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NowOur jobs!
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Please remember

• All jobs are important.
• What would happen if the person who picked up the
  garbage stopped picking up the garbage?
• What would happen if telephone operators didnt
  exist?
• Would a town be able to function without hospital
  workers? Ambulance drivers? Dog catchers? Pest
  control?

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Once you have received your job, please bring it
back to your desk and do not turn it over until
everyone has their job!
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Lets check out our jobs!

• Who has a job?
• Who has a career?
• Who has an occupation?

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Some more vocabulary

• Gross Monthly Income
• Total personal income before deductions.
• Transferable Skills
• Abilities that can be useful in many different
  situations (such as math or communication
  skills).

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Take some time to get to know your new job

• Study the information provided on your job
  description.
• Fill in the blank spots on the A Day in the
  Life worksheet.
• Complete a job title and description for your job
  as well.

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Lets chit-chat!

• The world around us is changing.
• Jobs are also changing.
• Some of your jobs may be done in different ways
  including
• Flexible hours.
• Contract work.
• Self-employed.
• Becoming entrepreneurs.

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Which jobs could fit under these categories?
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• How many of you are self-employed?
• How many are full-time employees?
• What is the difference?
• How many of you have a high school education?
  College? Technical school? Something different?
• What examples of High Five can you find on your
  job profiles?