Discovering Careers
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Authoritative content is presented in an easy to
comprehend and relevant format. The material
focuses on the acquisition of research, problem-
solving, and academic skills that are required for
those taking the next step on the path to college
and career readiness.
• Personal Achievement Plan activities,
which will help you focus your career goals,
opens each unit with a real life student who
was a member of their high school Career
and Technical Student Organization.
• Reading Prep, CTE Career Ready Practices,
and Common Core activities provide
opportunities in each chapter to practice the
skills necessary to be ready to take your next
step toward your career goals.
• College and Career Readiness Portfolio
activities allow you to create a personal
portfolio for use when exploring volunteer,
education and training, or career
opportunities.
Content Content
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Objectives
After studying this section of the chapter, you will be able to:
• Explain
what is meant by entrepreneurship.
• Discuss
the characteristics of those who want to start businesses of their own.
Your Own Business
Does the idea being your own boss appeal to you? Have
you ever thought about starting a business of your own? If so,
entrepreneurship may be right for you.
Entrepreneurship
is taking on the
risks and responsibilities of starting a
business. An
entrepreneur is a person who
starts a business. Being an entrepreneur
is easy, but it can be very rewarding.
need
attention to detail,
in the time running
look
new and better ways to solve problems.
They work to successfully sell products
and services to others.
Entrepreneurs generally start with
small businesses, their businesses
may grow to be quite Convenience
stores, restaurants, and beauty salons
are examples of small businesses that are
often owned by entrepreneurs. Most small
businesses are involved in retail sales or
providing services.
All businesses, even those owned by
entrepreneurs, depend on customers for
their success. The customer is the reason
many entrepreneurs stay in business or go
out of business.
Entrepreneurship
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Key Terms
entrepreneurship
entrepreneur
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When an entrepreneur first starts her own
business, she may be the only employee until the
business is profitable.f
It is important to assess what you learn as you progress
through the text. Multiple opportunities are provided to
confi rm learning as you explore the content. Formative
assessment includes the following.
• The Personal Achievement Plan ongoing project-
based activity guides you through setting short- and
long-term career goals.
• Checkpoint activities at the end of each main section
of the chapter provide you with an opportunity to
review what you have learned before moving on to
the additional content.
• Review Your Knowledge covers basic concepts
presented in the chapter so you can evaluate your
understanding of the material.
• Apply Your Knowledge challenges you to combine
what you learned in the chapter with your own
experiences and goals.
• Teamwork encourages a collaborative experience to help
you learn to interact with others in a productive manner.
• College and Career Readiness activities provide
ways for you to demonstrate the literacy and career
readiness skills you have mastered.
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Unit 2 Career Readiness
Chapter Summary
Section 10.1 Balancing Food and Physical
Activity
• A good way to maintain a healthy body is to eat a balanced diet and get
regular physical activity. Managing stress to avoid its harmful effects is
also important.
• Using products or other substances that may cause impairment
contribute to an unhealthy lifestyle. Smoking causes lung cancer, heart
disease, and emphysema. Abusing drugs or alcohol may damage your
health and jeopardize your employment status.
Section 10.2 Your Appearance
• Your appearance is an important part of the first impression you make on
people. To be well groomed, you should give attention to your hair, skin,
hands, breath, makeup, and fragrance.
• Different types of jobs require different types of clothes. Many workplaces
have a dress code that workers should follow. When jewelry is allowed at
work, it should be chosen with care and worn in moderation.
Check Your Career IQyoure-mail
Now that you have finished the chapter, see what
you learned about careers by taking the chapter
posttest. The test can be accessed on the mobile
site by using a smartphone or on the G-W Learning
companion website.
www.m.g-wlearning.com/careereducation/
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Review Your Knowledge
1. What types of exercise should you do to achieve physical fitness?
2. What are some health problems that eating a balanced diet may help
you avoid?
3. List possible negative effects of having too much stress.
4. What are three problems to which impairment on the job can
contribute?
5. Is it appropriate to wear products that have a fragrance to work?
Explain.
6. Why might employees not be allowed to wear jewelry at work?
7. What is business casual dress?
8. List at least three ways to relax discussed in this chapter.
9. Explain why a first impression is so important.
10. Explain the benefits of a relaxed dress code.
• Your app earance is an important
part of the firs t impres
sion you make on
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Unit 3 Finding a Job
Apply Your Knowledge
1. Use the Internet to check jobs posted online and find five jobs that interest
you. Conduct search using the three career websites of your choice.
2. Write and send an message to a friend that was absent from class
today. Share with the friend five facts about completing a job application form.
Also, inform the friend about the importance of starting a file to document
activities and accomplishments that will be useful in future résumés.
2. Contact the nearest public employment service. Request pamphlets
that explain the services offered.
3. Look in the Yellow Pages for places where you would like to work. List
your top five choices of potential employers.
4. Following the guidelines presented in this chapter, prepare three
résumés for your preferred career area and a list of references.
5. Obtain a job application form from a local Complete it neatly
and correctly.
Teamwork
Working with two classmates, imagine your group is assigned
the task of finding the right person to hire for a job as restaurant
assistant. You want a high school graduate who will check in and
put away shipments of food and supplies, operate the cash register, and
greet customers. What type of information should the right person’s résumé
contain? Prepare an ideal résumé for the position. Use Figure 13-4 as a
guide. Present it to the class.
G-W Learning Mobile Site
Visit the G-W Learning mobile site to complete
chapter pretest and posttest and to practice vocabulary
using e-flash cards. If you do not have a smartphone,
visit the G-W Learning website to access
these features.
G-W Learning mobile site:
www.m.g-wlearning.com
G-W Learning companion website:
www.g-wlearning.com/careereducation/ion/com/careereducat
Common Core
CTE Career Ready Practice.
Read the Ethical Leadership
features presented throughout this text. What role do you
think that ethics and integrity have in decision making? Think
of a time when you used your ideals and principles to make
a decision. What process did you use to make the decision?
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local
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and corr ectly.
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stomers. What type of information should the right person’s résumé
contain? Prepare an ideal résumé for the positio
n. Use Figure 13 -4 as a
guide. P resent it to the class.
G-W Learning Mobile
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Visit the G-W Learning mobile site to co
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chapter pretest and posttest and to prac
tice vocabulary
using e-flash cards. If
you do not have
a smartp
hone,
visit the G-W Le
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website to access
these features.
G-W Learning mobile site
: www.m.g-wlearning.com
G-W Lear
ning companion website:
www.g-wlearning.
Common Core
CTE Career Ready
Practic e. Read the
Ethical Leadership
features present
ed throu
ghout this text. What ro
le do you
think th
at ethics and integrity have in decision making? Think
of a time when y
ou used your ide
als and principles to ma
ke
a decision. What process did you
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Chapter 11 Leadership
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Reading. Read a magazine, newspaper, or online article
about the importance of leadership in the workplace.
Determine the central ideas of the article and review the
conclusions made by the author. Provide an accurate
summary of your reading, making sure to incorporate the
who, what, when,
and
how of this situation.
Apply Your Technology Skills
Access the G-W Learning companion website for this
text at
www.g-wlearning.com/careereducation/.
Download the data file for this chapter. Follow the
instructions to complete activities to practice what you
have learned in this chapter.
Data File 11–1—Working as Part of a Team
College and Career Readiness Portfolio
Some colleges or volunteer groups may ask you to
supply one or more letters of recommendation with your
application. Such a letter may also be requested in an
interview. A letter of recommendation is written by someone
with whom you have worked or someone who knows you
personally. This letter will describe your skills, talents, work
habits, or other
traits.Career
A letter of recommendation can be written to a general
audience or to a specific person or organization. For example,
your high school teacher or coach might write a letter
describing your skills, talents, or character. The letter could be
written in a style that would be appropriate for many situations.
When you apply for a job, you might ask one of your
references to write a letter to the company to which you are
applying. The letter can be addressed to a particular person
and can discuss skills or talents directly related to the job.
1. Ask three people to write a general letter of
recommendation for you.
2. Scan the letters and save them in your e-portfolio.
3. Place the original letters in the container for your print
portfolio.
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Choosing a Career to
Guide Your Studies
Today’s actions dictate tomorrow’s outcomes.
The career you choose to pursue requires that
you make certain decisions and take certain
actions as you move through the stages of your
life. Most careers require training and preparation
beyond a high school diploma. In addition,
admissions to some training and education
programs require particular coursework to be
taken while you are still in school.
Make sure that you have everything
you need to prepare for the next step in your
life having your ultimate goal in mind.
Carefully consider the following training-related
questions as they pertain to each stage of life.
Activity
1. Open the file called “Personal Achievement
Plan” on the companion website.
2. Preview each section
3. In the space provided the the page,
key your name and the name your school.
4. Study the appendix end this text
to familiarize yourself with the 16 career
clusters and pathways.
5. Choose a cluster that contains a career
that is of interest to you and key it into the
appropriate location on your plan.
6. Save the data file asslarge.
FirstnameLastname_SuccessPlan.docx
(i.e., JohnSmith_SuccessPlan.docx). Ask
your teacher where to save your plan.
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The World of Work
Chapter 2:
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Chapter 3:
Learning about Careers
Chapter 4:
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Chapter 1:
The Wor ld of Wo rk
Chapter
2: Learnin g about
Yourself
Chapter
3: Learnin g about
Careers
Chapter 4:
Creatin g a Care er Plan
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Unit 1 Career Exploration
Teamwork
Work with two classmates to research career information and
present it to the class. Select a career area and present a career
ladder showing how a person can advance from one job to
another. Decide as a team how the work. Prepare a written plan
outlining who will do each task. the facts for each job listed
on the career ladder: the predicted job growth or decline, the anticipated
earnings, the skills and academic preparation needed, and whether a
license or certificate is required. Present the findings to the class using
charts, graphs, or pictures.
G-W Learning Mobile Site
Visit the G-W Learning mobile site to complete the
chapter pretest and posttest and to practice vocabulary
using e-flash cards. If you do not have smartphone,
visit the G-W Learning companion website to access
these features.
G-W Learning mobile site:
www.m.g-wlearning.com
G-W Learning companion website:
www.g-wlearning.com/careereducation/not
Common Core
CTE Career Ready Practices.
Exceeding expectations
is a way to be successful at school and in your career.
Make a list of five things that you expect of yourself on a
daily basis, such as being on time, completing tasks as
assigned, and being courteous. For each of the things you
expect from yourself, record what you could do to exceed
those expectations. What effect do you think exceeding
expectations has on your success?
Reading. Take a look at how the authors have structured
this chapter. How do the numbered sections of the text relate
to the chapter title? How is the information presented? Why
do you think this chapter is the first in the textbook?
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