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UNIT 1 CHAPTER 2.4 Career Choices

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Career Choices

You have several possible career paths in

front of you.

Education - Experience

Private Sector

Big company

Business for yourself

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The public sector includes people who

work for federal, state, or local government.

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Schoolteachers are government employees

and work for a school district or a city’s

education department.

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A. Pharmaceutical salespersons

B. School textbook editors

C. Bank loan officers

D. Social Security administrators

Which of these people have a career

in the public sector?

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A. Pharmaceutical salespersons

B. School textbook editors

C. Bank loan officers

D. Social Security administrators

Which of these people have a career

in the public sector?

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There are other ways careers differ. Do you

like to work:

• With a large

group of

people, a

small team,

or on your

own?

• Indoors or

outdoors?

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Different careers have different rhythms

and paces.

Sales

Construction

Retailing

Public Safety

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How do you feel about money?

Do you want job security and a steady

income – or are you willing to accept risk for

the opportunity to receive higher earnings?

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What kind of family do you want?

Will the career you want support the

family you’d like to have someday?

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A. security

B. education

C. risk

D. experience

Certain careers require people to be

willing to accept more _______ for the

possibility of a higher income.

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A. security

B. education

C. risk

D. experience

Certain careers require people to be

willing to accept more _______ for the

possibility of a higher income.

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A. administrative

B. financial

C. private

D. public

Employees of the government

work in the _______ sector.

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A. administrative

B. financial

C. private

D. public

Employees of the government

work in the _______ sector.

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A. a steady income

B. job security

C. higher risk

D. a slower pace

People who want jobs with

higher earnings usually must be

willing to accept _______.

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A. a steady income

B. job security

C. higher risk

D. a slower pace

People who want jobs with

higher earnings usually must be

willing to accept _______.