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Chapter 1 Key Terms

• absolute earnings• aggressive• assertive• career• cultural diversity• delay gratification• drudgery

• equal pay• human relationships• relative earnings• self-concept• submissive• underemployed• variety

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Choose a job you love,and you will never have to

work a day in your life.

— Confucius

Choosing Your Career

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Who Will You Be?

The identity stage is a time in a person’s life in which the question “Who am I?” arises more and more frequently. For example:

• What career role will I have?• Will I have a role as a wife or husband?• Will I be a parent? If so, what kind of

parent will I be?

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Developing a Career Plan

Include these steps in your career plan:1. List interests, abilities, job skills,

achievements, and values2. Establish short- and long-term goals3. Locate occupational information4. Identify broad career areas related to

your interests, talents, and values

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Developing a Career Plan (cont.)

5. List occupations within your chosen career area

6. Narrow your occupational choices7. Plan for needed education and training8. Learn the necessary job skills9. Decide sacrifices you are willing to

make to fulfill your career plan

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Are You Submissive?

Do you go where others decide and do what they wish, even if you disagree? People who behave in a submissive manner tend to be:

• Apologetic• Indifferent• Passive• Yielding

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Are You Aggressive?

Do you refuse to listen to other points of view and argue until you get your way? People who behave in an aggressive manner tend to be:

• Unfriendly• Insulting• Domineering• Relentless• Quarrelsome

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Are You Assertive?

Do you think for yourself without becoming angry or aggressive, and express your feelings and values openly and honestly? People who behave in an assertive manner tend to be:

• Persistent• Understanding• Cooperative

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Reasons for Working

Reasons to work include the following:• A paycheck• Job security• Human relationships• The work task• Career decisions

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Human Relationships

To establish and maintain effective communication, all workers need the following:

• Recognition from other workers that they are understood and accepted

• A feeling of being important and appreciated• Independence to accomplish their job tasks• Knowledge that evaluations are fair• Knowledge that loyalty will be rewarded

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High Level of Job Satisfaction

• Paycheck satisfies realistic lifestyle desires• High skill level provides security and job choices• Job provides prestige• Coworkers are cooperative and supportive• Management has a high regard for the worker’s

performance• Work is interesting• The worker values the work tasks

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Average Level of Job Satisfaction

• Paycheck covers more than basic necessities• Seniority and job skills provide some security• Job provides respect at work and at home• Coworkers are usually pleasant• Supervisor usually approves of worker’s

performance• Work is usually interesting• Tasks often require full use of worker’s skills

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Low Level of Job Satisfaction

• Paycheck covers basic necessities• Security depends on the economy and approval

of supervisor• Job is considered menial by others• Most coworkers are unpleasant or unconcerned• Supervisor is demanding and lacks

understanding• Work is boring and repetitious

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Job Effectiveness

Your effectiveness on the job will depend to a great degree on the match between:

• Yourself• The job task• The workplace