Work

 Sufficient effort with purpose

 Paid/unpaid

 Lifetimecareer-several jobs

 Shapes our identity

My Job My Parents Job

 Work for 50-60 years

 Social Security/Pension

 IRA

 Vertical/Horizontal jobs/careers

 3-4 jobs

 2-3 careers

 More Choices

 Changing technology

 Electronics-work at home

 Growing interests

 Continuing education

 Bored easily

 Why do people need money?

 Need money to meet basic needs

 Not a bad reason

 Still can be fulfilling

 What are some benefits we can receive

from our job?

 Why do you want money?

 What ambitions might people have?

 Read stories on page 50

• Janine

• Kenyatta

• Monica

• Kevin

 What ambitions do you have?

 What types of questions are people trying to

answer?

• What specific talents or skills do I have or could I

develop?

• What characteristics do I possess that particularly

appreciated or admired by other people?

• How will I react in a given situation?

 Can be an opportunity to discover strengths

we did not even know were there

 What strengths could I develop?

 “I’dwork without pay.”

 Do you ever people say this?

 How do they feel about their job? How

can you tell?

 They bring to their tasks a joy and

commitment

 Renewed by their work

 What do you love to do?

 Examples

• Veterinarian, Chemist, Nurse’s aide

 Conscious of the fact that their work is

contributing to a better world and find

this fulfilling

 All jobs can contribute as long as the

results of the work are not detrimental

to life

 How can I make the world a better

place?

 Vocation: whereour deepest desire

meets the world’s great need

• A call by God to live fully

 Feel their work is very specifically theirs

to do

 Meant to do this work

 Made for it

 Don’t know what to do with their time

 Loss of..

• Sense of self

• Effectiveness

• Reason for being

• Socialization

• Being a part of something

• Self sufficiency

• Support of family

• Dignity

 Experience powerlessness

 Leads tofrustration

 Promotes deep hopeless anger

 Often erupts into violence and self-

defeating behaviors

 IfI were finished with my schooling and

could not find work for a long time, how

would I react? Are you confident you will

be able to find a good job following

school? How does that make you feel?

 All work has dignity if…

• Meets a human need

• Contributes to the common good

• Workers are treated with dignity

 It is the worker that gives the job dignity

 All work participates in God’s Creation

 Coworkers with God

 Carpenter

 Preacher

 Teacher

 Healer

 Counselor

1. Responsibility of people to Build the

Kingdom of God

2. Become more human

3. Coparticipants

4. Welfare of humanity

5. Vocation

 What are ways that jobs can help people?





 What are ways that jobs can hurt people?

 Low pay/high profits

 Long hours

 Routine work

 No say

 Safety

 Little or no benefits

 Illness/retirement (no benefits)

 What aresome things that we can do

help choose our career?

• Assess yourself

• Interests

• Personality

• Skills

• Look beyond stereotypes

• Consider work environment

 Networking

 Internships

 Volunteering

 You have participated in volunteer

activities. Choose one of your

experiences and write a reflection about

how this opportunity has helped you

explore a career? What did you learn?

Would you be interested in this career in

the future?

 Career Content Skill

• Specific to job

• May be learned in school

• On the job training

 Transferable Life Skills

• Skills we carry with us from one job to another

 World is constantly change

 We need to be able to adapt

 Offers us opportunities