Choosing a Career — Flashcards

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Career means an occupation with which opportunities for advancement or promotion can be availed of in life. It is not just one job. It includes the sequence of positions a person may hold during work-…

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Career does not mean simply choosing one job or vocation. It means the progress a person makes through different positions in work-life. A career grows over time as skills, responsibilities, and oppor…

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Career planning is a lifetime process that starts after Secondary or Higher Secondary education. It helps a person think about the positive and negative aspects of a career and make sensible decisions…

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Choosing a career is important because it shapes future life, work habits, values, attitudes, and daily routine. A proper career choice helps a person use abilities well, face competition confidently,…

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Career choice mainly involves two alternatives: wage employment and self-employment. Wage employment means serving another person for wages or salary. Self-employment means engaging in an economic act…

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Wage employment means serving another person for wages or salary. It is based on a contract between employer and employee. The employee works under the supervision and control of the employer during w…

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The main feature of wage employment is that the employee works under the supervision and control of the employer. The work is assigned by the employer, and income is fixed as wages or salary. Example:…

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Self-employment refers to an occupation in which a person engages himself or herself in some economic activity on own to earn livelihood. The person manages the activity independently and bears the ri…