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| Why most people work? | To earn money to pay for housing, transportation, food, clothes, health care, insurance, etc. |
| People change work places because of | changed interests and increased skills |
| How are you a part of the economy? | by buying products |
| The two main skills needed in today's work force? | basic and thinking |
| Basic skills | reading, writing, mathematics, listening, and speaking |
| Thinking skills | creative thinking, decision making, problem solving, and knowing how to learn & reason |
| In addition to basic and thinking skills, workers should have | good personal qualities |
| Personal qualities needed in the work force today | responsibility, good self-esteem, social skills, self-management, intergrity and honesty |
| job | work that people do for pay |
| career | series of related jobs built on a foundation of interests, knowledge, training and experience |
| lifestyle | is the way you use your time, energy and resources |
| economy | the way in which a group produces, distributes, and consumes it's goods and services |
| global economy | refers to the way in which the world's economies are linked |
| job market | a demand for particular jobs in the country |
| team | an organization grouped that sets goals and makes decisions and implements actions within a company |
| outsourcing | business hires other companies or individuals to produce their services and goods |
| Number one place for outsourcing jobs these days | overseas |
| telecommute | work from home using the computer, fax, PDA, and telephone to perform their jobs |
