Chapter 10
Introduction
1. Identify a job you want
2. Give two reasons you want that job.
3. What skills do you need for that job?
4. What education do you need for that job
5. How will family planning be affected by your career
choice?
6. What are current trends for your career choice – guess
if you need to.
10-2
Pg. 186-190
1. How has the labor force increased (give a number)
from 1986-2006? What are two key reasons for this
growth?
2. Why is participation of younger Americans expected to
decrease?
3. Why do you think service jobs have replaced
manufacturing jobs?
4. What is the trend for knowledge workers
5. Give an example of outsourcing, temporary worker, and
telecommuting.
6. Why do firms move work offshore?
7. How has offshoring affected manufacturing and services
jobs
8. What are benefits of offshoring
9. Why do firms do inshoring?
10-4
195-198
1. The “first” step in building your human capital is to
identify your …?
2. What is the balance between your dreams and your
skills and abilities?
3. How does education help you earn more money?
4. How does on-the-job training help build your human
capital?
5. How does personal-professional networks help build
human capital
10-5 Unions pg. 198-201
1. Why were unions formed in the late 1800’s? When was
the “golden age” of unions?
2. What is collective bargaining? Why is it important to
employees?
3. What is the difference between a closed shop and a
union shop? How do right-to-work laws affect these
businesses?
4. What is bread-and-butter unionism? What are the
components to this unionism?
5. What are right-to-work laws? Where are most of the
right-to-work states?