Unit 1, Assign. 2: The Purpose of Work
employee
the worker for a company or organization
job
work done for pay
career
series of related jobs based on knowledge, training, tasks performed, interests, and experience
employer
the supervisor or owner of a company or organization
volunteer work
unpaid work done for a person or organization
My neighbor's lawn is overgrown. While I was mowing my own lawn, I cut hers, too. She offered to pay me but I wouldn't take her money. It was my pleasure to help her. Mowing my neighbor's lawn was _____.
volunteer work
Many states require a work permit for workers younger than eighteen years old.
True
Right now I work in my doctor's office filing patient records. I already have a job as a help-desk attendant lined up at the Children's Hospital on campus when I start college next fall. Given the type of work I am interested in and have experience doing, when I graduate as a pediatric nurse, nursing could be best considered _____.
a career
Work performed for pay that is unrelated to any other work you have performed or are trained to do is _____.
a job
work permit
a state-required legal document giving employees younger than eighteen permission to work
work
any task that is useful
The government department responsible for laws concerning work is the _____.
department of labor
