yearly or according to the level of performance, by the company. Some companies also have profit sharing policies. For example, in 2010, Google Inc. gave all its employees a one thousand dollar holiday bonus and paid the taxes for the money meaning the employees kept the entire sum (Blodget, 2010). Such incentives might prove critical when picking careers or companies. In the matrix, salary was assigned an overall weighted score of 25 out of 100.
Benefits in this career evaluation matrix referred to any other entitlements employers were willing to afford employees in the specific career. Some of the benefits that can be offered include; house and car insurance, retirement plans and pensions, health and lifetime insurance, sick leave, paid vacations, tuition assistance, travel and expense reimbursement among others. Benefits however vary from one company to another. The big companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft …show more content…
Some of the considerations involving the work-hours include life and work balance. Will the hours be long? Will the job involve working on weekends or working from home? Will it involve a lot of travel, local or international? Some of these careers can be very labor intensive and time consuming. Work hours as a criterion was assigned an overall weighted score of 15 out of 100
The final criterion was job security. All workers prefer a certain degree of certainty regarding their work arrangements and income because of the ramifications this has on their personal and professional lives. In general, it makes sense to choose a career line with little or no threats to job security. Job security was assigned a weight of 20 out of 100.
Career Evaluation Results
The three careers under examination were subjected to the criteria elaborated above, and points were awarded on a weighted scale. The results are presented in table 1
Benefits in this career evaluation matrix referred to any other entitlements employers were willing to afford employees in the specific career. Some of the benefits that can be offered include; house and car insurance, retirement plans and pensions, health and lifetime insurance, sick leave, paid vacations, tuition assistance, travel and expense reimbursement among others. Benefits however vary from one company to another. The big companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft …show more content…
Some of the considerations involving the work-hours include life and work balance. Will the hours be long? Will the job involve working on weekends or working from home? Will it involve a lot of travel, local or international? Some of these careers can be very labor intensive and time consuming. Work hours as a criterion was assigned an overall weighted score of 15 out of 100
The final criterion was job security. All workers prefer a certain degree of certainty regarding their work arrangements and income because of the ramifications this has on their personal and professional lives. In general, it makes sense to choose a career line with little or no threats to job security. Job security was assigned a weight of 20 out of 100.
Career Evaluation Results
The three careers under examination were subjected to the criteria elaborated above, and points were awarded on a weighted scale. The results are presented in table 1