WORK AND

EMPLOYMENT
BY ANOTIDA PAKA
 EMPLOYMENT WORK

• An arrangement in which a person

works for another person (for a • activity involving mental of physical
company) in exchange of money effort in order to achieve a purpose or
• It is basically working for money result

• An occupation by which a person • Task to be undertaken

earns a living, work and business
 FIVE KINDS OF WORK WE DO EVERYDAY

1. Planning work
2. Procedural work
3. Insecurity work
4. Problem solving
5. Recreation work
 KINDS OF WORK

Planning work
 work which has gone through s formal planning process to identify labour , materials ,
tools and safety requirements
Procedural work
 work which does not end but ends up in the system
Insecurity work
 FIVE MAIN EMPLOYMENT TYPES

• Permanent or fixed-term employees

• Casual employees
• Apprentices or trainees – employees
• Employment agency staff – also labour hire
• Contractors and sub-contractors – hired staff

• (the stability of the economy rests on the ability to maintain a low unemployment rate and
provide a safe, secure workplace…)
 DOMESTIC WORK

• Paid domestic work is an important source of employment

• The people provide essential housekeeping services and look after the needs of children
and the elderly , sick or invalid members of other peoples households
• 80-90% of the workers are women , out of the estimate of 53 million workers across the
world
• Many of these workers are unregistered , hidden and non-enumerated by labour force
surveys and censuses
• These workers are underpaid and overworked , poorly regulated and protected by labour
legislation
UNEMPLOYMENT
IN ZIMBABWE
Unemployment rate in Zimbabwe
remained unchanged at 4.90 percent
in 2019 from 4.90 in 2018

Unemployment in Zimbabwe has

moved people from offices to the
streets vending

(Last update on 1 March 2020)

THE MOST
COMMON
EMPLOYERS OF
ZIMBABWE
Employment in agriculture was
reported at 67.37% in 2019, according
to the world bank collection of
development indicators for Zimbabwe.

Now most people are self employed

and are working in the streets , money
changing and vending
 HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR CAREER

• Know yourself – your strengths , values , personality and skills

• Know your options and learn about each one
• Make a good decision

• “The five traditional professions are architecture , clergy , engineering , law and
medicine”
 ACKNOWLDGEMENTS

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