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Discovering Your Career Passion
Location: POD 60Phone: (416) 979 – 5177Email: [email protected]: Mon – Thu 8:30 am – 6:30 pm/Fri 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Career Development WorkshopsGet Ready
Know yourself and what you want
Get SetPresent yourself with style
GOMake your move
• Discover Your Career Passion
• The “Wow” Factor: Resumes & Cover Letters that stand out
• Job Search Strategies that Maximize Results
• Pinpointing Resources for Career Planning
• Interview Techniques that Land the Job
• Leveraging Social Media for Your Job Search
• Grad School Application Essentials
• LinkedIn: Developing Career Connections & Effective Profiles
• Keep It Pro: Business Etiquette & Dress
• Make it a Breeze: Transitioning from School to Work
• Don’t Slurp the Soup! Tips for Dining Etiquette Success
• Showing Achievements: Crafting an Engaging Portfolio
“Most job-hunters who fail to find their dream job, fail not because they lack information about the job market, but because they lack information about
themselves.”
~ Richard Bolles
Agenda
1. Objectives of Career Exploration
2. Components of Self Assessment
• Values – Card Sort• Interests – SII • Personality – MBTI • Skills – Card Sort
3. Reflection 4. Next Steps5. Summary
Most Common Question
“I don’t know what I want to do. Is there a test or something that
can tell me what career is right for me?”
NO
Objectives of Career ExplorationSelf-assessment is the first step of the career planning process. It allows you to learn more about your:
• An informed career decision• Information for a strong resume• Self knowledge for interviews
• Interests • Skills • Personality • Values
• Natural talents• Work styles • Unique strengths in
relation to career fields and titles
The result is:
Components of Self Assessment
Values What is important to you
• E.g.) Wealth, status, independence, security, etc.
Interests What you enjoy doing
• E.g.) Taking photos, playing basketball, socializing, etc.
Personality
What drives/motivates you, individual traits, needs, and attitudes
Skills
What you are good at
• E.g.) Public speaking, computer programming, coordinating, etc.
VALUES
Values• Beliefs we develop early in life
– right and wrong, good and bad
• Shaped by family, culture, education, religion, socialization processes
• Some maintained for life, others may change
• E.g.) Having children, financial stability, health, religious beliefs, job security
Identifying Values: Card SortSort cards according to 3 parameters:
• What I Strongly Value• What I Value At Times• What I Don’t Value
After:• List your 10 Most Essential Values
These 10 essential values will help you:• Identify appropriate career choices by matching
your work values with characteristics of occupations
INTERESTS
Interests
E.K. Strong Jr.
• Researched people's likes and dislikes for activities, objects, and types of people
• Discovered similar interests amongst satisfied individuals in the same career
Strong Interest Inventory (SII)
Work Styles
Dr. John Holland’s theory classifies people and work environments into 6 types:
1. Realistic
2. Investigative
3. Artistic
4. Social
5. Enterprising
6. Conventional
Also known as the Holland Codes or RIASEC!
Holland Code: Realistic
People who tend to prefer:
• Athletic or mechanical tasks• Working with objects, tools,
machines, plants or animals• Being outdoors
Sample majors: Science and Engineering
Sample careers: Engineer, military service
Holland Code: Investigative
People who tend to prefer:
• Observing, learning, investigating• Analyzing, evaluating, science
and math problem solving• Independent work
Sample majors: Human Science, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science
Sample careers: physician, professor, chemist
Holland Code: Artistic
People who tend to prefer:
• Creativity, innovation, intuition• Working in unstructured
situations• Using their imaginations
Sample majors: Art History, Studio Art, Theater and Performance
Sample careers: interior designer, editor, musician, reporter
Holland Code: SocialPeople who are / tend to prefer:
• Working with and helping people• Informing, enlightening, helping,
training, developing or curing people
• Skilled with words
Sample majors: Psychology, Sociology
Sample careers: counsellor, nurse, community organizer, social advocate, teacher
Holland Code: EnterprisingPeople who tend to prefer:
• Influencing, persuading or performing
• Leading or managing for company goals or economic gain
• Working with people
Sample majors: International Business, Marketing, Management
Sample careers: investment manager, buyer, realtor, entrepreneur, fundraiser
Holland Code: Conventional
People who tend to prefer:
• Clerical or numerical ability• Attention to detail, following
through on others’ instructions
Sample majors: Accounting, Finance
Sample careers: accountant, actuary, math teacher
Holland Codes: Additional Influences Other possible influences:
• Family • Friends• Coursework• Volunteer experiences
• Teachers• Cultural context• Environment
(growing up)
PERSONALITY
Personality: MBTI
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• Isabel Myers and Katherine Briggs’ wanted to help people learn their personality
• MBTI measures differences in traits between individuals
• Assumes other minds work on same principles as own
• Incorporates Carl Jung’s theory that people use 4 basic mental functions or processes
Personality & Work: MBTI
• MBTI theory argues that certain personality types are a better fit for particular careers
• E.g.) Dominant “Feeling” function in a legal career
• Use MBTI in conjunction with other inventories (interests and values)
Personality: MBTI MBTI uses 4 dichotomies:
Extraversion vs. Introversion
(Attitudes)
• Identifies outward or inward flow of energy
Sensing vs. iNtuition(Functions)
• How you understand and process information
Thinking vs. Feeling(Functions)
• How you make decisions
Judging vs. Perceiving(Lifestyle)
• How you like to live your outer life OR your orientation to the outer world
SKILLS
Skills Assessment
Hard / Technical Skills:• Measurable• Factual knowledge • Specific processes/
procedures• Learned during formal
training, at school or on the job
Soft / Transferable Skills: • Talent that can
“transfer” from one field of study, job, leisure activity to another
• Acquired throughout entire life: school, work, extracurriculars, volunteering, hobbies
Identifying Skills: Card SortSort cards according to 3 parameters:
• What I Like To Do• What I Would Like To Learn• What I Don’t Like To Do
After:• List the top 10 skills you would like to use or learn
These 10 skills will help you:• Identify appropriate career choices by matching
your work skills with characteristics of occupations
Reflection
• Confirmations?
• Surprises?
• What’s next for you?
Revisit values, interests, personality, and skills periodically to see if anything changes.
Next Steps
• Add “Next Steps” to brochure• Developing an “Action Plan”
SummaryTo discover a career that is suitable for you, it is important to conduct a self-assessment on your:
VALUESINTERESTS
PERSONALITYSKILLS
Resources
Career Assessments:• Strong Interest Inventory (SII)• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Additional information: • http://www.ryerson.ca/career/students/
planmycareer/selfassessment/
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Contact Information:
Location: POD 60
Phone: (416) 979 – 5177
Email: [email protected]
Hours: Mon. – Thur. 8:30 am – 6:30 pm Fri. 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
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