career decision making
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Career Decision MakingGayle E. Wood, M.Ed.Director of Access and Diversity
3-Steps to Career Planning
• Self-Assessment– Evaluate your interests, personality and
values, skills and abilities.• Career Exploration
– Evaluate career trends.– Complete an information search.
• Put it Together– Set a specific timetable for completing goals.– Use your contacts.
Self-Assessment
• Interests– What sparks my interest? – What activities give me the most
pleasure? – What’s really important to me? – What volunteer activities do I find most
enjoyable?– What school subjects do I find most
interesting?”
Self-Assessment
• Skills and Abilities– What are areas in which I excel? – What are my special gifts and talents? – What are some things I do for which I
receive compliments? – In what subjects do I earn the highest
grades?”
Self-Assessment
• Personality and Values– What are my lifestyle preferences?– Do I prefer to be indoors or outdoors?– Would I rather be with lots of people or by
yourself?– Do I consider myself a quite, calm person or
an active person?– Would I prefer a 9-5 work schedule or a
flexible work schedule?
Tools for Self Assessment
• Daydream about careers that interest you.
• Review the classified section of the Sunday Newspaper.– Make a scrapbook of the job listings
you cut out of the newspaper. – Pay attention to similarities in job
choices.
Tools for Self Assessment
• Participate in a Shadow Program.• Review your Transcripts.
– Highlight those courses in which you earned an A or B.
• Take a Career Assessment. – Meet with a counselor and take the
Campbell Interest Skills Survey.
Career Exploration
• Review Career Trends.– Labor Market Trends
• Which employment fields will be dominant? – Occupational Trends
• What careers are predicted for fast growth? • What changes are occurring in occupational
trends? • How has the work force changed in the last
few years?• What significant work force changes will occur
in the next 5-10 years?
Career Exploration
• Complete an Information Search.– Use the following Internet sites to research
specific careers. • Occupational Outlook Handbook www.bls.gov/oco/
• Princeton Review www.princetonreview.com/cte/
• What Color is Your Parachute? www.jobhuntersbible.com
• America's Career Infonet www.acinet.org/acinet/
• Tennessee Career Information Delivery System www.tcids.utk.edu/
Career Exploration
• Talk to people in the field.• Participate in an internship.
– Contact the placement office for more information on internships.
Put It Together
• Set a Specific Timetable. – Write down long- and short-term goals
that guide you toward achieving the career you want. • Teach K-5, graduation date, internship,
licensure, etc.)– Periodically evaluate those goals.
Put It Together
• Use Your Contacts. – Network with people in your field before
you graduate from college, especially during your last two semesters in college.
Need Help?
• If you need assistance with career planning, contact Counseling Services:– Blount County Center - 981-5303– Division Street Campus - 971-5218– Magnolia Campus - 329-3113– Pellissippi Campus - 694-6547
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