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Michael J. HamptonSenior Program Director
Michelle MannenbachCuriosity Research Assistant
Starts with your Introduction
The Introduction
C A R E E R D E V E L O P M E N T
Name
Hometown
What your nametag would say!
Something you’re curious about?
What are your foundational characteristics?
Be consistent
Tell your story
How can those characteristics add value?
Provide evidence
Linfield College• Enrollment: 1,700 undergraduate students-
• Linfield students come from a variety of backgrounds
and experiences, but the overarching characteristics are intellectual curiosity, engagement with the community
and world, and a respect for others and the world.
Linfield College• Linfield welcomes students from diverse backgrounds.
Last year 33 percent of incoming students were Americans of color, and this year’s class is 36 percent.
• The student-faculty ratio of 12:1 allows for an experiential education that includes research, creative projects and internships.
Career Development @ Linfield College
Michael J. HamptonSenior Program Director
Kristi MackayAssistant Director,Internship Engagement
Donna MontoyaAssistant Director,Strategic Partnerships
Christine RussellOffice Coordinator
It starts with people
Nicole
Emily
Sara
PabloAlexis
Patty
Heather
Liane
Hire the Super Stars!
Career Specialists- Students as leaders and teachers
Fall 2016- Career Development 45 Academic Courses/On-campus Career Content Presentations (Senior capstone, marketing self,
career exploration, transfer colloquium, informational interviewing)
14 Internship-focused programs (student
presentations, awareness, programs, training)
35 Recruiter relations programs (Employer
lunches, chamber programs, corporate coffees, career fairs, interviewing)
10 Linfield programs (Open houses, solution
stations, orientation, homecoming, family weekend presentations)
Fall 2016- Career Development
104 total programs-
reaching 1,700 students
“in seats” utilizing over
190 employer/recruiter
connections
Career Development & Linfield College advance(s) a vision of learning, life, and community that
promotes intellectual challenge and creativity,
values both theoretical and practical knowledge,
engages thoughtful dialogue in a climate of mutual respect,
Career Development & Linfield College advance(s) a vision of learning, life, and community that
honors the rich texture of diverse cultures and varied ways of understanding,
piques curiosity for a lifetime of inquiry,
and inspires the courage to live by moral and spiritual principle and to defend freedom of conscience.
Core Theme 1: Culture of Engagement and Excellence
Encourage and provide expertise, breadth, depth, best practices, critical creative thinking (curiosity)
Core Theme 2: Integrated Teaching and Learning
Make connections through co-curricular and multi-disciplinary programming and professional fields
Career Development contributes to Linfield’s Core Themes
Core Theme 3: Global and Multicultural Understanding
Co-curricular programming with theoretical and experiential lenses in a diverse world
Core Theme 4: Experiential Learning
Facilitate applied career discovery experiences including internships
Career Development contributes to Linfield’s Core Themes
How is Career Development like a gumball machine?
Small School Contestinvolve their organizations, to invent the future
What if? Are you always asking Why not? Success is not required; creativity is. Think outside the box.
Summer 2015
A quest for creativity
Check-in… Are you finding the hidden Curious George
in every slide?
To: Michael, Kevin & Ellen- “Bob’s ideas is to see if there’s some topic that fits Linfield’s brand and also has value or interest. Hence the notion of some sort of survey that benefits the wine industry, or something about undergraduates, or even student employment interests or trends.”
-President Hellie
Slurpee Ideas• Start-up businesses started by Liberal Arts
graduates/entrepreneurs- Annual List
• Curiosity Index- First Year & Graduating Class• What are you curious about as it relates to:
• Science• Art• Entertainment• Life• Politics• Local, regional, global perspectives• Technology
Curiosity Index “Test Run”• Curiosity Index
• What are you curious about as it relates to:
• Science – How the brain works
• Art – How long did it take to paint the Mona Lisa?
• Entertainment – How much life has changed for individuals as reality tv has become more of an entertainment
• Life – At what point did humanity decide that monogamy was the norm?
• Politics – Republicans with liberal views
• Local, regional, global perspectives – How can people become more culturally competent without traveling?
• Technology – Medical technology (3D printers, genome sequencing, etc.)
NON-scientific, N = 6, July 2015
Small School Contestintellectual curiosity came out as the most sought after
qualification focus on intellectual curiosity as an important
component in a Liberal Arts and Sciences student’s career
exploration process. embrace the art of asking questions and leveraging intellectual curiosity to advance career competency integrate intellectual career curiosity methodology into practice.
Small School ContestWINNER!
Curiosity Advisory Council
How is this object like a conference or seminar?
Curiosity Brain Storm
• What are interesting curiosity topics to you?
• Who do you consider to be a curiosity expert?
• Who is the most curious person you know?
• How does curiosity play itself out in your world, workplace, environment, and the community?
• What are you curious about?
Conference Concept
“Super Star” – Liberal Arts graduates in Successful Careers
Curiosity “Direction” Decisions
• Integrate authentically in work with students and content in the classroom
• Long-term focus and foundational
• Open to opportunity
• See what develops…
Next steps…• Hire the best research assistant you can find…
• Summer of ‘16
• Michelle Mannenbach• Linfield Alumna, ‘15
• BA, English Literature & Political Science
Where to begin?
• Read as much material as possible
• Conduct research, finding studies on curiosity and analyzing any data
• Find authors with a strong sense of curiosity
• Conducted interviews with those who use curiosity in their everyday life
The Learning Process
• Understanding the different kinds of curiosity
• Finding connections with curiosity everyday
• Using curiosity as a tool for find undiscovered passions
• Learning how to always stay curious
The Power of Questions“Being curious and asking questions creates engagement. Using curiosity to disrupt your own point of view is
almost always worth while even when it doesn’t work out the way you
expect” (Grazer, 63)
“Questions are a powerful tool. Add a spirit of curiosity, and you’ve got an unbeatable combinations” (Giulioni
and Kaye, 22)
Key Takeaways • Be a passionate and a real listener
• Create a comfortable environment to foster curiosity
• Never feel bad for asking too many questions
• Let go of your fear
• It is never too late to pursue a new found passion, which may then lead to greater self discovery
• Always keep an open mind
Definitions• ‘Diversive’ curiosity - “curiosity
associated with the interest in exploring unfamiliar topics and learning something new”.
• ‘Specific’ curiosity - a negative force that deals mostly with anxiety and only looks to fill information gaps. http://www.hcamag.com/hr-news/why-you-should-hire-curious-employees-227514.aspx
Definitions• Empathic Curiosity focuses
attention and shows caring - If you want to be interesting to other people, show an interest in them; when you’re curious about them, and about the things that they care about, you will find that they will talk to you at length.
Definitions• Emotional Curiosity-
Understanding what makes a person tick, connect to a person’s attitude and personality with their work with their challenges and accomplishments
“Forest” & NIH (National Institutes of Health)
Definitions• Deeply curious about how things
work and how people think. This is called Epistemic curiosity, and it’s the mechanism that drives us to learn for the sake of learning. Epistemic curiosity built our modern world because it led humans to explore outside the safety of their fire, to sail out of sight of land, and to question what the authorities called wisdom. http://jackmalcolm.com/tag/diversive-curiosity/
Definitions• Intellectual curiosity is a term
used to describe one’s desire to invest time and energy into learning more about a person, place, thing or concept.
- By John H. Sklare, Ed.D,
Top Mentioned CharacteristicsIntellectual Curiosity
360-Degree Thinking
Cultural Competence
Empathy
Adaptability
Survey by: Korn-Ferry
What do employers seek?
A Curiosity ApproachEnter with a clear mind
Establish your means
Find the positive in all situations
Question everything
Try new things and thrive off the uncertainty
The “Big Five” Benefits of Harnessing Curiosity:
Health
Intelligence
Meaning and Purpose in Life
Social Relationships
Happiness
From: Kashdan, Todd. Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life.
“…we need a plan to act on happenstance- to transform unplanned events into career opportunity.”
Planned Happenstance
“Planned Happenstance is both attitude that you gain and actions you take. It is the view that you can create opportunities by taking action on your curiosity and on chance events.”
Kathleen Mitchell
Curiosity- exploring new learning opportunities
Persistence- exerting effort despite setbacks
Flexibility- changing attitudes and circumstances
Optimism- viewing new opportunities as possible and attainable
Risk Taking- taking action in the face of uncertain outcomes
Create Opportunities
John Krumboltz
Informational Interviewing• For some students…
• Scary
• Too formal
• Only for networking and business purposes
• Really a job interview
• Don’t know enough about job to informational interview
Replacing fear with curiosity
From…
To…
Curiosity ConversationsConduct a Curiosity Conversation in 6 Easy Steps
1. Think of every meeting as the best date the person you're talking to will ever have.
2. Do your research.
3. Add empathy. Think, "What is this person going through in his or her life at this moment? What matters to him or her?"
4. Never ask for anything. It poisons the purity of the conversation.
5. If you can't resist having an agenda, then say, "I have an agenda." Otherwise, you undermine the process.
6. Pay attention. Always have smart, thoughtful, interested eyes. -Brian Glazer
Curiosity Questions• Why did this type of work interest you,
and how did you get started?
• How did you get your job?
• What jobs and experiences have led you to your present position?
• Can you suggest some ways a student could obtain this necessary experience?
• What part of this job do you personally find most satisfying? Most challenging?
• What do you like most about working in this industry? What do you dislike most?
Curiosity• Tell me about a typical day?
• What do you do? • What are the duties/functions/responsibilities of your job?
• What kinds of problems do you deal with?
• What kinds of decisions do you make?
• If you had to break it up into percentages, how do you spend your day?
• How does the time use vary?
What career-related questions from a curiosity standpoint do you have for…
Michael J. Hampton University of Oregon Duck Mascot, ‘90 – ‘91?
What career-related questions from a curiosity standpoint do you have for…
Michelle MannenbachMiss Marion CountyMiss Oregon Scholarship Pageant?
Conclusion of Project• Career development and curiosity are
symbiotic- cultivate curiosity with your students
• Always ask questions, “What brings you joy, energy, and a sense of persistence?”
• Engage in curiosity conversations, network to make connections
• Create with your students a list of questions to encourage curiosity
• Have students evaluate their given means to harness and put towards their success
Questions for us?
Thank you for coming!
https://curiosity.com/
• Connecting the dots is powerful• Curiosity conversations happen all around us• Life is about what is the middle between the question and
answer- inventing questions in the moment• The act of listening • Curiosity involves you more in the world• Can’t have a relationship without being curious about others• Curiosity gets people “out” of the vocabulary of their “world.”
In a loop if you stay in your world. Hard to be creative/generate new ideas if you live in a cycle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ6gjjXA0SQ
• Need to find access points so both people benefit mutually. Keeping interest enough by asking questions that feel beneficial to other person
• If your mission statement is curiosity you can be happy but never fully satisfied- you want to keep learning more. Little things lead to little things
• Curiosity takes work… It creates discipline… create subjects, then names, a learning tool. Ask the right questions and a strategy to have them want to meet with you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ6gjjXA0SQ
• Prepare in advance. Learn ahead of time (research) An exercise
• Have a basic interest in the subject… read about it… watch about it. Homework. What excites you? Prepare…
• Curiosity is never wrong• “Curiosity would take me out of my location, to learn about
the subject and immediately try to enter the emotional psyche of the person I’m interviewing.” BG
There’s always a system…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ6gjjXA0SQ
• “Gets you out of the rumination thought that isn’t original that expands your horizons.”
• “Shifts perspective” “the dots eventually connect.” • “I can tell if they are being expedient… Just want an
object. Real character• “Challenging something further to get to the truth.”• I don’t think you can run a company in the dynamic
marketplace with out Curiosity. If you don’t seek to know you don’t try new things and marketplace will pass you by. – Bob Iger
There’s always a system…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ6gjjXA0SQ
• Advancement or promotion- Try to determine if someone is curious. Could be just an icebreaker conversation. Movies have you seen, travel recently, reading something?
• Curiosity is valuable to everyone… enabling people to tap into their curiosity.
• There’s always a system…
Four stages of curiosity
• Stage 1: Process
• Stage 2: Content
• Stage 3: Transfer
• Stage 4: Self
• Psychology Assignment
Stage 1: Process• Tell me what to do…
• Class assignment
• 5 Indicators Of Curiosity At The Process Stage
• Learner needs redirection and prompting to even begin to make sense of the task.
• Learner asks primarily procedural questions if they ask any at all.
• Learner resists starting on a given task; may demonstrate minimal natural interest in either the content or their own performance.
• Learner asks about the minimal requirements of task
• Learner asks why they “have to learn this,” “when will they use this in real life,” and similar questions. (This questions is actually a sign of beginning curiosity, and begins to merge into Stages 2 and 3.)
Stage 2: Content
• “This is interesting. I’d like to learn more.”
• 5 Indicators Of Curiosity At The Content Stage• Learner begins task unprompted.• Learner attempts to both provide questions and answers.• Learner “celebrates” topic in authentic ways.• Learner suggests related resources, attempt to predict where
content is “going next.”• Learner monitors own understanding and seeks to correct
misconceptions.
Stage 3: Transfer• “Move out of my way–but not too far.”
• 5 Indicators Of Curiosity At The “Transfer” Stage• Learner moves from back and forth between macro and micro thinking.• Learner revises task in minor but “personal” ways that are content-
relevant.• Learner offers more questions than answers.• Learner may resist the suggested assignment or sequence of learning.• Learner perseveres trying to articulate difficult thinking;
seems unbothered by confusion, pushing on to either ignore, clarify, or work around source of confusion.
Stage 4: Self• “This has changed me.”
• 5 (+1) Indicators Of Curiosity At The “Self” Stage• Learner establishes their own criteria for quality• Learner frequently refers to self in relation to the topic in ways that
demonstrate insightful understanding or emerging understanding.• Learner seeks to significantly revises task in some way—a resource, sequence,
goal, or other important “part; creates unassigned work to complete on their own.
• Learner seeks “space,” quiet, or selective partnering to contextualize understanding in the classroom.
• Learner demonstrates noticeable emotions–excitement, sadness, reflection, etc.–somehow related to content that they may not feel comfortable sharing.
• The “residue” of learning experiences tend to linger in noticeable ways.
Job Search Resources
Cover Letter & Resume Help
Internship Resources
Grad School Information
Mock Interviews
Salary Negotiation Tips
Professional Connections Assistance
Career Counseling & Coaching
Advice on Choosing a
Major
Marketing Yourself
Consultation
Curiosity Quiz
• Measure your curiosity for yourself• Could you increase your curiosity in your work with
students?
Michael J. HamptonDirector of Career Development
Kristi MackayAssistant Director,Internship Engagement
Donna MontoyaAssistant Director,Strategic Partnerships
Christine RussellOffice Coordinator
Nicole
Emily
Sara
Pablo
Alexis
Patty
Heather
TITLE OF PRESENTATIONCats to Careers:
Pursue YOUR
Path!
Are you finding the hidden Curious George in every
slide?
Are you finding the hidden Curious George in every
slide?
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