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Career Options: What Can I Do With My Degree? Jeanne Rector, M.Ed., CCC Career Counsellor

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Page 1: Career Options: What Can I Do With My Degree? Jeanne ... · 2 This workshop will cover: • Student Questions • Ice Breaker • An introduction to York’s Career Decision Making

Career Options: What Can I Do With My Degree? Jeanne Rector, M.Ed., CCC Career Counsellor

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This workshop will cover:

• Student Questions • Ice Breaker • An introduction to York’s Career Decision Making Model • Exploring career wants and don’t wants • Career Exploration Websites • Additional Resources • Questions

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Student Questions: What can I do with my degree? What career options are available to me?

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Ice Breaker

When you see the picture on the next slide, try to come up with as many uses for this item as you can on your own (2 minutes).

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Ice Breaker How many ideas did you come up with? Now confer with 2-3 people next to you to pool your ideas (3 minutes). How many ideas did you come up with and what was your process like? What were some of your most original ideas? How many ideas do you think we could come up with if we pooled all of our ideas?

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Career Profile

Desires

Abilities

Personality Assets

WHO I

AM

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What can I do that is in the

direction of who I am?

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Desires: From don’t wants to wants

WANTS DON’T WANTS

To have a boss watching my every move!

To sit at a desk all day behind a computer!

To have movement, to be outside part of the day

To have independence, to make my own decisions

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Desires: From don’t wants to wants

WANTS DON’T WANTS

To commute 3 hours to and from work everyday!

Math, working with numbers Working with people

To live and work down-town in a big city

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Career Exploration Websites

Career Cruising www.careercruising.com Username: yorku Password: careers Eluta http://www.eluta.ca/ York’s Career Centre, Career Options by Program of Study http://www.yorku.ca/careers/mydegree/ York’s Career Centre, Career Options by Program of Study http://www.yorku.ca/careers/students/mycareerplan/ Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies:

http://www.yorku.ca/laps/index.html

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Resources

• Great Jobs for English Majors • Careers for Introverts, Class Clowns and

Other Engaging Types • 100 Jobs in Social Change • Opportunities in Event Planning Careers

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Thank you! Jeanne Rector Career Centre Suite, 202 McLaughlin College 416.736.5351 [email protected] You can find us on Facebook Career Centre Facebook

York’s Career Centre www.yorku.ca/careers