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CAREER EXPLORATIONWorkforce Boulder County
INTRODUCTIONS
•Your name
•What field(s) you are currently in or have been in the past
•Career direction (if you have one)
CAREER EXPLORATION• If I could be anything I wanted to be in the next 5 years –
what would I do?
• When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Why?
• If you could be/do anything and get paid for it, what would it be?
• If a miracle happened one evening and I awoke the next morning with my fantasy career waiting, what do I see myself doing that day?
• Who do I admire? Why?
• One thing I have always done well is…
CAREER EXPLORATION
We know what we are, but not what we may be.
William Shakespeare
CAREER EXPLORATION
Knowing Oneself is a PROCESS, not a Goal.
Leo Buscaglia
CAREER EXPLORATION
People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.
Samuel Butler
CAREER EXPLORATION
Life Shrinks OREXPANDSIn proportion to one’sCourage.
Anais Nin
CAREER EXPLORATION
Whether you think you can or think you can’t,
you are right.Henry Ford
CAREER EXPLORATION
When nothing is sure, everything is possible.
Margaret Drabble
CAREER CYCLE
SELF-ASSESSMENT
Values Assessment
Life Needs Assessment
Interest & Personality Inventory
Strengths & Aptitudes
Assessment
Assess viable occupations &
industries that fit individual
Confidence&
Empowerment
WORKPLACE PREFERENCES
• What is important to you, today?
• Work values change with circumstances
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS
JOB SEARCH BUDGET
Myers Briggs
Sept 30th 1-4pm in Longmont
Oct 29th 1-4pm in Boulder
StrengthsFinder 2.0
Sept 12th 1-4pm in Boulder
Oct 8th 9-12pm in Longmont
HAPPINESS ADVANTAGEPOSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
WHAT’S NEXT…
EVALUATIONS