Career Stuff

For the occupational therapist

The Whole Deal

Career Exploration Career Decision Making Job Search Career Development Career Change Retirement

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Career Exploration

Career Exploration

Values- card sort Interests- Self-Directed Search Personality- MBTI Skills- number of different

aptitude tests: SAT, ACT, CAPS

Interests

John Holland “World of Work” Self-Directed Search Leisure Activity Finder Asked if liked their job, got their

interests, if you have same interest, you might like that job

http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/thecareerinterestsgame.php

Realistic

Investigative

Artistic

Social

EnterprisingConventional

Investigative

Realistic have athletic or mechanical ability, prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or animals, or to be outdoors.

Investigative like to observe, learn, investigate, analyze, evaluate or solve problems.

Artistic have artistic, innovating or intuitional abilities and like to work in unstructured situations using their imagination and creativity.

Social like to work with people to enlighten, inform, help, train, or cure them, or are skilled with words.

Enterprising like to work with people, influencing, persuading, performing, leading or managing for organizational goals or economic gain.

Conventional like to work with data, have clerical or numerical ability, carry out tasks in detail or follow through on others' instructions.

                    

Holland Code

Result of SDS or just have client pick them out, ex. SRE

“Pick three that describe you the best and put them in order if you can.”

Look up all 3 areas in the Occupation Finder

Personality

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Mother-daughter team applied

Jung’s work 16 personality types, based on 4

continuums Preferences, non-judgmental

How we direct/get energy

Focus attention out Drained by being alone energy being with others Answer the phone first

Focus attention in Drained by being with others energy being alone with ideas Let someone else answer the

phone

MBTI

Info we notice & remember

“what is” Like working with real things Use experience to solve problems Remember how things actually

were

“what could be” Enjoy theory and speculation Possibilities and implications Remember feelings and thoughts

MBTI

How we make decisions Analyze logically Fair and objective Weigh pros and cons Value fairness over compassion

Rely on values Take into account extenuating

circumstances Value compassion over fairness

MBTI

How we organize life

Like predictable pattern Work first, play later Enjoy making decisions Structured

Flexible pattern Play first, work later if there’s

time OK with few rules Adapt to change easily Spontaneous

MBTI

Implications

What type of work environment do you prefer?

What is your natural way of doing things?

How do you perceive others and how do they perceive you?

What is annoying and what is not?

MBTI

Career Decision Making

Research Career Info

Teacher Doctor Priest

Pay

EducationJob DutiesJob Outlookhttp://www.onetknowledgesite.com/onet_resources.cfm

Information on Careers

O*NET Dictionary of Occupational Titles Occupational Outlook Handbook Informational Interviews What Can I Do with a Major

In . . . ?www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/

Majors/

Decision Matrix

Teacher

Doctor Priest Vet

Money -2 +3 -3 +2

Time off +3 -3 -1 -1

Control -2 +3 +1 +2

Fun +2 +1 -3 +1

Total +1 +4 -6 +4

Job Search

Job Search

Application Completion Resume & Cover Letter Writing Search for Openings Interview Skills

– Get an interview– Appropriate behavior and dress– Answer questions– Negotiate salary

The Challenged Job Search http://www.nod.org/ Special

programs, information re accommodations, job search

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/hr_tips/home.cfm Information on regulations, accommodations for specific disabilities

Job Search Resources

http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/ http://www.careeronestop.org/ http://www.rileyguide.com/ http://www.careers.org/ http://www.jobweb.com/

default.asp

http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/thecareerinterestsgame.php

University of Missouri Career Center (Career Interest Game)

ACT web site (World of Work Map) http://www.act.org/wwm/counselor.html

http://www.onetknowledgesite.com/onet_resources.cfm

O*NET (Career Guidance)

http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/University of North Carolina

References