Pick up your book and start new notes…Ch 2, answer Questions…

• 1.) Why is it important to “know yourself” before deciding on a possible career?

• 2.) What are some ways that you can help figure out who you are and what you are about?

Chapter 2 Notes

“Knowing Yourself”

Why do you need to know???• To help you make a good career

choice.

• How?

• Ask questions such as those on page 24

• Take lots of surveys and really think about yourself!

Consider

• Influences• Personality• Interest• Aptitudes• Leisure time

Major Influences

• Environment• Heredity• Culture• Life

experiences

Personality

• Who you are and what you believe to be important.

• Self-concept…attitude towards your personality

• Can be overestimated or underestimated

• Take self assessments and answer them honestly.

Personality con’t

• Self esteem- how you feel about yourself

• This has an impact on you at school and work.

• Why?

• If time ?’s pg 32

Interest

• What do you like doing? Working with?

• People

• Data

• Things

Remember almost every occupation requires that you work with all of these to some extent.

See page 34/survey

Aptitude

• Is a persons potential for success in performing a certain activity.

• ASFAB testing

Leisure Time

• What do you like to do in your spare time?

• Make that a career!!!

• See page 39

In this class…

• Miscellaneous survey’s

• COIN

• Lots of information to evaluate

• Guest speakers, videos, ect