Week 12 – 4/14 - Outline

Course AdministrationLAP Due

Industry Group Work TimeCISS & Values BreakGroup Exercises

Most job-hunters who fail to master the job-hunt or find their dream job, fail not because they lack

information about the job market, but because they lack information about themselves. -Richard

Nelson Bolles

Weekly Book Recommendation

“The self concept builds on whatever self-insight an individual has acquired from the experiences of youth and education. However, it cannot be a mature self-concept until a career occupant has had enough real

occupational experience to know his or her talents, motives, and values” ( Schein, 1990)

Schein, E.H. (1990). Career anchors: Discovering your real values. San Francisco: Josey-Bass Pfeiffer Publishers.

Career Awareness Worksheet Have you ever filled one out?Did you follow it?What worked about it?What didn’t work about it?Handout- fill out throughout semester, worth

20 points.

ORGANIZATION TYPE

WANTED POSITION

DEVELOPMENTGAPS

VALUES?

DO YOU KNOW YOUR?

VALUES INVENTORY

TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SHARE THE LAST TIME YOUR VALUES CAN INTO QUESTION,

WHAT DID YOU DO?

What’s the difference?Talent?

Natural ability

Skill?Something you develop

Interest?Something you are interested in learning

more about.

STRONG INTEREST EXPLORERRemember it is a self-report on your interest

and your skills.Only as good as you know yourself.

SKILL vs. INTERESTSShould you pursue if you are really good at

something but have little interest in it?

Split into 3 groups1. CONVINCED – Absolutely sure you are in

the right field/industry.2. ON THE FENCE – undecided-confused, not

for sure which direction you should be going.

3. NOT CONVINCED – you are in the right field/industry or major. Think you may need to make a change.

After you are in these groups answer the following question….

How does it feel to be in this “place” of being ___________?