Career Exploration Workforce 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?

• If you could be/do anything and get paid for it, what would it be?

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 OR

EXPANDS In proportion to one’s Courage.

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 Exploration

Career Decision-Making Process Self Assessment

Interests, Values, Skills, Personality Traits

Identifying and Exploring Options

Research, Informational Interviews, Experience

Goal Setting and Planning Select career/job goal Develop

action plan

Implementing Plan Prepare Resume, Education,

Training, Volunteering, Networking, Cold Calls

Selection Job Interviews, Job

Selections

College In Colorado

Onet OnLine

Informational Networking Interview

Additional Tools

Brene Brown

Authentic Happiness Positive Psychology

Happy Secret to Better Work

Resources

Evaluations