Dream Jobs What do you want to be when you grow up?

1. Dream Jobs What do you want to be when you grow up? Stephen Roldan- Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

2. My dream jobs….

3. “Know Thyself…”

4. First meeting checklist: • Ego and belief system at the door • Build Relationships of Trust (B.R.T) • Listen reflectively • Listen to that inner voice • Take careful notes (see top of list about ego!) • Understand your limitations and program limitations • Red flags

5. Barriers to dream jobs • Not qualified • Lack of education • Meager skills • Difficulty with interpersonal skills • “Hidden” barriers- disability, personal problems • Stigmas and stereotyping • Family, culture • What do I do? Where do I go?

6. Famous people and their barriers to employment • Difficulty in speaking in front of big groups, stutters and weak vocal strength • Deaf, chronic Depression, chaotic family history with alcoholism, and possible mood disorder • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), refuses to shake hands, scared of germs and dirt, shaves head because it feels “cleaner” • A.D.D., flunked math, grooming and interpersonal problems Moses Beethoven Howie Mandel Albert Einstein

7. Assessments to match client : • Reading level • Client awareness of self • Expected outcomes for staff and client • Unsure of “red flags”? Check with supervisor or staff case with team • The stigma of a psychological evaluation – when is one appropriate?

8. Low reading level or illiterate • Picture Interest Career Survey (PICS) for illiterate individuals or those with below average reading skills http://www.jist.com/shop/product.php?productid=3460 • "Envision Your Career" video survey. http://www.jist.com/shop/product.php?productid=2746 • Self Directed Search (SDS) for slightly below or average reading skills http://www.self-directed-search.com/

9. Higher level assessments • Myers-Briggs Personality Test (MBTI) http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html • Jackson Vocational Interest Survey http://www.jvis.com/ • WOIS – http://www.wois.org/ • World of Work Inventory (WOWI)- http://www.wowi.com/ • Dependable Strengths- http://www.dependablestrengths.org/

10. Jackson Vocational Interest Survey • Forced choice measure. Good for assessing those who with constricted thinking, difficulty seeing life’s alternatives from what they have learned (i.e., culture, family traditions, lack of self esteem) • Examines 26 work roles (what one does at work) • 8 work styles - the type of environment preferred, usually related to one's personal values • Validity indicators able to determine if test-taker has put forth an honest effort to create a valid profile • Results yield scores on ten different themes

11. Meyers-Briggs (MBTI) Carl Jung

12. MBTI Continued • Began creating the indicator during World War II, believing that a knowledge of personality preferences would help women who were entering the industrial workforce for the first time to identify the sort of war-time jobs where they would be most comfortable and effective • One of the world’s most widely used assessment • Time to play! Let’s see what MBTI type you are

13. MBTI continued • Extraversion (E) - (I) Introversion • Sensing (S) - (N) Intuition • Thinking (T) - (F) Feeling • Judgment (J) - (P) Perception

14. Which type are you? Extraverted Characteristics • Act first, think/reflect later • Feel deprived when cutoff from interaction with the outside world • Usually open to and motivated by outside world of people and things • Enjoy wide variety and change in people relationships Introverted Characteristics • Think/reflect first, then Act • Regularly require an amount of "private time" to recharge batteries • Motivated internally, mind is sometimes so active it is "closed" to outside world • Prefer one-to-one communication and relationships

15. Which type are you (con’t)  Sensing Characteristics • Mentally live in the Now, attending to present opportunities • Using common sense and creating practical solutions is automatic-instinctual • Memory recall is rich in detail of facts and past events • Best improvise from past experience • Like clear and concrete information; dislike guessing when facts are "fuzzy" Intuitive Characteristics • Mentally live in the Future, attending to future possibilities • Using imagination and creating/inventing new possibilities is automatic-instinctual • Memory recall emphasizes patterns, contexts, and connections • Best improvise from theoretical understanding • Comfortable with ambiguous, fuzzy data and with guessing its meaning

16. Which type are you? (con’t) Thinking Characteristics • Instinctively search for facts and logic in a decision situation. • Naturally notices tasks and work to be accomplished. • Easily able to provide an objective and critical analysis. • Accept conflict as a natural, normal part of relationships with people. Feeling Characteristics • Instinctively employ personal feelings and impact on people in decision situations • Naturally sensitive to people needs and reactions. • Naturally seek consensus and popular opinions. • Unsettled by conflict; have almost a toxic reaction to disharmony.

17. Which type are you? (con’t) Judging Characteristics • Plan many of the details in advance before moving into action. • Focus on task-related action; complete meaningful segments before moving on. • Work best and avoid stress when able to keep ahead of deadlines. • Naturally use targets, dates and standard routines to manage life. Perceiving Characteristics • Comfortable moving into action without a plan; plan on-the-go. • Like to multitask, have variety, mix work and play. • Naturally tolerant of time pressure; work best close to the deadlines. • Instinctively avoid commitments which interfere with flexibility, freedom and variety

18. Who’s what in the MBTI world • The Sixteen Types US Population Breakdown The table organizing the sixteen types was created by Isabel Myers (an INFP). 11–14% ISFJ9–14% INFJ1–3% INTJ2–4% ISTP4–6% ISFP5–9% INFP4–5% INTP3–5% ESTP4–5% ESFP4–9% ENFP6–8% ENTP2–5% ESTJ8–12% ESFJ9–13% ENFJ2–5% ENTJ

19. ENFP • Words, ideas and possibilities spew effortlessly from them. Words are their best friends. They dance around ideas, the more, the merrier. Imaginative, spontaneous, original and enthusiastic, they have a knack for seeing other possibilities, other dreams and options. The world is never as it is but as it could be, as if it were but an artists sketch begging for color. They initiate change and often are prone to trespassing a few known boundaries to take themselves and others where no one has been before. The status quo tends to lack inspiration. • When inspired, they are fearless and tireless. Their energy will know no limits unless red tape takes over. Routine drags them down. Their faith in possibilities and belief in the benefit of change often inspire others to follow. They are challenging, ingenious and innovative. They will give their best to what appears to be an impossible challenge, a place unknown to man or beast. • They use metaphors, stories, images and analogies to make their point. They love theories and often shape their own. They see patterns emerging. Keen improvisers, they are rarely caught off guard, there is always something up their sleeve. The sky is the only limit. • They are sometimes entertainers, artists or otherwise engaged in public demonstrations that allow their ideas to bloom. Their greatest difficulty is not in initiating projects but in choosing among so many possibilities, setting realistic boundaries, establishing priorities and correctly assessing resources.

20. Career possibilities for an ENFP • Consultant • Psychologist • Entrepreneur • Actor • Teacher • Counselor • Politician / Diplomat • Writer / Journalist • Television Reporter • Computer Programmer, Systems Analyst, or Computer Specialist • Scientist • Engineer

21. Who can help assess clients? • WorkSource- various workshops for free • Colleges and Universities • Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (for those who qualify for services) • Various online for free • Independent vendors (ahem, $$$)

22. Discuss it…… • What can you do to make your role as a supervisors/counselor more effective? • Make a list to take back: what’s working, what’s not • Other questions, topics you want to discuss?

23. Thank you! Enjoy the rest of conference!