JOBTALKS

1. JOBTALKS Planning Your Career: The Self Assessment Indiana UniversityKelley School of BusinessC. Randall Powell, Ph.D Contents used in this presentation are adapted from Career Planning Strategies and used with the permission of the author.

2. Self-assessment What do I want? (strategic) Who am I today? (tactical) • Career Planning Elements • Self-assessment • Career exploration • Job search

3. What are your career options?DEPENDS! Your Highest Competencies and Talent The best decisions about careers come only after a self-understanding FIRST: Who am I? SECOND: What’s available?

4. Self-Assessment Means Know Thyself It's a do-it-yourself project! Initial draft of your resume is one starting point.

5. Self-Assessment Means Going Beyond Your Resume Analyze factors important to you! personality attitude interests appearance values ideas goals education Thoroughness of analysis influences decisions.

6. Result:Statement of Goals What you want may not be compatible with abilities! Develop compromise between your skills and skills required. You are your own employer!

7. Self-Assessment Starts with Assessing Your: V Values I Interests P Personal Qualities S Skills

8. Taking Inventory You want to work for an employer who: - can use your skills to maximum degree To determine your worth, the employer uses: - resume - interview - references Be sure of your talents. Don't let employer make invalid conclusions.

9. Background is Explored During Interview Organize to reveal positive traits Be Thorough! Be Concise! You control the flow if you understand your characteristics Your interviews extend far beyond resume entries!

10. Values Your guiding principles: Important Worthwhile Useful For a successful career, values must be consistent with those in your career field.

11. Values Are Feelings Education Tangible items Family

12. What is Important? Community Job Leisure Friends Travel Money Marriage Security Love Comfort Education Time Study Family Think about the strength of your convictions.

13. "Topping my list of values is cash on the barrelhead ... Then there's family, integrity..." Ranking Your Values What values are most important to you?

14. Values May Conflict Clarify before you make career choices!

15. Assess Your Interests Likes Dislikes How do they stack up against interests of others already in the field?

16. likes INTERESTS dislikes indifferences Personal preferences Relates to workplace harmony and motivation

17. PERSONAL QUALITIES personality attitudes self-descriptors Analyze very subjective factors How do others perceive your personality?

18. SKILLS reading writing arithmetic Learned abilities needed to perform a specific task

19. Written Autobiography Conducting the Self-assessment • Identify VIPS • Autobiography • Life episodes

20. Checklist and Personal Inventories Conducting the Self-assessment • Skill inventories • Checklists • Reminders

21. PsychologicalTests Conducting the Self-assessment • Psychological tests • Expert and self interpretation

22. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTPURPOSES --Aid in understanding self --Aid in relating to careers --Attempt to aid prediction of career compatibility

23. Types Of Psychological Tests Aptitude Interest Personality Achievement Intelligence

24. and Psychological Assumptions: Can we measure… 1. Human characteristics? And 2. Job characteristics? Reliability Validity Normative data base Administration Testing

25. Self-assessment Requires Time Career failure often traced to lack of thought Introspective Reflective

26. Self assessment = Employer assessment Aids YOU in making right choices Aids EMPLOYERS in evaluation of you This assists you in finding best match!

27. PLANNING YOUR CAREER Components Class Guidelines Announcements A Career Development Program The Career Planning Model The Self-Assessment Career Exploration Job Market Influences The SCOOP Sessions Overview Evaluation Questions

28. If you would like to learn more, Career Planning Strategies textbook will supply additional information on this topic.