Career Exploration Workshop

1. Career Exploration Workshop Day One Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 1

2. Facilitators Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 2

3. Day One Agenda • Day One • Introductions • Expectations for the workshop • The Bureau of Rehabilitation Services • Career Center Services • Collaboration with VRC • The Career Decision-Making Grid Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 3

4. Day One Agenda - continued • Opening Exercise • Employment Readiness Scale (ERS) • Life/Work Balance – Part 1 • O*NET Interest Inventory • Memory Net - Achievements • Day One Thoughts Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 4

5. Housekeeping Issues • Bathrooms • Workshop runs from 9:00 AM to Noon and 1:00 to 4:00 PM • Breaks – 10:30 AM & 2:30 PM • Comfort – feel free to get up and stretch, walk, if needed • Back Issues - Need more comfortable chair?? • Lunch – on your own (1 hour) Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 5

6. Welcome and Introductions • Your Name - • Your most recent Job Title - • Name one Skill that you have demonstrated in the past from work, learning, leisure or personal life - • What is your current Goal? • It’s OK to be undecided. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 6

7. CEW Group Objectives • To assist clients in exploring possible future employment options. • Participants will have the opportunity to learn from each others’ experiences . • Participants will work in a team environment in both small and large group activities in the process of developing a possible employment goal.

8. Our Expectations • You will use this workshop as an opportunity for Career Exploration and Planning. • You will develop a tentative Initial Plan for Employment . • Attend all five sessions. • Be on time for sessions and after breaks. • Participate. • Take turns speaking. • Use “I” statements when expressing opinion. • Respect others in the group and their views. • Turn off cell phones. • Have fun! Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 8

9. Group Confidentiality • As a member of this group, we ask that you respect other people’s privacy and keep what is said in the workshop confidential. • You certainly can share your experience in the workshop but we ask that you not talk about what is said by others outside the room. • We cannot guarantee that everything that is shared will stay in the room, so only share what you are comfortable discussing.

10. What Are Your Expectations? • What do you hope to learn? • What would you like to get from the workshop? Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 10

11. Collaboration with your VRC • VRC - Do you know who your Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor is? • Purpose of Career Exploration Workshop • To help you and VRC develop an employment plan and to help you become employed in job that suits who you are as a worker Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 11

12. Collaboration with your VRC • Process of CEW/PD • Session 1 - 3-day series of self-assessments and group exercises to help you begin career exploration • Planning Meeting between Sessions 1 & 2 – meetingwith VRC to review workshop results • Session 2 – 2-day series of activities to complete a tentative employment action plan • Follow-up Meeting(s) with VRC - determine next steps in developing, completing & implementing plan Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 12

13. Your Questions What Are Your Questions or Comments? • Feel free to record your questions or comments on the flip chart during breaks or during lunch. • We will discuss your comments and questions as they arise. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 13

14. The Bureau of Rehabilitation Services - The Bureau of Rehabilitation Services includes: • General Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVR) • Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Late-Deafened (DODHOHLD) • Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI) Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 14

15. Morning Break • 15 minutes • Bathrooms? • Refreshments? • Smoke? – outside of Career Center in designated areas only • Return by _______? Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 15

16. Maine CareerCenters Offer: • Library with Labor Market Information • Computer Center with Internet Access • Special Services – Veterans, Seniors, Laid-off workers, Youth Services and more • Employment Assistance • Workshops – Resume writing and interviewing • Job Fairs onsite or online • Training Programs • Job Bank – see handout • Or go to – mainecareercenter.com Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 16

17. Career Decision-Making Grid • Documenting what you learn after each activity Pages 2,3,4 Activity Book • Includes information from the assessments, activities and discussions • This tool connects what you learn about YOU and possible occupational goals. • Does this job “fit” my characteristics? • Completing the grid helps you to determine your goal. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 17

18. Noon Lunch Break • 1 hour • Can eat lunch here or go out • Lunch alternatives in the area • Return by______? Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 18

19. Where Do I “Fit” in the World of Work? WORLD OF WORK Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 19

20. Opening Exercise • Barsch Learning Style Inventory • Review the instructions • Complete the exercise to the best of your ability Be sure to record what you learned into the Career Decision-Making Grid. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 20

21. How Do I Learn Best • We gather and process information in a variety of ways called - learning styles. • We usually have a preferred learning style: • AUDITORY – by hearing • VISUAL – by seeing • TACTILE – by feeling • KINESTHETIC – by moving 8/16/2014 Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 21

22. Barsch Learning Style Inventory Take the Barsch Learning Style Inventory Once you have finished, follow the directions for scoring on the back of the inventory. Take a look at the suggestions for your preferred learning styles in the blue “Effective Study Tips” pamphlet. 8/16/2014 Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 22

23. Visual Learning Style • If you have a high visual score – You need to: • see study materials • practice visualizing what you are learning • use charts, maps, videos, written notes, pictures, flashcards • use brightly colored markers • write things out 8/16/2014 Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 23

24. Auditory Learning Style • If you have a high auditory score – You need to: • use tapes for the lectures and review them • sit where you can hear clearly without distraction • read important points out loud to yourself • gather in study groups and learn together 8/16/2014 Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 24

25. Tactile Learning Style • If you have a high tactile score You need to: • write as you learn • review by writing things down • combine strategies with another learning style • have paper handy to write things down 8/16/2014 Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 25

26. Kinesthetic Learning Style • If you have a high kinesthetic score You need to: • Involve your body as part of your learning • Walk while you review your notes • Stand up on occasion to shift your body • Use physical objects to help you learn – flashcards, hold onto a pen or pencil • Use role-playing • Use hand gestures or “body language” 8/16/2014 Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 26

27. Barsch Learning Style Inventory What are your two preferred learning styles? Do those learning styles seem to make sense for you? Record your learning style on your Career Decision-Making Grid, page 1, item 1, in the section titled “Preferred Barsch Learning Style” 8/16/2014 Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 27

29. Employment Readiness Scale • Purpose P.7 Activity Workbook • To give you a measure of your readiness for employment at this point in your life • Looks at 3 areas: • Challenges to employment • Coping skills • Employability • Helps you understand what will increase your chances of being effective in your work life • Based on how you see yourself at this point Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 29

30. Employment Readiness Scale • 3 Types of Challenges to Job Success – • Personal Challenges (found at the end of the feedback report) • the ones under your control • Need for more education? • Health issues? • Personal relationships? • Need for additional income Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 30

31. Employment Readiness Scale Environmental challenges - • Are outside responsibilities that could interfere with your success at work • Children • Parent • Pets Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 31

32. Employment Readiness Scale Systemic Challenges • System or Community Challenges • Transportation • Housing • Work Credentials • Financial aid, if necessary Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 32

33. Employment Readiness Scale • Look at “Type of Challenges” at bottom of page 3 or at the top of page 4. • Your responses indicated either: • Low = not an area for you to focus on • Medium = could be an area that needs your focus • High = an area you need to focus on Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 33

34. Employment Readiness Scale • Supports to Deal and Cope with Challenges • Self-Efficacy • Your belief in your ability to perform well • Outcome Expectancy • Whether or not you feel you can succeed at what you try • Social Supports • Whether or not you know where to turn for help • Work History • Your past experience with work Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 34

35. Employment Readiness Scale • Bar Graph – it is a picture of the information you find in your feedback report. • The Line that goes up and down shows adequate level of support for coping in this area • Left of that Line – shows the need to do some work in this area • Right of that Line – shows that you have the supports for coping in this area - a strength. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 35

36. Employment Readiness Scale • Self-Sufficiency in 5 Employment Areas • Career Decision-Making • How do you decide what you want to do in your work life? • Skills Enhancement • How do you decide if you have the skills you need to do the work? • Job Search • How do you decide where to look to find a job? • Job Maintenance • How do you decide how to keep a job, once you get it? • Ongoing Career Management • How do you decide to manage your work life through promotion or job change? Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 36

37. Employment Readiness Scale Now it is time to enter information into your Career Decision-Making Grid, on page 1 – • Item 2 – Employability Dimensions • Item 3 – Coping Skills • Item 4 – Challenges * This will help you to remember to discuss this information with your VR Counselor. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 37

38. Life and Work Balance – Part 1 • We have been talking about being employment ready, so how will you manage your time once you have started to work, knowing the demands on your time will change. P. 8-9 Activity Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 38

39. Life and Work Balance Discussion • What does your current pie look like - what is the allocation for each piece? • Why is your time allocated this way? • Are you satisfied with this allocation, or would you like to make some changes? Go to the Career Decision-Making Grid on Page 1, item 5, and record anything you want to change. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 39

40. Afternoon Break • 15 minutes • Be back at ___________? Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 40

41. Self-Assessment: Interest Inventory • What do I like to do? • What is the connection between my interests and my future job(s)? • What is the connection between my interests and my personal characteristics? Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 41

42. Interest Inventory • Interest Profiler – Computer-Based • 180 activities • Choose: Like – Undecided – Dislike • Try Not To Think About: • Whether you have enough education or training or experience to perform the activity, or • How much money you would make performing the activity • Just Think About Whether you like this activity? Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 42

43. Holland-Based Interest Inventory • Go to the computers and take either the O*NET or other Interest Inventory • Be sure to respond whenever you are prompted to print a particular screen or report. • Once you have closed out of the system, we cannot retrieve your report. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 43

44. Interest Inventory • Interest Profiler Page 10 • Based on the work of Dr. John Holland’s model of six personality types and the work environments that are compatible with those personality types Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 44

45. Six Holland Types Realistic Investigative Artistic Conventional Enterprising Social Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 45

46. Six Holland TypesCommon Names Doers Thinkers Creators Organizers Persuaders Helpers Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 46

47. What Do the Different Holland Types Use to Do Their Jobs? Things Ideas REALISTIC INVESTIGATIVE Data CONVENTIONAL ARTISTIC ENTERPRISING SOCIAL People Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 47

48. What is your Type? • What are your two highest interest preferences? P. 11 Activity • Do your interest preferences match what you know about yourself? Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 48

49. Job Zones • A Job Zone is • A group of occupations that are similar in • How most people get into the job • How much experience is needed to get the job • How much education is needed to do the job • How much on-the-job training is needed So occupations in a Job Zone require similar amounts of preparation to do the job. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 49

50. Job ZonesWhat do they tell us? • Job Zone 1 - Little/No preparation • Job Zone 2 - Some preparation • Job Zone 3 - Medium preparation • Job Zone 4 - Considerable preparation • Job Zone 5 - Extensive preparation Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 50