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9 th Grade Career Presentation. How to choose a career?. Step 1: Know Yourself Step 2: Know Careers Step 3: Make a Plan. Career Decision Making Step One:. Know Yourself!. Who Are You?. Do What You Are. Personality type - the innate way people naturally see the world
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How to choose a career? • Step 1: Know Yourself • Step 2: Know Careers • Step 3: Make a Plan
Career Decision MakingStep One: • Know Yourself!
Do What You Are • Personality type - the innate way people naturally see the world • A set of basic drives and motivations that remain constant • People are most successful in jobs that allow them to use their natural gifts
You’re Okay • There are 16 distinctly different personality types. (ex. ENTJ, ISFP) • Non-judgmental - there are no better or worse types. • Each type has its own strengths and weaknesses.
4 Dimensions of Personality Type • Everyone’s personality falls onto one side or the other of the midpoint on each of these four scales. • All of us use both sides of all four scales, but we have an inborn preference for one side or the other.
Are you like Ryan Gosling? Extrovert (E) or Introvert (I) I Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? S Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) F Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) ISFP P
… or Emma Stone? • Extrovert (E) or Introvert E Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? S Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) F Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) ESFP • P
Are you like Robert Pattinson? Extrovert (E) or Introvert (I) I Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? N Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) T Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) INTP P
. . . or Jessica Alba? • Extrovert (E) or Introvert (I) E Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? S Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) F Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) ESFJ J
Are you like Tom Cruise? • Extrovert (E) or Introvert (I) I Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? S Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) T Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) ISTP P
…or Dakota Fanning? • Extrovert (E) or Introvert (I) E Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? N Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) F Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) ENFJ J
Career Decision MakingStep Two: • Know Careers! http://www.bls.gov./oco/home.htm http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
Why? • There are thousands of careers • You must find a good fit
Career Decision MakingStep 3: • Make a Plan! • Set some goals • Immediate Goals • Accomplish within 3-4 years • Short-Term Goals • Accomplish within 5 to 10 years • Long-Term Goals • Define where you want to end up eventually. • Create backup plan - remember related careers areas, be realistic and flexible. • Consider non-traditional careers - there might be an opportunity to do something different or new.