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Creating a Career Portfolio

Creating a Career Portfolio. Module 1: Assessing Career Interests. Assessing Career Interests. Skills and Interests Self-Assessment The Birkman Method Dr. John Holland’s Theory What is My ‘Dream’ Job?. Skills and Interests Self-Assessment.

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Creating a Career Portfolio

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  1. Creating a Career Portfolio Module 1: Assessing Career Interests

  2. Assessing Career Interests Skills and Interests Self-Assessment The Birkman Method Dr. John Holland’s Theory What is My ‘Dream’ Job?

  3. Skills and Interests Self-Assessment What do you want to do when you graduate from high school?

  4. Skills and Interests Self-Assessment • What are your current interests and hobbies? • What skills or special talents do you have? • What kind of work would you most like to do? • Do your skills and interests influence your life and school decisions? • Where could you obtain information related to job possibilities and career interests?

  5. The Birkman Method A self-assessment theory that identifies job seekers by: • Interests: • Types of work activities one is drawn to • Styles: • Kind of work environment that improves one’s performance

  6. The Birkman Method Interests and Styles are color-coded: Blue: Planning Green: Communicating Red: Expediting Yellow: Administrating

  7. Blue creative, innovative, humanistic, thoughtful; plans activities, deals with abstraction Green Red persuasive, selling, promotional; prefers to counsel or teach, motivate people practical, technical, hands-on, organized The Birkman MethodInterests

  8. Blue orderly, cooperative, consistent, cautious, people-oriented and utilizes indirect communication Red task-oriented and likes to utilize direct communication Green competitive, commanding, forceful, outspoken, independent; likes to be people oriented and utilize direct communication The Birkman MethodStyles

  9. Holland’s Theory People and their work environments can be classified into 6 different groups: Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional

  10. R-I-A-S-E-C Code

  11. What is My “Ideal” or Dream Job? Essay should include: • Results of the Interest and Style Colors survey (Exercise 1.1) • Results of the RIASEC interests survey (Exercises 1.2 and 1.3) • A compilation of the possible job interests based on the interests survey results (Exercise 1.3) • Description of the ideal job that is best suited for them, including main responsibilities, locale, job hours, etc.

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