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Week 12 – 4/14 - Outline. Course Administration LAP Due Industry Group Work Time CISS & Values Break Group Exercises.
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Week 12 – 4/14 - Outline • Course Administration • LAP Due • Industry Group Work Time • CISS & Values • Break • Group Exercises
Most job-hunters who fail to master the job-hunt or find their dream job, fail not because they lack information about the job market, but because they lack information about themselves. -Richard Nelson Bolles
Weekly Book Recommendation “The self concept builds on whatever self-insight an individual has acquired from the experiences of youth and education. However, it cannot be a mature self-concept until a career occupant has had enough real occupational experience to know his or her talents, motives, and values” ( Schein, 1990) Schein, E.H. (1990). Career anchors: Discovering your real values. San Francisco: Josey-Bass Pfeiffer Publishers.
Career Awareness Worksheet • Have you ever filled one out? • Did you follow it? • What worked about it? • What didn’t work about it? • Handout- fill out throughout semester, worth 20 points.
ORGANIZATION TYPE DEVELOPMENTGAPS WANTED POSITION
What’s the difference? • Talent? • Natural ability • Skill? • Something you develop • Interest? • Something you are interested in learning more about.
STRONG INTEREST EXPLORER • Remember it is a self-report on your interest and your skills. • Only as good as you know yourself.
SKILL vs. INTERESTS Should you pursue if you are really good at something but have little interest in it?
Split into 3 groups • CONVINCED – Absolutely sure you are in the right field/industry. • ON THE FENCE – undecided-confused, not for sure which direction you should be going. • NOT CONVINCED – you are in the right field/industry or major. Think you may need to make a change.
After you are in these groups answer the following question…. How does it feel to be in this “place” of being ___________?
INDUSTRY GROUPS • INTRODUCE EACH OTHER • SELECT A TEAM LEAD • EXCHANGE CONTACT INFORMATION • DETERMINE HOW YOU ARE GOING TO STAY IN CONTACT.