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Chapter 3

Chapter 3. Knowing About My Options. EXECUTIVE PROCESSING DOMAIN. META-COGNITION. DECISION-MAKING SKILLS DOMAINS. CASVE. KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS. OPTIONS KNOWLEDGE. SELF- KNOWLEDGE. Pyramid of Information Processing. Connecting Occupations, Education, and Leisure.

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Chapter 3

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  1. Chapter 3 Knowing About My Options

  2. EXECUTIVE PROCESSING DOMAIN META-COGNITION DECISION-MAKING SKILLS DOMAINS CASVE KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS OPTIONS KNOWLEDGE SELF- KNOWLEDGE Pyramid of Information Processing

  3. Connecting Occupations, Education, and Leisure • Many believe these are three separate areas of life: school, career, retirement • They are becoming more interconnected • Blended throughout our lives • How are you blending learning, working, and playing into your life right now? • How will you do it in 20 years? • Consider all three areas of options knowledge

  4. Options Knowledge • Must connect to self knowledge • Forms the foundation of career decision making • Complex nature of options knowledge • Options knowledge is “out there” • Research skills needed • Labor market and occupational information • Govt. reports, websites, books, journals, etc. • Find, organize, and evaluate information

  5. Knowledge about Occupations • Occupation: group of similar jobs found in different organizations • Number of occupations • Schema: a meaningful way to categorize • Occupations are changing • Information is fluid and dynamic

  6. Sources of Information • O*NET • US Dept. of Labor • Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) • NAICS

  7. Other Sources of Occupational Information • Internet • Private Publishers • Trade & Professional Associations

  8. Career Information Delivery Systems (CIDS) • Florida – Choices® Planner • www.flchoices.org • eDiscover® • www.act.org/discover/login. • Sigi3® • www.career.fsu.edu/sigi

  9. Knowing About Educational Options • Departments andmajors • Connections between majors & occupations • Versatile vs. specific majors • Pros and cons of pursuing higher degrees • Should decide based on self knowledge

  10. Non-College Training Options • Vocational education • Apprenticeships • Continuing education • Military training

  11. Compare and Contrast • Accreditation • Designated by professional association to a training program • Ranking • Reputational analysis based on opinions of deans and faculty • Certification • Given to an individual after completeing a specified training program • Licensure • Provided by a governmental agency

  12. Knowledge About Leisure

  13. What is Leisure? • Desirable or wasteful? • History: Greeks vs.

  14. The Role of Leisure Activities • Complimentary • Supplementary • Compensatory

  15. Leisure Classifications • Overs, Taylor, & Adkins • Leisure Activities Finder (LAF) • Uses Holland Codes

  16. Sources of Leisure Information • Clubs/organizations • Magazines, newsletters, books • Newspapers/yellow pages • Internet • Resorts/recreation centers • Leisure counselors

  17. Improving occupational, educational, and leisure knowledge

  18. Thinking Better about Options • Develop a schema • Avoid being overly rigid or loose • Learn strategies for making distinctions • Increase the complexity of your thinking • Beware of bias, stereotypes, inaccuracies

  19. Apply your research skills Use different methods: Be a critical reader Invest the time Get help from a counselor or librarian Improving Information about Options read listen observe write talk visit

  20. Food for Thought • If you spend 86,000 hours in jobs (working for 43 years, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year), and you spend 100 hours in this course studying and researchinginformation related to your options, it would only be about 1/1000 of the time you will spend in those jobs. • Thoughts about this?

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