Student Support Services Career Exploration Student Support Services
Role of the Advisor Access readiness of individuals for career planning and determine appropriate service delivery modes and interventions. Expand, focus, or transfer interest, abilities and/or experience to identify a realistic list of employment alternatives. Evaluate the data collected about occupations and training opportunities.
Orientation Career Development Process Values Interest Skills Lets Do It!!!!! What’s Next?
Career Development Process Knowing yourself! Knowing your options - Careers and majors - Employers and industries Research options Planning - Resume/cover letter - Employment search/applications - Interviews
Knowing Yourself Understanding yourself helps you to make good career decisions. You know yourself better than others More beneficial to start here than jumping in and trying various careers
Important Knowing “YOU” involves: - Values - Interest - Skills
Key points when thinking of employment? Values Key points when thinking of employment? Examples - High income - Security - Prestige - Variety - Independence - Leadership - Helping others - Leisure
Interest What do you like to do? What’s enjoyable to you?
Holland’s Self-Directed Search
Holland Codes Realistic – Practical, physical, hands-on, and tool-oriented Investigative – Analytical, intellectual, scientific, explorative Artistic – Creative, original , independent, chaotic Social – Cooperative, supporting, helping, healing Enterprising – Competitive, environments, leadership, persuading Conventional – Detail-oriented, organizing, clerical
Skills Things you do well What are your talents? Knowledge through classes, jobs and hobbies.
Identifying Skills Skills search Transferable skills survey
Transferable Skills Skills learned from one setting that can be transferred to new setting - Budget management - Supervising others - Public relations - Negotiating - Organizing - Interviewing - Teaching/instructing
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