Career Planning: The Key to Happiness and Success

CareerLeader A True Story: A priest, two rabbis, and a penguin walked into a bar. They sat down, and the penguin said to the bartender…

CareerLeader The Dating Game  Mutual deception…  Beginning with self-deception  Focus on the short term  Influence of others’ opinions, “shoulds” and “Sirens’ songs”

CareerLeader Why Career Assessment?  Focus, efficiency  Determining the right path(s)  Avoiding the wrong paths  Finding the culture where you’ll succeed  “Selling” yourself to employers

CareerLeader Why CareerLeader ® ?  Designed for business careers  Valid, reliable, culturally unbiased  Hard to “game”  Used by 250+ business schools and corporations worldwide

CareerLeader What It’s Based On  21 years of scientific research, sophisticated psychometrics  Database of more than 100,000 business professionals  84 countries

CareerLeader What CareerLeader ® Measures  Core business interests  Personal motivators  Business-relevant abilities

CareerLeader Periodic Table of Elements

CareerLeader Core Business Activities Application of Technology Creative Production Theory Development/Conceptual Thinking Quantitative Analysis Counseling and Mentoring Managing People and Relationships Influence Through Language and Ideas Enterprise Control

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Interests: Consistent Over Time InterestConsistency Application of Technology.66 Quantitative Analysis.85 Theory Development.82 Creative Production.83 Counseling and Mentoring.86 Managing People and Relationships.77 Enterprise Control.74 Influence via Language and Ideas.81

CareerLeader Personal Motivators Financial GainManaging People VarietyIntellectual Challenge LifestyleAutonomy AltruismPrestige SecurityAffiliation RecognitionPower and Influence Positioning

CareerLeader Abilities Analytical Problem Solving Critical ThinkingQuick Thinking Quantitative AnalysisCreativity Strategic Thinking

CareerLeader Abilities Taking Initiative Power OrientationLeveraging Action Orientation Multi-focus FlexibilityPersistence Political Skill

CareerLeader Abilities Interpersonal Effectiveness Confidence Teamwork Communication Sociability Leading/managingAcceptance Psychological ThinkingTact Openness to CriticismToughness

CareerLeader What CareerLeader ® Does  Measures your interests, values, and abilities  Compares your unique profile of interests, motivators and abilities with algorithms for 27 different careers, four crucial elements of organizational culture

CareerLeader A (Partial) Sample Algorithm Business Career Interest InventoryQuantitative Analysis>= mean Business Career Interest InventoryQuantitative Analysis>= mean Business Career Interest InventoryQuantitative Analysis<= mean -5-8 Business Career Interest InventoryQuantitative Analysis<= mean Business Career Interest InventoryEnterprise Control>= mean Business Career Interest InventoryEnterprise Control>= mean+4 Business Career Interest InventoryTheory Development>=mean +5+6 Business Career Interest InventoryTheory Development>= mean+2 Business Career Interest InventoryCreative Production>= mean 11-8 Business Career Interest InventoryCreative Production>= mean +6-5 Business Career Interest InventoryEntrepreneurial Attributes Scale>= 70-5 Business Career Interest InventoryEntrepreneurial Attributes Scale>= 65-3 Management and Professional Reward ProfilePower and Influence>= 9+4 Management and Professional Reward ProfilePower and Influence>= 4+2 Management and Professional Reward ProfileIntellectual Challenge>= 9+2 Management and Professional Reward ProfileIntellectual Challenge>= 4+1 Management and Professional Reward ProfileAutonomy>= 9-2 Management and Professional Reward ProfileAutonomy>= 4 Management and Professional Abilities ProfileQuantitative Analysis7+12 Management and Professional Abilities ProfileQuantitative Analysis6+9 Management and Professional Abilities ProfileQuantitative Analysis3-15 Management and Professional Abilities ProfileQuantitative Analysis< 3-20 Management and Professional Abilities ProfileCritical Thinking7+4 Management and Professional Abilities ProfileCritical Thinking6+2 Management and Professional Abilities ProfileEtc.

CareerLeader CareerLeader ® Career Matches  Accounting  Advertising account management  Commercial banking  Entrepreneurship  Finance in a corporate setting  Financial planning/brokerage

CareerLeader CareerLeader ® Career Matches  General management  Human resources management  Information systems management  Institutional securities sales  Investment banking  Investment management

CareerLeader CareerLeader ® Career Matches  Management consulting  Managers in science/engineering  Marketing management  New product development  Non-profit management  Private equity investing

CareerLeader CareerLeader ® Career Matches  Production and operations management  Public relations/communications  Research and development management  Retail management

CareerLeader CareerLeader ® Career Matches  Sales and sales management  Securities trading  Strategic planning/business development  Training/organizational development  Venture capital

CareerLeader CultureMatch™  Social Assertiveness  Structure and Attention to Detail  Openness and Imagination  Cooperation and Harmony

CareerLeader The Professional Report I.Key Career Characteristics II.Career “Beacons” III.Next Steps IV.Test Results

CareerLeader Online Resources  Assessing organizational culture  Industry sketches, career profiles  Strengthening abilities  Interview tips

CareerLeader So Remember  It’s a lot easier if you get it right the first time—be thoughtful, be prepared, be honest  Employers make offers to people they think will accept them