ROADMAPS- Session 2

In this session you’ll learn: How you learn things best. Explore your career interests. Identify your personality types and understand how it relates to your career interests.

Who am I? What do I want? What am I willing to do? Develop a plan. Work the plan.

Learning Styles Profile Reflect back on a time that you learned something quickly and/or easily …Write it on 3x5 cards. Complete Learning Styles Profile Assessment. Highlight your dominate learning style. Share with the group. How do you learn best? What environments work for you?

California Career Zone Lab and Computer logistics Go to www.cacareerzone.org Assessments Job Family groups

California Career Zone Take Assessment – share codes Research via your code -3 jobs and report to group Your code match Job Title Projected Salary Required Education Future projections of need Similar careers to research

Personality and Work Environments Holland Environments   Realistic environments require concrete, physical tasks requiring mechanical skill, persistence, and physical movement. Minimal interpersonal skills are needed. Problems are often solved by physical abilities. Typical realistic settings include gas stations, repair shops, farm, a construction site, mills, logging operations, etc. Investigative environments require the use of abstract and creative abilities rather than personal perceptiveness. Satisfactory performance demands imagination and intelligence; achievement requires considerable long time spans. Problems are solved by the application of intellectual skills and tools. The work is with ideas and things rather than people. Typical settings include research laboratories libraries, software development campuses, and biotech companies. Artistic environments demand the creative and interpretive use of artistic forms. One must be able to draw on knowledge, intuition, and emotional life solving typical problems. Information is judged against, personal, subjective criteria. The work usually requires intense involvement for prolonged periods. Typical settings include a play rehearsal, a concert hall, a dance studio, a study, a library, art and music studio. Social environments demand the ability to interpret and modify human behavior and an interest in caring for and dealing with others. The work requires frequent and prolonged relationships. Involving others solves problems. The work hazards are primarily emotional. Typical work situations include school and colleges, counseling offices, recreational centers, missions, churches etc. Enterprising environments requires verbal skill in directing or persuading other people. The work requires directing, controlling, or planning the activities of others, and an interest in others at a more superficial level than in the social environment. Typical settings are real estate offices, political rallies, car lots, retail outlets. Conventional environments involve systematic, concrete, routine processing of verbal and mathematical information. The tasks frequently call for repetitive, short cycle operations according to an established procedure. Problems are solved through organization and rules. Minimal skill in interpersonal relations is required, since the work is mostly with office equipment and materials. Typical settings include a bank, an accounting firm, post office, INS, the DMV, A&R, etc.

R I A S E C Theory Based on John Holland’s theory of vocational psychology: There are six basic personality types. There are six corresponding types of work environments. Most people and work environments are combinations of more than one type.

The RIASEC Categories

Realistic—The “Doers” Realistic people like: Fixing/repairing Using tools Heavy equipment The outdoors Building things Realistic environments are: Physical Product-driven Manufacturing/industrial Clear in lines of authority Career Motivator: using physical skill

Investigative—The “Thinkers” Investigative people like: Conducting research Solving complex problems Theoretical models New ideas Working independently Investigative environments are: Research-oriented Scientific Intellectual/academic Unstructured Career Motivator: analyzing

Artistic—The “Creators” Artistic people like: Conceptualizing Expressing their individuality Writing/composing/performing Designing Working independently Artistic environments are: Self-expressive Flexible Aesthetic Idealistic Unstructured Career Motivator: expressing creativity

Career Motivator: helping others Social—The “Helpers” Social people like: Helping Encouraging Teaching Counseling/guiding Working collaboratively Social environments are: Supportive Cooperative Idealistic Relationship-based Career Motivator: helping others

Enterprising—The “Persuaders” Enterprising people like: Debating ideas Selling Managing people & projects Taking risks Discussing business Enterprising environments are: Competitive Fast-paced Entrepreneurial Profit-oriented Career Motivator: persuading and influencing

Conventional—The “Organizers” Conventional people like: Organizing information Writing reports Operating computers Managing data Making charts & graphs Conventional environments are: Structured Organized Practical Hierarchical Career Motivator: organizing

Which Themes describe you the best? REALISTIC INVESTIGATIVE ARTISTIC SOCIAL ENTERPRISING CONVENTIONAL The “Doers” The “Thinkers” The “Creators” The “Helpers” The “Persuaders” The “Organizers” Most people are a combination of two or three themes.

“Ever changing job market” Quick change over time _ LAURA Picture please “Everything we think and know about professions will change.” --Saul Kaplan

Career Pathway & Growth

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Plus/Delta Evaluating Plus – Keep-Like Delta-Change Ahas Recommend to their friends? True Colors Card Sort True Colors Assessment Learning Styles Career Zone Career Pathways Introduction day 1 2 Truths and a Lie? Future Fantasy Introduction day 3 Time Food