1. 5.01 Understanding the decision making process as a component of career planning.
Let the choices you make today be the decisions you can live with tomorrow.

2. Types of Decisions by importance
Routine
Made often
Often so minor that one probably does not even know they make them.
Usually required little thought
Major
Are normally the toughest because they guide your careers and personal lives
Tends to have lasting effects on a person and normally take resources to decide

3. Categories of Decisions
Personal
Examples
Family
Friends
Relationships
Work/Career
Where to work
Job performance
Transferring jobs
Consumer
Making purchases
Food
Services
Cars
Houses
Lifestyle
Example
Where do you want to live?

4. 7 Decision Making Styles

5. AGONIZER Agonizer Spends a lot of time making decisions
What college should I attend?

6. MYSTIC Mystic Makes decision based on intuition
Using a hunch or your gut feeling to make a decision

7. FATALIST
Fatalist
Feels that he/she has no control over decisions

8. EVADER Evader “ostrich style” – Ignores the decision
“If I can’t see it, it didn’t happen”

9. PLUNGER Plunger Makes “impulsive” decisions
An example of impulse decision making is purchasing a car, without thinking about the purchase.

10. SUBMISSIVE
Submissive
Let’s an authority figure make a decision

11. PLANNER
Planner
Thoughtful decision maker – Makes decisions using the Decision Making Process
Use the decision making process when purchasing a house or deciding on a college.

12. 7 Steps of the Decision Making Process

13. 1. Determine Needs/Wants
Define the problem
Determine what the question or concern is and its importance to your life
Options for career
Options for educational experiences

14. 2. Analyze Personal Resources
Identify Resources
Make a list of your available resources to help you reach your goals; time, money, material , information, facilities, people
Human resources
Aptitudes
Abilities
Friends/Family/ Teacher
Nonhuman resources
Car
Savings account

15. 3.Gather information Consider the Alternatives
Explore all options open to you
Weigh the advantage and disadvantages
Ask yourself?
Will this decision have a bad effect on me, my goals or anyone else?
Will I be happy with this decision?
Will this help me reach my goals?
Is it illegal?

16. 4. Establish Goals Set specific goals for yourself
Identify what you want to accomplish from the decisions you make

17. 5. Make a Decision Make a choice
Choose a decision that will better help you reach your goals
Be happy with your choices

18. 6. Plan to Reach Your Goal Implement the decision
Put your plans into action

19. 7. Evaluate the results Judge how successful your plan was.
Did it solve your problem?
Did you meet your goals?
This will help you with future decision making skills

20. Are there any benefits for using the process?
Increases chance of reaching personal and career goals.
Increases opportunity to gain related knowledge and experience.
Increases chance of personal satisfaction/fulfillment
Affirms the difference between a series of jobs versus the career development process.
Can easily recognize the need to redirect goals as needed.
Provides a direct course of action for reaching personal and career goals.

21. Career Development Process and the importance of it
Steps of the career development cycle
Awareness
Exploration
Planning
Career decision making
Determine needs/wants
Options for career
Options for educational experiences
Analyze personal resource
Time
Money
Material
Information
Facilities
People

22. Gather information Self information Lifestyle goals Personality
Family/marriage
Roles
Structure of living
Geographic for living
Rural vs urban
Housing
Neighborhood
Preference for meeting educational requirements

23. Career information environment education/training requirements
salary/benefits
work values
duties/responsibilities
aptitude/ability requirements
career outlook
Working schedule
Lifestyle goals
Interests
Values

24. Evaluate options/make a decision
Options for career
Options for education – college/training program/major
Plan to reach personal and career goals

25. What will influence my decision making?
Personal priorities
Lifestyle consideration
Health
Relationships
Family upbringing
Resources
Education
Religion

26. Culture Values Biases/Stereotypes Environment Beliefs Home School
Community

27. What is the impact on career decisions based on education, work and family?
Trade offs/compromises
Impact of education
Pre requisite acquisition
Financial aid
Location of programs
Time
Impact of family
Impact of work
Family work history
Overtime work
Influence of parents on career development
Schedule
Family issues impacted by career decisions
Travel
Benefits
Childcare
Locations
Eldercare

28. Impact of family friendly programs
on site childcare programs
On site services (banking, uniforms, etc)
Schedule
Flex time
Job sharing
Telecommuting
Flexible spending accounts
Counseling/employee assistance program
Family Medical Leave Act