1. Exploring Career Decisions
Unit A: Who Am I and What Can I Become?
Objective 1.01 Understand interests, attitudes, and values.
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Who Am I?
Let’s discover you!
Who are you?
What are your interests?
How is your attitude?
What do you value?
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3. Your Interests and Values
Most people spend their whole lives discovering who they are
Getting to know yourself is an important part of your journey
During this journey you will try new ways of doing things
You will look at things in different ways
You will go down many paths and some will lead to careers
You can discover your way by exploring and finding out who you are
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Self-Assessment
Self-Assessment is a way to learn more about who you are.
To discover who you are, you can use self-assessment tools in the form of:
Checklists
Questions
Drawings
Interest, attitude, and values inventories are self-assessment tools that will help you discover who you are.
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5. Discovering Your Interests
Interests are the ideas, subjects or activities a person enjoys.
Your interests are your favorite activities.
Ask yourself: How do I like to spend my free time?
Ask yourself: What am I curious about?
Ask yourself: What do I find fascinating?
Share with your partner 3 of your interests.
Share with a partner 3 of your interests.
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Some Common Interests
Math
Reading
Sewing
Sports
Music
Art
Collecting
Outdoors
Interests are the ideas, subjects or activities a person enjoys.
Animals
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7. Think About Your Favorite Things
How do you spend your time?
What school subjects do you enjoy?
What are your favorite things to do?
What do you talk about with your friends?
What kinds of books and magazines do you read?
What kinds of TV show and movies do you watch?
What do you daydream about?
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8. Make A List of Your Favorite Things
Use the notes page entitled “Who Am I?” to list 10 of your favorite things.
Share with your partner 3 of your interests.
Look at your interests
Do you see any patterns?
Things you enjoy doing may fall into categories or groups
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9. Interests Can Be Classified into 4 Categories:
People – describes activities involving people
Data – describes activities involving intangible items such as numbers, information or knowledge
Things – describes activities involving tangible things such as machines, tools, equipment, materials, products, plants, or animals
Ideas – describes activities involving creativity
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10. People, Data, Things, Ideas
Complete the notes page entitled “People, Data, Things, Ideas” to discover your interest category.
Share with your partner which category you checked the most “Yes” answers.
List the highest “Yes” answers category here __________________________________________
Share with your partner which category you checked the second most “Yes” answers.
List the second highest “Yes” answers category here ______________________________________________
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Interest Inventories
An Interest Inventory is a checklist that points to your strongest interests
In Career Cruising you took an Interest Inventory called the “Career Matchmaker”.
Interest Inventories match your interests to possible careers
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What is Attitude?
Attitude is a general outlook on life. It is how you feel or react to a situation.
A person with a positive attitude sees the good things and works to improve any negative things.
A positive attitude makes life more enjoyable.
List 3 honest positive compliments about your partner
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How is your attitude?
Is your attitude positive or negative?
List your answer here___________________
What can you do to improve your attitude?
List your answer here ___________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Attitude is how you feel or react to a situation.
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What Are Values?
Values give you direction.
Values are what you believe is important. They are the beliefs and ideas you live by.
Your values are an important part of who you are.
Your values help you make all kinds of decisions from choosing friends to choosing careers.
Values can guide you as you as you make important decisions. They can help you make wise choices.
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Types of Values
Work values – the things about work that are important to you.
Understanding your work values will help you select a career that suits you. Example: if you value helping people you may enjoy a careers as a social worker, teacher, nurse, etc.
Economic values – how important money is to your happiness. Your economic values influence your economic goals.
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19. Where Do Values Come From?
You learn values from important people in your life
Family members, teachers, religious leaders
Culture or community may also influence your personal values
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20. Uncovering Your Values
People share many basic values.
Many values are taught by example.
If your parents or family members always make an effort to be truthful with you, you’ll probably be truthful, too.
If you see your parents helping others, you’ll learn to help others also.
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Basic Values
Relationships – Values being close to friends and family.
Courage – Values overcoming fear to face problems.
Responsibility – Values being dependable and trustworthy.
Recognition – Values wanting to be respected and appreciated
Compassion – Values caring for others.
Achievement – Values wanting to succeed in whatever you do.
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Other Values
Morals
Freedom
Status
Money
Creativity
Independence
Teamwork
Ethics
Expertise
Variety
Precision
Excitement
Family
Fun
Technology
Structure
Security
Adventure
Affiliation
Empowerment
Knowledge
Problem-Solving
Organization
Serenity
Location
Prestige
Leadership
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Evaluate Your Values
Use the notes page entitled “Values: Clues To Who You Are” to complete the values activity (both sides, front & back)
List your top 3 values from the activity
1. ________________________________________
2. ________________________________________
3._________________________________________
Share with your partner your top 3 values
Do you share any of the same values as your partner?
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Money
Empowerment
Security
Status
Location
Variety
Freedom
Creativity
Independence
Morals
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Problem Solve
Affiliation
Expertise
Technology
Family
Fun
Ethics
Serenity
Teamwork
Excitement
Knowledge
Precision
Structure
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