1. PSY 251 Instructor: Dr. Bullock
Knowing About My Options
PSY 251 Instructor: Dr. Bullock

2. Pyramid of Information Processing
EXECUTIVE PROCESSING DOMAIN
KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS
DECISION-MAKING SKILLS DOMAINS
SELF- KNOWLEDGE
OPTIONS KNOWLEDGE
CASVE
META-COGNITION

3. How do you work?
How have you blended learning, working, and playing into your life?
How will you do this in the future?
Do you think this is important to do?

4. Knowledge about Occupations
Essential elements of occupational information
Changes in occupational knowledge
Schemes for classifying occupations
Sources of information

5. The Number of Occupations
                                                                     
O*NET/
Dictionary of Occupational Titles

6. Changes in Occupations
Nature of the Changes
New Occupations

7. Occupational & Industry Classifications
DOT
O*NET
OES
SOC
Holland Codes (chapter 2 review)
World-of-Work map (chapter 2 review)
NAICS

8. Sources of Occupational Information
                 
U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
                                                                                  
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Skip Navigation Links
Latest Numbers
   
OOH Search/A-Z Index
  BLS Home | Programs & Surveys | Get Detailed Statistics | Glossary | What's New | Find It! In DOL
Sources of Occupational Information
Governmental Publications, e.g.,
Occupational
Outlook Handbook
Career Guide to Industries OOQ Online Employment Projections Publications Home BLS Home

9. Source of Occupational Information (continued)
Internet
Private Publishers
Trade & Professional Associations

10. Knowledge About Education & Training
Schemes for classifying educational programs
College vs. non-college training options
Accreditation, ranking, certification, & licensure
Sources of information & support

11. College Training Options
Departments vs. majors
Connections between majors & occupations
Factors in choosing a major

12. Non-College Training Options
Vocational education
Apprenticeships
Continuing education
Military training
Credit for prior work

13. Compare and Contrast
Accreditation
Ranking
Certification
Licensure

14. Knowledge About Leisure

15. Leisure Defined
Relatively self-determined activities and experiences that are available due to discretionary income, time, and social behavior; may be physical, intellectual, volunteer, creative, or some combination

16. The Role of Leisure Activities
Complimentary
Supplementary
Compensatory

17. Sources of Leisure Information
Clubs/organizations
Magazines, newsletters, books
Newspapers/yellow pages
Internet
Resorts/recreation centers
Leisure counselors

18. Improving occupational, educational, and leisure knowledge

19. Thinking Better about Options
Develop a schema
Avoid being overly rigid or loose
Learn strategies for making distinctions
Increase the complexity of your thinking
Beware of bias, stereotypes, inaccuracies

20. Improving Information about Options
Apply your research skills
Use different methods:
Be a critical reader
Invest the time
Get help from a counselor or librarian
read
listen
observe
write
talk
visit

21. Food for Thought
If you spend 86,000 hours in jobs (working for 43 years, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year), and you spend 100 hours in this course studying and researching information related to your options, it would only be about 1/1000 of the time you will spend in those jobs.
Thoughts about this?