1. Career and Financial Management
Exploring Your Interests

2. Objectives
Evaluate ways in which personal and work values can guide career choice
Assess personal interests
Identify aptitudes and abilities and determine how to develop new abilities

3. Lifestyle Goals
The way you want to spend your time, energy, and resources in the future
Imagine your life 5 to 10 years from now
What careers would make your lifestyle possible?
Examine yourself and your wants

4. Examining Yourself Values Work Values Interests
Aptitudes and abilities

5. Your Personal Values
Values: beliefs and principles that define who you are, shape attitudes and choices, and help set priorities “What things are important to me?”

6. Sample Personal Values
Recognition
Personal
Growth
Courage
Community
Spirituality
Values
Family
Leisure

7. Work Values
Work values: Something people want to get out of a job or that brings them job satisfaction
Can be related to personal values

8. Work Values Creativity Good Salary High Achievement Independence
Job Security
Leadership
Physical Activity
Prestige
Variety
Work with Your Hands
Work with Your Mind
Work with People
Risk
Outdoor Work

9. Work Values & Career Choices
Consider careers that match your work values
Will lead to feelings of success because you are achieving something valued

10. The Bottom Line Personal Values Values Work Values Interests
Lifestyle Goals
Aptitude
Ability

11. Examining Yourself Values Work Values Interests
Aptitudes and abilities

12. Your Interests
Interests: things that you like or want to know more about
Usually something you do well
Explore interests to determine school and work plans

13. Areas of Interest The Arts Business Crafts Office Operations
Scientific
Social

14. The Arts Activities Personality Careers
Music, painting, writing, entertaining others, visiting museums, reading books
Personality
Creative, independent
Careers
Actor/actress, artist, editor, fashion designer, musician, photographer, radio/TV announcer, reporter

15. Business Activities Personality Careers Coming up with new ideas
Leaders, good salespeople, persuasive
Careers
Bank manager, lawyer, salesperson, business executive

16. Crafts Activities Personality Careers
Work with tools, build things, interested in mechanical activities, using physical strength
Personality
Enjoy seeing end results of work
Careers
Auto mechanic, cook, electrician, farmer, truck driver

17. Office Operations Activities Personality Careers
Work with numbers and words, data, facts
Personality
Well organized
Careers
Accountant, administrative assistant, bank teller, computer operator, tax preparer

18. Scientific Activities Personality Careers
Enjoy math and science, studying, think about ideas
Personality
Curious, creative, work alone
Careers
Architect, biologist, chemical engineer, economist, pharmacist, physician

19. Social Activities Personality Careers Help others, provide services
Good communication skills, get along with others
Careers
Counselor, nurse, police officer, social worker, teacher

20. The Bottom Line The Arts Business Values Crafts Interests
Lifestyle Goals
Office Operations
Aptitude
Scientific
Ability
Social

21. Examining Yourself Values Work Values Interests
Aptitudes and abilities

22. Aptitudes & Abilities
Aptitude: natural talents a person has or the potential for learning a certain skill easily and quickly
Ability: a skill you have already developed
Average person has many different aptitudes and abilities

23. Identifying Aptitudes and Abilities
ACTIVITY!
Brainstorm a list of your skills
Ask friends and family members
Create a three-column chart
Mental
Physical
Social
Problem solving
Creativity
Decision making
Coordination
Running
Drawing
Good communication
Leadership
Persuasion

24. Developing Abilities Gain experience by getting involved Feedback
Join clubs and organizations
Volunteer
Play a sport
Feedback
How well you are performing
Identify what to work on

25. Stages of Ability Development
Stage 1 - Novice
Learn about the skill
Length depends on complexity
Stage 2 - Apprentice
Hands-on practice
Supervised by mentor
Stage 3 - Master
Skill becomes natural
Consistently complete skill without error
Stage 4 - Mentor
Share skill by teaching others

26. Aptitudes, Abilities, and Career Selection
Aptitude/Ability and interest in an area
Successful in a related career
No aptitude/Ability in an area
At a disadvantage

27. The Bottom Line Values Interests Lifestyle Goals Aptitude Natural
Ability
Develop