1. 9 th Grade Career Presentation

2. How to choose a career? Step 1: Know Yourself Step 2: Know Careers Step 3: Make a Plan

3. Career Decision Making Step One: Know Yourself!

4. Who Are You? 1.Take some tests. 2. Talk to people who know you. 3. What do you like to do? 4. What fits your lifestyle?

5. 1. Take Some Tests Interest Inventories –CHOICES, ASVAB, or other Aptitude Assessments –Kuder, ASVAB, or other Achievement Tests –PLAN, ACT, PSAT, SAT, or other

6. Do What You Are Personality type - the innate way people naturally see the world A set of basic drives and motivations that remain constant People are most successful in jobs that allow them to use their natural gifts

7. You’re Okay There are 16 distinctly different personality types. (ex. ENTJ, ISFP) Non-judgmental - there are no better or worse types. Each type has its own strengths and weaknesses.

8. 4 Dimensions of Personality Type Everyone’s personality falls onto one side or the other of the midpoint on each of these four scales. All of us use both sides of all four scales, but we have an inborn preference for one side or the other.

9. Dimension 1

10. Dimension 2

11. Dimension 3

12. Dimension 4

13. Are you like Ryan Gosling? ISFP Extrovert (E) or Introvert (I) Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) I S F P

14. … or Emma Stone? Extrovert (E) or Introvert E Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? S Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) F Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) P ESFP

15. Are you like Robert Pattinson? INTP Extrovert (E) or Introvert (I) Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) I N T P

16. ... or Jessica Alba? Extrovert (E) or Introvert (I) ESFJ Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) E S F J

17. Are you like Tom Cruise? Extrovert (E) or Introvert (I) ISTP Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) I S T P

18. …or Dakota Fanning? Extrovert (E) or Introvert (I) ENFJ Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)? Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) E N F J

19. 2. Talk To People TeachersParentsFriends

20. 3. What Do You Like To Do? What do you like to do in your spare time? Are there any careers that relate to your hobbies? What are you good at doing?

21. 4. What fits your lifestyle? Where do you want to live? How much income do you think you will need? Do you want to work inside or outside? How many hours do you want to work each day, week, etc.? Do you want to be a boss or a member of the team?

22. Career Preparation According to Calvin & Hobbes

23. Career Decision Making Step Two: Know Careers! http://www.bls.gov./oco/home.htm http://www.acinet.org/acinet/

24. Why? There are thousands of careers You must find a good fit

25. Find Your Pathway Arts and Communications Business Management & Technology Health Service Human Service Industrial & Engineering Technology Natural Resources/Agribusiness

26. Where can you find career information? Media Center Counseling Center Visit with counselors Counseling Center Web Site/Internet Public Libraries Job Shadowing Work Experience

27. Career Decision Making Step 3: Make a Plan! –Set some goals 1. Immediate Goals –Accomplish within 3-4 years 2. Short-Term Goals –Accomplish within 5 to 10 years 3. Long-Term Goals –Define where you want to end up eventually. –Create backup plan - remember related careers areas, be realistic and flexible. –Consider non-traditional careers - there might be an opportunity to do something different or new.

29. THANK YOU!