1. Career Decision Making
Good career decision making requires you to engage in a process that:

2. 7 Steps in Problem Solving Process
Define your needs and wants
Analyze your resources
Identify your choices
Gather information
Evaluate your choices
Make a decision
Evaluate your decision

3. The I Decide Model I magine the outcome or result. D efine your goal.
E xplore (list) your options.
C hoose your 2 or 3 best options.
I nvestigate the chosen options; try each one.
D ecide on the best option.
E valuate your choice

4. The DIG-EM Model D efine the situation – who or what does it involve?
I dentify the options.
G ather the information.
E valuate the alternatives and actions: put them in order from best to worst.
M ake a decision, accepting any consequences. Make a plan of action.

5. REALITY CHECK
There isn’t necessarily one model or style that is always the right way to make decisions. And remember, different people are successful and satisfied using different styles. So what works well for your friend may not be the style that works best for you.

6. Decision Making Case
Apply the seven steps in the decision making model to buying a car for yourself:
Define your needs and wants: just transportation; need for work purposes; expensive vs cheap etc.
Analyze your resources: in this case it is money. How much do you have , how much do you need?

7. Decision Making Case
Identify your choices: where will you get the car: car dealership, private sale etc.
Gather information: Visit dealerships/people; ask questions; test drive etc.

8. Decision Making Case
Evaluate your choices: review all the information you have and determine what is important to you.
Make a decision: working with your information decide which car to buy.
Plan how to reach your goal: informing the dealer; making a down payment; arranging insurance etc.

9. Decision Making
As a part of life you are constantly involved in making decisions. Some are simple without lasting effects (clothes to wear, movie to rent). Others are complex with long lasting effects (post-secondary planning, family planning.) The complex ones are where you apply a decision making model!!!