CAREER CONNECTIONS What are my INTERESTS KEY QUESTIONS

CAREER CONNECTIONS What are my INTERESTS?

KEY QUESTIONS FOR TODAY n What is your interest profile (John Holland)? n What jobs fit your personality type? n Do these jobs match your initial interest(s)? n What colleges/schools can prepare you for this career?

CAREER CONNECTIONS What are the 3 elements of career satisfaction? § Interests § Values § Skills/ability

CAREER CONNECTIONS What do each mean? Provide examples. Interests Values Skills/ability

CAREER CONNECTIONS For each, how do you match to a career? Ideas? Interests Values Skills/ability

CAREER CONNECTIONS Interests per John Holland Identified the following interest types: § Realistic – people prefer activities that require motor coordination, skill, and physical strength, prefer situations involving "action solutions" § Investigative - people prefer to think rather than to act, to organize and understand rather than to persuade § Artistic – people dislike structure, prefer tasks involving personal or physical skills, are prone to expression of emotion than others, and are interested in the cultural-aesthetic § Social - perceive themselves as liking to help others, understanding others, and having teaching abilities § Enterprising - people are verbally skilled and use this skill in persuasion rather than support of others § Conventional - prefer structure and order to ambiguity

CAREER CONNECTIONS www. guidancedirect. com How do you know your Interest Type? Use www. guidancedirect. com career connections Interest Profiler. Follow instructions on the handout: “Student Access to Career Connections” to log on or to create a new account.

CAREER CONNECTIONS www. guidancedirect. com Interest Type…. Interest Profiler. § Answer 180 questions (can stop after 90 but better with all) § The more accurately you answer the questions the better the results § Will give your personality code § Based on Holland’s Theory of Personality § Not 100% valid assessment § Connects your 3 letter code to careers, college majors and colleges WATCH MY VIDEO

CAREER CONNECTIONS THINK, WRITE, SHARE Think and Write a short answer to the following questions: 1. What have you learned about your interests? 2. Does the interest profile make sense to you? 3. Does the interest profile match the ones done previously? If not why do you think? Share your thoughts!

CAREER CONNECTIONS SUMMARY n n n Personality type Occupations that fit your personality type Colleges/schools can prepare you for this career ? ? QUESTIONS ? ?