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2 Building your Career Success Profile
Refer back to original Chapter 2 answers.
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2. Five positive attitudes I bring to the job are ___________________________________________________________________
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3. I admire the following characteristics in people: _______________________________________________________________
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4. I am developing the following success qualities: _______________________________________________________________
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5. My affirmations are ______________________________________________________________________________________
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3 Confirming Core values
Refer back to original Chapter 3 answers.
1. My top values are ________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. A societal issue that concerns me is _________________________________________________________________________
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3. My most important considerations in a job are _________________________________________________________________
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4. I am energized by the following types of activities (from my past jobs, volunteer experiences, or hobbies): ________________
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5. My ideal job would be (if you don’t have a title, list the job tasks, activities, or lifestyle) ________________________________
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6. My Mission Statement is: ___________________________________________________________________________________
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4 Assessing your Personality and interests
Refer back to original Chapter 4 exercises.
1. Circle the term in each of the following pairs that best describes your personality type: extravert / introvert sensing / intuitive thinking / feeling judging / perceiving
2. Circle your top three Holland Interest Environments from Chapter 4:
realistic enterprising investigative conventional artistic social
3. List the results of any assessments or inventories you have taken during the past year. For example:
a. Strong Interest Inventory: Holland Type letters ____________ ____________ ____________ General Occupational Themes:
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Three highest Basic Interest Scales:
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Very similar/somewhat similar occupational scales (job titles). List five:
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b. Career Occupational Preference Survey (COPS) or other interest inventory:
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List your three highest occupational groups from this survey or from any other interest inventory used:
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4. After reviewing your interests, list a possible major and your three tentative career choices: Cop
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5 Evaluating your Skills
Refer back to original Chapter 5 exercises.
1. Three of my accomplishments are __________________________________________________________________________
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2. A summary of the skills I most enjoy using: ___________________________________________________________________
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3. The skills I want to use in my future career are ________________________________________________________________
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4. The skills I plan to develop in the next few years are ____________________________________________________________
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6 Examining the World of Work
Refer back to original Chapter 6 exercises
1. The advantages of my age, sex, race, or physical limitations in looking for a job or working toward my career goal are
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2. The disadvantages of my age, sex, race, or physical limitations in looking for a job or working toward my career goal are
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3. Occupations that interest me (based on the trends described in Chapter 6):
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7 Exploring Career information
Refer back to original Chapter 7 exercises.
1. List the one best job from Exercise 7.7: ______________________________________________________________________
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2. Choose a job you researched and list the titles or names of sources used in each category:
a. Newspapers, bulletin boards, magazines __________________________________________________________________
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b. Trade journals (name one) ______________________________________________________________________________
c. Directories (name one) ________________________________________________________________________________
d. Internet addresses ____________________________________________________________________________________
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e. Career and placement centers ___________________________________________________________________________
3. What are the most useful research resources that you used: ______________________________________________________
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8 Refining your Decision making
Refer back to original Chapter 8 exercises.
1. I use the following decision-making strategies: ________________________________________________________________
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2. My limiting beliefs include ________________________________________________________________________________
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3. My belief about the future is _______________________________________________________________________________
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4. The best use of my time right now (according to time management strategies) is ____________________________________ earson Education, Inc.
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5. A long-range goal related to my career is ____________________________________________________________________
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6. A short-term goal related to my career is _____________________________________________________________________
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7. External factors that can affect these career decisions include ____________________________________________________
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8. Internal factors that can influence these career decisions include _________________________________________________
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9 targeting your Job Search
Refer back to original Chapter 9 exercises.
1. Identify your ideal job situation and then list an entry-level job related to your ideal:
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2. Identify volunteer, freelance opportunities or part-time opportunities:
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3. Identify people who are doing what you would like to do:
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4. List your information interview questions:
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5. What did you learn from interviewing someone:
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6. List your contacts and professional associations for this ideal job:
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10 Crafting a Winning Resume and Portfolio
Refer back to original ch. 10 exercises
Create your own professional website and/or blog and include your resume and a list of your references. CHApTER
11 interviewing Strategically
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12 Focusing on the Future
Refer back to original ch. 12 exercises
Add your mission statement and your philosophy of life to your website and practice it daily as part of your Career Fitness Program
Now complete the following exercises to integrate this information and set a tentative career goal.
EXERCISE Quick impressions
Read each category and respond quickly by recording the first three thoughts that come to mind in each one. Then list short- and long-term career goals.
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SHORT-TERM CAREER GOALS LONG-TERM CAREER GOALS
SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE TO HELP ME AND OBJECTIVES AND OBJECTIVES
IMPLEMENT MY CAREER GOALS
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EXERCISE information integration and goal Setting
Complete the form provided using the sample following the exercise as a guideline.
long-range career goal: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Present short-range career goal (one- to five-year goal): _________________________________________________________
I look forward to majoring or getting training in ________________________________________________________________
so that I can become _____________________________________________________________________________________
because I value __________________________________________________________________________________________
and my interests include __________________________________________________________________________________
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and this career would allow me to __________________________________________________________________________
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Summary of strengths and weaknesses related to goal:
PErSonAl StrEnGthS (“YoUr tYPE”)
PErSonAl WEAKnESSES (nEEd to iMProvE)
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Alternative short-range career goals that would be equally satisfying: __________________________________________________
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SAMpLE information integration and goal Setting
long-range career goal: To enable people to use their resources.
Present short-range career goal (one- to five-year goal):
I look forward to majoring or getting training in psychology
so that I can become a social worker or counselor
because I value helping others, serving people, being resourceful, variety, creativity, and continually learning.
and my interests include communication, holistic health, adult development, higher education, and career counseling.
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and this career would allow me to share, keep informed, serve people, be an expert.
Summary of strengths and weaknesses related to goal:
PErSonAl StrEnGthS (“YoUr tYPE”)
PErSonAl WEAKnESSES (nEEd to iMProvE)
Have a B.A., willing to study, quick learner,
Impatient, lack money for further
self-confident, able to present before
education, fear taking the Graduate
groups, eligible for credential programs,
Record Examination, need time management skills
have already volunteered and resourceful
FAvorABlE ExtErnAl ConditionS rElAtEd
UnFAvorABlE ExtErnAl ConditionS rElAtEd to CArEEr ChoiCE to CArEEr ChoiCE
Many education programs available, many
Not many openings now, not many paid
counselors retiring in next three years,
positions available now, many people with
already working, volunteer experiences this degree out of work
are available, graduate programs exist
StrAtEGiES to rEACh GoAl
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Talk to graduate adviser, obtain application
Faculty, counselors, college career and
to graduate school, discuss alternatives
placement centers , Service Learning Center;
with adviser, identify volunteer opportunities,
professional organizations exist
volunteer, seek part-time job related to
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Alternative short-range career goals that would be equally satisfying: Work in the Student Activities Office as a club organizer or
be a student affairs assistant in the Career Center helping students find resources, leading orientations, and organizing outings to industry
Training needed to enter this career alternative: Working in Student Affairs or the Career Center while in college
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Now that you have selected a career goal and identified your strengths and weaknesses, answer the following questions:
1. What can you do now (or in the next six months) to address one or two of your weaknesses? List one weak area here (e.g.,
test anxiety), and list one method to help you improve (e.g., see a counselor to learn how to reduce anxiety).
Weakness: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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How to improve: ________________________________________________________________________________________
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By when will I complete this goal: ___________________________________________________________________________
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2. What can you do now to start working toward your career goal? List three activities you can do to move you closer to your
goal (e.g., see a counselor to find out requirements for the major; sign up for major-related classes). To do: By what date:
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3. When you complete these activities, what can you do to reward yourself for your efforts?
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If you are still confused about which career to focus on, start with the one that is most easily attainable. Work through your job
search strategy in Part III of this book using that career as your focal point. Once you understand the job search process, you can
use it to explore additional career goals.