© Thomson South-Western Ann K. Jordan Lynne T. Whaley Investigating Your Career Your Internal Career Design

© Thomson South-Western

Ann K. Jordan Lynne T. Whaley

Investigating Your Career

Your Internal Career Design


Class Activity: Case Study

Case Study on page 87



CHAPTER 6

Your Internal Career Design

Explain why you need to make a career decision now. Describe the decision-making process. Identify the benefits of making a good career decision. Examine possible career decisions. Choose your Internal Career Design. Create a plan to fulfill your career decision. Monitor the progress and success of the decision.


Understand That You Need to Decide Now

In your classes and activities, you are mastering skill sets that give you flexibility in pursuing various careers.

Now you can begin developing the specialized skills needed for a specific career.

The secret to choosing a satisfying career is to make your choice based on your talents, passions, and personal goals.


The Decision-Making Process

1. Understand that you must make a decision.2. Identify the benefits of making a good decision.3. Consider all possible decisions.4. Make a decision.5. Create a plan to carry out your decision.6. Monitor the success of your decision.


Identify the Benefits of a Good Career Decision

You will have a sense of accomplishmentYou will live a more satisfied life.You will see a career as a way to earn money

and as an important, positive part of your life.

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Identify the Benefits of a Good Career Decision

Use your P*A*T*H to Success to find a fulfilling career:Passion is what you feel when something fascinates

you. What made you happy as a child? What do you love to do now?

Attitude is an emotion; for example, a positive attitude will make you feel as though you can accomplish anything.

Talents are those abilities that allow you to do something well.

Heart refers to what you feel is important about a career.

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Career Portfolio: PATH

Using WordArt insert words that describe your passions, attitude, talents and heartFor the attitude and heart sections, use the words

from the slides that follow the PATH slide


Passions -Inside the P write all of your interests

Attitudes - Inside the A write your

Personality Traits

Talents - Inside the T write your Skills/Strengths

Heart - Inside the H write all your values

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Passions -Inside the P write all of your interests

Attitudes - Inside the A write your

Personality Traits

Talents - Inside the T write your Skills/Strengths

Heart - Inside the H write all your values

Charting the Course to the Right Career Path for: Your Name


AttitudesAgreeableArgumentativeSuspiciousOutgoingTolerant IntolerantSarcasticHelpful Tenacious GenerousKind

SincereTrustingCynicalLovingQuiet/ReservedNurturingConsiderateOrganizedAdventurous FriendlyConscientiousness

ConfidentOptimism/Hopeful SeriousHumorousCheerfulGratefulHumble PunctualOpennessShyAuthoritative


Heart: ValuesRest/RelaxationSecurityServiceSimplicitySolitudeSpiritualitySpontaneityStructureTeamworkWealth

HonestyHumor IndependenceLeadershipLogicalPeacePlayfulnessProfessionalismRecognitionRespect

AchievementAdventureCreativityEducationEnjoymentFamilyFriendlinessHappinessHealthHelpfulness


Consider All Possible Career Decisions

The starting point for your decisionSelf-understanding, a true knowledge about

yourselfAssessment results

Career clustersCareer cluster—a group of careers in one broad areaMany different types of careers are included within a

cluster.Careers in a cluster have some common interest and

skill requirements.Careers in a cluster vary in the amount of education

and training needed, the work setting, and other factors.



Make a Decision to CreateYour Internal Career Design

Decide which career cluster is the best match for you.

Explore various careers within the cluster you chose.

Select the career that best suits your unique qualities.


Career Portfolio: Career ClustersPart 1

Open from the Shortcut & Save to your Class Folder: Self-Assessment: Career Clusters (Excel)Answer the items honestly and when finished look at the results

sheetScreen Shot your results (be sure to include all the scores)Paste your Screen Shot to this PowerPoint

Go to my Webpage and Career Clusters sectionRead about your top cluster(s)Copy and Paste Screen Shots of information about your Career

Cluster to this PowerPoint


Results from ExcelSelf-Assessment: Career Clusters


Screen Shots from Career Clusters Brochures



Research your top ranked Career Clusters (long list on the left side)Go to Missouri Connections (link off Careers Class page)Click on BrowseClick on Career Clusters (your top 3 clusters)Click on Occupations (under Related Information)Screen shot your related occupations and paste this

PowerPointIt may take two screen shots to get the entire list of jobs


Missouri Connections: Careers Related to my top 3 Career Clusters







Research your top ranked Career Paths (short list on the right side)Go to New York Career Zone on the webClick on one of your top ranked Career PathScreen Shot your related occupations and paste to this PowerPoint

You may have 20 or more pages to look at, scan them and pick the two pages that have the jobs you like the best


New York Career Zone: Careers Related to my top Career Path


New York Career Zone: Careers Related to my top Career Path


The Next Step

Research careers that interest you.Narrow your choice of careers within your

career cluster.Find the future trends predicted for the career.Investigate earnings and possibilities for

advancement.Look into the education and training needed for

entry-level and higher-level positions.Start an inventory of your skill sets.


Career Portfolio: Career Clusters Part 4

Investigate careers from your lists Career Clusters and Career Paths

Using either MO Connections or NYCareerZone, research:4 jobs that sound interesting1 job that sounds weird to you

For each job, include the: Job DescriptionEducation/TrainingSalaryFuture Employment OutlookPictures


Interesting Job Listed in my Career Clusters or Path

(Description, Education/Training, Salary, Outlook & Picture)











Weird Job Listed in my Career Clusters or Path



Career Portfolio: My Dream Project

Students will brainstorm what information they need to know about their dream job

Together the class will combine their lists and this will become the criteria needed for their Dream Job Research ProjectThis slide will be posted to the shortcut folder for

students to copy into their class folder on their serverStudents will research their Dream Job and

design a PowerPoint slideshow to present to the class


Dream Job

What do I need to know? What websites can I use to find out this information?


Career Portfolio: Life Goals

Watch Video Clip from Lou HoltzUse SmartArt or a bulleted text box to create a

list of life goals for yourself (be creative !)


MY LIFE GOALS


Monitor the Success of Your Decision

The career you choose now is probably the first of eight to ten careers you will have during your lifetime.

Your Career Portfolio BuilderCheck your progress


Your Career Portfolio Builder

Your Career Portfolio Builder stores the evidence of your achievements.

Use your Career Portfolio Builder whenever you need to explain your talents to others.

Use your Career Portfolio Builder to help you plan your career.


Check Your ProgressMonitor, or keep track of, the success of your decision.

Does my career choice match my passions?Do I feel positive about my career choice?Are my goals part of my plan?Am I meeting my time lines?Does my career decision still match my P*A*T*H to

Success?Develop career maturity, using the path you

created to make an informed career decision.Experience career satisfaction, the pleasure that

comes from working in a career that allows you to use your passions.


Career Portfolio: Saving your Folder

You may bring in a jump drive and save your Career Portfolio



Class Activity: How to Become a Millionaire

Take the quiz, “How to Become a Millionaire”

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How to Become a Millionaire

Do you know how to become a

millionaire?

How many did you get right?


Summary

I can explain why I need to make a career decision now.

I can describe the decision-making process.I can identify the benefits of making a good

career decision. I can examine possible career decisions.I can choose my Internal Career Design.I can create a plan to carry out my career decision.I will monitor the success of my career decision.


Class Activity: Wild America

Watch the DVD, “Wild America”Discuss the boy’s PATH to Success

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