Core Values Part llCareer Advising Basics

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Career Advising Basics

Workshop ObjectivesYou will be able to:• Locate some career advising resources• Identify a handful of tools in each core area• Gain some tips on career advising• Know some next steps in career advising

Orientation Enrollme

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Individual Learning Plan

Support ServicesPlaceme

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Case Management

Short term goal achieved

Revised Learning Plan

Goal Setting

Self Knowledge

Educational & Occupational Exploration

Career Planning

Goal Setting

Understanding the differences between short and long term goals. Skills to seek and access resources to achieve goals. Skills to develop short and long term goals. Understanding barriers to achieving goals.

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Goal setting

Clarifyit

Capture it

Make sure it's SMART*

Create structur

eBreak it down

Visualize it

Take Action

Keep it alive

Your goal goes here

Goal setting-Focus…

“The 4 questions”------------------------------------------------------What’s going on?. ------------------------------------------------------What would you like to happen? ------------------------------------------------------What have you done before?What could you do now? ------------------------------------------------------ What do you want to do about it now? What can we do?

Goal Setting Activities

Childhood Dream Career A Person You Admire

NAME

Your Favorite Place Career Goal

Goal Setting Tips

-brief hands on activities-stay focused—know your boundaries-spiral and imbed into curriculum-Revisit often-Bring them alive—visual, hands on…-Break them into very manageable steps-Other tips…

Skills to maintain a positive self-concept. Skills to maintain effective behaviors. Understanding developmental changes and transitions. Skills to enter and participate in education and training.

Self-Knowledge

Self Knowledge Activities

Holland Party GameLearning Styles Inventory

Multiple Intelligence ActivitiesValues Identification

Self KnowledgeTips

- View “mistakes” as opportunities for increased self-knowledge- Use experiences to identify transferable skills- Consider past praises and acknowledgement s

of skills, talents and characteristics- See “failures” as stepping stones to success

Skills to participate in work and lifelong learning. Skills to locate, evaluate and interpret career information. Skills to prepare to seek, obtain, maintain and change jobs. Understanding how the needs and functions of society influence the nature and structure of work.

Educational and Occupational Exploration

Interest Profiler -- O’Net

Career exploration on the internet*Labor Market Scavenger Hunt

Resume Writing

Informational Interview

Educational and Occupational Planning Activities

Ensure Students have proficient Computer skills to navigate online resources.

Incorporate into existing curriculum where appropriate

Don’t be afraid to refer to partnering agencies

Be an active listener

Educational and Occupational Planning Tips

Developing the skills to make decisions. Understanding the impact of work on individual and family life. Understanding continuing changes in male/female roles. Developing the skills to make career transitions.

Career Planning

Decision making exercise-explore types of decision making

Budgeting

Networking- make a list of everyone that can help you in your job search

Mock Interviews

Overcoming Obstacles

Career Planning Activities

Empower the student to do the work; don’t do it for them.

Make it relevant

Start by taking small steps

Career Planning Tips

Advising Resources & LinksThe Right Question Project http://rightquestion.org/Integrating Career Awareness in the ESOL and ABE Classroom

http://www.collegetransition.org/publications.icacurriculum.html

O*NET Online http://www.onetonline.org/CDM®-R: Harrington-O'Shea Career Decision-Making® System–Revised

https://www.pearsonassessments.com/HAIWEB/Cultures/en-us/Productdetail.htm?Pid=PAa12633&Mode=summary

Holland Codes Career Test http://www.123test.com/holland-codes-career-tests/Strengths Finder 2.0 http://www.strengthsfinder.com/home.aspxWork Ready: A Work Credential Program

http://www.workreadyforme.org/

Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator

http://www.myersbriggs.org/

Career Development Facilitator Training

http://www.peak-careers.com/

Acquiring Self-Knowledge for CAREER Development

http://ericae.net/edo/ed399414.htm

Acquiring Self-Knowledge for CAREER Development

http://ericae.net/edo/ed399414.htm

World -of-Work Map http://www.act.org/world/world.html

Aspirations Toolkit http://www.collegetransition.org/resources.aspirationstoolkit.html

Adult Career Pathways Support Services

http://www.acp-sc.org/resources/support-services

LINCS (Literacy Information Communication System)

https://community.lincs.ed.gov/group/career-pathways

NELRC (New England Literacy Resource Center) Publications and Online Collections

http://www.nelrc.org/index.html

Pre-employment/Work Maturity Checklists

https://www.casas.org/product-overviews/assessments/work-maturity-checklists-and-ratings

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