Identify Three Careers of Interest

12th GradePostsecondary Applications #3

Objectives • Take the Learning Style Inventory – Identify your top Learning Style categories

• Find careers that match your top learning style• Update your Postsecondary Plan with careers

from– Learning Style survey results– Career Cluster survey results– Other careers that match your interests and skills

Take the Learning Style Survey

1. If you are not sure if the answer is “yes” or “no”, just circle the choice that is most often true

2. Answer all the questions

Learning Style Survey Results

1. Every “yes” answer gets one point– Tabulate the total for answers 1-5– Tabulate the total for answers 6-10– Tabulate the total for answers 11-15

My Learning Styles

1. If your total for answers 1-5 is the most– You are a visual learner

2. If your total for answers 6-10 is the most– You are an auditory learner

3. If your total for answers 11-15 is the most– You are a kinesthetic learner

Visual Learner: Characteristics

• Learns things best by seeing them– Likes watching videos/using flashcards– Good at sign language – Understands/likes charts and maps

• Good at spelling• Needs quiet study time• Likes color and fashion– Dreams in color

Microsoft, 2011

Auditory Learner: Characteristics

• Learns things best through hearing things– Likes to read to self out loud– Remembers names– Notices sound effects in movies– Enjoys music

• Good at understanding true meanings of people’s words– Listens to audible signals like changes in tone

• Will talk in front of the class/likes acting • Difficult to keep quiet for long periods of time• Likes oral reports

• Good at grammar and foreign languages

Kinesthetic Learner: Characteristics• Learns best through doing things– Can remember things by acting them out

• Good at sports and hands-on tasks– Likes dance or martial arts– Builds models– Likes science projects

• May be bored by lecture more quickly– May be difficult to sit for a long time – Likes adventure books and movies

• Participating in group discussions– Likes studying in groups – Can study with music on Microsoft, 2011

Careers by Visual Learning Style

• Journalist, writer• Teacher, obstetrician • Lawyer, politician, translator• Visual artists, inventors• Architects, doctor, poet • Interior or fashion designer• Mechanic, engineer

Microsoft, 2011

Careers by Auditory Learning Style

• Architect, poet • Musician, speech pathologist • Writer, teacher• Lawyer, politician• Translator, journalist• Engineer, writer• Accountant, researcher • Disc jockey/TV personality

Microsoft, 2011

Careers by Kinesthetic Learning Style

• Athlete, farmer, jeweler• Doctor, carpenter, physical education

teacher• Police officer, actor• Physical therapist, firefighter• Recreational worker, dancer• Surgeon, mechanic• Forest ranger, coach

Update Postsecondary Plan

Careers of Interest• Which of the careers in your learning style

interest you? • Update your Postsecondary Plan based on– Career Cluster or Learning Style results– Other careers that fit your interests and skills

Microsoft, 2011

Pick a Partner

• Share the careers of interest that you entered in your Postsecondary Plan

• Explain how those careers fit with your primary learning style, the Career Cluster Survey, or with your interests and skills

Explore Careers by Learning Style

• Investigate careers on the internet – That match with your top learning styles– Example: google “visual learning style careers”

• Complete this assignment tonight

Finding Careers of Interest

• Important to make informed decisions on possible career paths

• 3 ways to make informed decisions1. Career Cluster survey2. Learning Style survey3. Careers that match your interests and skills

• Your careers of interest should help determine the colleges you choose to attend