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CAREER EXPLORATION WORKSHOP Instructor’s Guide

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CAREER EXPLORATION

For additional information about Missouri Division of Workforce Development services, contact a Missouri Job Center near you. Locations

and additional information are available at jobs.mo.gov or 1-888-728-JOBS (5627).



Title

Find your future

The Only Way To Do

Great Work Is To Love

What You Do--Steve Jobs

Read quote by Steve jobs (Apple)

HOLLAND Career theory

Holland’s Theory is the foundation for O*Net.

Holland’s theory is an attempt to organize knowledge of

self and to match that self with an occupational

environment.

Understanding Holland’s Theory will help you make good

choices and decisions about which occupations, careers,

majors, or training programs best fit you.

The Holland Codes or the Holland Occupational Themes (RIASEC) refers to a theory of careers and vocational choice (based upon personality types) that was initially developed by American psychologist John L Holland (1919-2008), Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University.

Holland originally labeled his six types as "motoric, intellectual, esthetic, supportive, persuasive, and conforming.“He later developed and changed them to: Realistic (Doers), Investigative (Thinkers), Artistic (Creators), Social (Helpers), Enterprising (Persuaders), and Conventional (Organizers).





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Assumptions of Holland's theory

Individuals have unique characteristics.

Occupations have unique requirements.

Characteristics of both can be measured.

Individuals have greater satisfaction in jobs where there is

a match.

Individuals have unique characteristics. Not everyone is the same.

Occupations have unique requirements. Not every job is the same.

Characteristics of both can be measured. We can determine what is the same about a job and a person.

Individuals have greater satisfaction in jobs where there is a match. I am happier doing what I love instead of doing a job just to make money.

The Concept

People can be described as a combination of two or more of the possible six personality types.

R ealistic

I nvestigative

A rtistic

S ocial

E nterprising

C onventional

He is not trying to say that there are only six kinds of people in the world, But that all of the people in the world can still fit into one of the six categories.

Holland’s Hexagon

RIASEC

This graphic shows what Holland's theory looks like. Under his theory he states that most people will have two or three corresponding types. For example I might have Conventional, Realistic, and Investigative. He states that it is uncommon to have three that are not closely related. For example: Conventional, Investigative, and Social. That does not mean that you will not it is just uncommon.

Realistic

A person with a realistic personality:

Generally avoids social activities like teaching, healing, and informing others.

Has good skills in working with tools, mechanical or electrical drawings, machines, or plants and animals.

Sees self as practical, mechanical, and realistic.

Examples of Careers include: Craftsman, Fitness Trainer, Optician, Police Officer, and Physical Education Teacher.

Discuss the slide.





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Investigative

A person with an investigative personality:

Likes to study and solve math or science problems; generally avoids leading, selling, or persuading people.

Values science.

Sees self as precise, scientific, and intellectual.

Examples of Careers include: Biologist, Chemist, Historian, Doctor, and Mathematician.

Discuss the slide.

Artistic

A person with a artistic personality:

Likes to do creative activities like art, drama, crafts, dance, music, or creative writing; generally avoids highly ordered or repetitive activities.

Abilities include using one’s imagination and feelings in creative expression.

Sees self as expressive, original, and independent.

Examples of Careers include: Artist, Musician, Actor/Actress, Writer, and Photographer.

Discuss the slide.

Social

A person with a social personality:

Likes to do things to help people such as teaching, nursing, or giving first aid, providing information.

Generally avoids using machines, tools, or animals to achieve a goal.

Values helping people and solving social problems.

Sees self as helpful, friendly, and trustworthy.

Examples of Careers include: Teacher, Clergy, Coach, Nurse, Counselor, and Sociologist.

Discuss the slide.

Enterprising

A person with an enterprising personality:

Likes to lead and persuade people as well as to sell things and ideas.

Generally avoids activities that require careful observation and scientific or analytical thinking.

Values success in politics, leadership, or business.

Examples of Careers include: Manager, Producer, Lawyer, Executive, and Principal.

Discuss the slide.





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Conventional

A person with a conventional personality:

Likes to work with numbers, records, or machines in a set, orderly way.

Generally avoids ambiguous, unstructured activities.

Values success in business.

Examples of careers include: Accountant, Banker, Editor, Office Manager, and Reporter.

Discuss the slide.

How it is used

A Holland's code can be used to identify:

Occupations

Jobs

Schools

Majors

Leisure Activities

Holland's code is used to figure out what is the best road for you.

O*Net Career Exploration Tools

o Ability Profiler

o Interest Profiler

o Computerized Interest Profiler

o Interest Profiler Short Form

o Work Importance Locator

o Work Importance Profiler

There are several exploration tools that are used to assist you in finding your path. We are going to discuss the one that is based on Holland's Code. Interest profiler.

What does it mean

People of a given type are drawn to an environment of the same type:

Diversity

Inclusion

Culture

People of the same type are drawn together. They normally work well together in the three areas listed. These are also very important areas for and employer. Why?

Well for example if I am an employer and I have 7 people that have been working for me for 10 year or more and they all get along great and then all of a sudden I throw a new person into the mix and they are not the same and they do not get along I could upset the masses.





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How can you use this

When people and environment types are matched, people are likely to be satisfied and productive.

Happier Employer

Happier Employee

Fewer return customers for mismatched positions

Discuss the slide

Where to find it

Go to jobs.mo.gov.

Go to plan your career.

Select self assessments.

Go to the bottom of the page in the related resources section.

Select the interest profiler.

https://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ipYou will then answer the 60 questions and upon completion you will receive the results.

Walk them through how to get there and the link will take you straight to it.

Results

This is an example of what you will see after you take the 60 question profiler. Now we will explore how you use this information by going to see what jobs are involved in the highest scoring area of realistic.

O*Net

Go to O*Net online.

Select the advanced search.

Select Interest.

Select your number one interest from the profiler.

Select your second and third from the drop down menu.

Select the go button

You will now have a list of all O*Nets for those categories.

http://www.onetonline.org/find/descriptor/browse/Interests/

Walk them through how to get to the ONET career explorer tool.





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Bottom Line

Use this tool to enable yourself to make a more informed decision on your career, school, or training need.

Read slide

Practical Exercise

Complete an interest profile and research the careers on ONET that are

associated with your interest areas.

Complete PE and assist the customer

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Talify Missouri Training

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Talify Missouri Training

• Background

• Job Seeker

• Registration

• Dashboard

• Reports

• How You Can

Help

We will discuss the following on the Talify Missouri.

What Is Talify Missouri?

• New way to match job seekers and employers –a step beyond traditional job matching.

• Combines candidate interests and behavioral strengths with education and experience.

o Education and experience

o Interests, work preferences and skills

o Three-part assessment

Talify Missouri is meant to be an enhancement to jobs.mo.gov and not a replacement of. Jobs.mo and Talify Missouri can be used together to help both you and employers by providing them with additional information.

Assessment contains three parts – 10 problem solving questions (the only right/wrong questions), self assessment of traits and statements that you agree/disagree with.

Assessment Results• Provides job seekers and employers with three

reports:

Personality Assessment –Shows strongest and weakest behavioral traits

Assertiveness, Empathy, Confidence, Sociability, Helpfulness, Thoroughness, and Problem Solving

Competency Feedback—Shows scores in 10 competency areas

Generating new business, cultivating existing business, providing service to others, working with data, managing others, entrepreneurial leadership, working on a team, planning and organizing, working with things, and solving complex problems.

What employers see and what you see are slightly different. Same information but from a different perspective.

You get feedback on the type of jobs most suited to your personality and employers see your strengths and weaknesses on the job. The point isn’t to keep somebody from applying for a particular job or to keep an employer from hiring a particular type of person, but rather to coach you on what jobs might be a better fit and how to overcome your weaknesses in a particular position.

For employers, the point is to know how to better coach someone with a particular weakness that meets the education/experience requirements.





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Benefits of Talify Missouri

Job seeker• Guidance around strengths and weaknesses

• Personality feedback and job coaching

• Interview coaching

• Potentially connect with opportunities

Talify will not only assist you with looking for the right position for your future but will also assist you in figuring out what you are really strong at and what you might want to work a little bit harder on.

Benefits of Talify Missouri

Employer• Ability to search for candidates that are the right fit

• Conduct searches based on a variety of criteria and weight the importance

• Better understanding of how to utilize an individual

• Can contact candidates within the system

The employer also gets the benefit of seeing what people will work best in their company in accordance with what was discussed earlier in the Holland's code (Diversity, Inclusion, and culture)

Talify for Job Seekers

We will now walk through the registration process.

Log-in to jobs.mo.gov

Must first have a jobs.mo.gov profile

Log-in to their jobs.mo.gov profile and click on the Talify button

Complete Talify Missouri from any web-connected computer at any point of the day

Job-seekers can stop and exit Talify Missouri at any point – their data will be saved so that they can restart exactly where they left off.

All job-seeker data is mapped over from jobs.mo.gov to their Talify Missouri profile

There are online help aides available and job-seekers can always email [email protected]





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Provide Basic Registration Details

Begin by providing basic registration details, such as contact information (data may have already mapped over from jobs.mo.gov)

Can choose to hide contact details from employers (allows candidate to screen employer) contact will be within Talify only, if contact details are hidden

Add Job Preferences

Field of interest-similar to jobs.mo.gov (can choose multiple)

Preferred location (can be narrow or wide)

Type of position

Compensation preferences

Include Full Background

Educational background

Certificates

Professional Skills

Previous work experience

(will map over)

Professional Skills that they have developed over the course of their career. Professional Skills encompasses information that isn’t easily captured on a traditional resume.

If you cannot locate your Professional Skill or certificate, there is an other category where you can enter your information.

You can also provide a copy of your certificate as an attachment later on

Previous work experience will update if recorded when you first register; however, you can edit/update it here later.





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Upload Attachments

Upload any document up to 5 megabytes 1. Resume 2. Cover letter 3. Writing sample 4. Reference letters 5. Certifications

Choose Competency Preferences

Rank your preferences among ten Key Competency Areas.

With much research, we’ve identified these as applicable to almost any job out there, things such as Providing Service to Others and Working on a Team.

Hover mouse over the square orange box next to each Key Competency Area for three behaviors associated with each Key Competency Area.

Three behaviors with each Key Competency Area give job-seeker added knowledge and a better definition of what that competency area means or includes.

Job seeker ranks what they want to do from highest to lowest.

Provide a Self-Rating for Key Competencies

Rate your skill and experience at each competency area.

Essential to creating quality matches between job-seekers and employers based on shared preferences and Key Competency Areas.





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Word Descriptors• Choose from a series of word descriptors what most describes

you and what least describes you• Hover over each word descriptor and receive a brief description

Complete Self-Assessment Tasks

You then move to the assessment portion of the Talify Missouri experience. We encourage you to answer honestly on this section as after you complete the assessment you won’t be able to retake it for 180 days, employers will view your profile and you will want them to receive an objective view of your traits.

Word Descriptors• Choose from a series of word descriptors what most describes

you and what least describes you• Hover over each word descriptor and receive a brief description


Word Descriptors-- choose from a series of word descriptors what most describes you and what least describes you

Hover over each word descriptor and receive a brief description


Problem solving section• Word analogies and basic math• Employers never see answers or the raw score

Problem solving section-- Word analogies and basic math

Employers never see answers or the raw score.

Problem solving score is combined with other results to generate personality traits.


Agree or disagree • Series of opinion statements• This part of the assessment is combined in the results towards

empathy and thoroughness

Agree or disagree with a series of opinion statements

This part of the assessment is combined in the results towards empathy and thoroughness





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Dashboard• Account Summary – Overview of communication with employers• Messages, interview requests, how many employers viewed

resume• Links to feedback, guidance, and coaching based on personality

After Registration

After Registration

Communication Portal • Place to go to view and respond to any incoming messages from

an employer-message may go to email also if provided• View employer and job center communications, respond to

interview requests, or send messages

After Registration

Profile• Update or edit profile, including your personal information and

job preferences• Job-seekers should update their profile once they are no longer

looking

Once you complete the profile and preferences, every time you click on the Talify button you are taken to the dashboard and can get to other functionality.





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Personality Feedback • Three highest and three lowest behavioral traits• Assists job-seeker to recognize job opportunities that best fit

his/her unique strengths

Personalized Guidance Based on Assessment


Career Guidance• Provided strongest functional strength and two work skills• Helps job-seeker in making career choices

Interview Coaching• Job-seeker receives specific interview guidance and tips based on

their six different behavioral traits.


This is an important area for your counselor. They can also use the individualized reports to have one-on-ones with you and talk you through the guidance and coaching contained in these reports.





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• Enter as much information as possible.

• Remember there are no right or wrong answers.

• No judgments are associated with personality traits.

Get the Best from Your Assessment

Enter as much information as possible. In order for you to maximize your Talify Missouri experience, it is important that you enter as much accurate information as possible. It is designed to make it easier for employers to find you (through multiple data points) when you conduct a search.

Remember there are no right or wrong answers. Employers never see your specific answers including the problem-solving raw score. There are no right and wrong answers, except for the problem-solving section, which employers never see the raw score.

No judgment associated with personality traits. A high or low score in a certain personality trait isn’t good or bad, respectively. It all depends on the context. If you are a computer programmer working by yourself at night, it may be good to have a lower sociability score!

Questions

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Some Advice

o Envision your ideal future.

o Find resources on goal-setting.

o Set aside time to review your work history (and your life).

o Consider the kind of workplace you like.

o Think about your working conditions.

o Finally, list your short-term and long-term objectives.

Envision your ideal future. If you had no constraints, what would you like to be doing five years from now? What next step would help you get there?

Find resources on goal-setting. Research career guidance books on Amazon, go to the library, visit helpful websites, use your college placement office. If you want to use paid help, consider a career counselor. Be sure to get references.

Set aside time to review your work history (and your life). List the jobs, tasks, or activities that you have most enjoyed, regardless of whether they were paid or unpaid. Then list things that you truly disliked about the work you have done. See what common threads you can find in your past.

Consider the kind of workplace you like. Small, medium, or large? Loose and flexible or tightly structured? Family atmosphere or no-nonsense business focus? Choosing the wrong work environment can be as bad as selecting the wrong type of work.

Think about your working conditions. Do you mind travel? How much? Are long hours okay? Or a long commute? How much time do you need for family or other non-work activities?

Finally, list your short-term and long-term objectives. If you are considering a career change, be sure to research the new job or field so that you know what you’re getting into. “Dream jobs” often look somewhat different once you are in them.





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Figure Out Your Skills

This is a great start to an excellent resume.

Assess self-management skills

Assess your transferable skills

Employment skills or hard skills

Self-Management Skills (Soft Skills) How you get along with other people and the type of work ethic you have are self- management skills. No employer wants to hire someone with a poor attitude or someone who has a “personality problem”.

Transferable Skills These skills transfer from one job to the next because they can apply to many different kinds of work settings

Employment Skills (Hard Skills) These are actual skills that you have obtained one way or another. An example might be budgeting which you learned from doing your own budget at home.

Figure Out Your Skills

This is a great start to an excellent resume.

Assess self-management skills

Assess your transferable skills

Employment skills or hard skills

Conduct the PE by passing out the Assessing your skills packet.

Questions

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