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Discover Yourself

In order to find a career path that you will find both challenging and satisfying, you must first learn about yourself

* What do you like to do?

* What skills do you have?

* Which skills do you like to use?

* What kind of work setting fits best with your personality type?

* What is your personality type??

There are many ways you can assess yourself However, if you would like a more in-depth self-understanding, it is recommended that you meet with a career counselor who can provide you with 'standardized career assessments.' These are tests that will help you to know yourself better, especially related to working With the guidance of the counselor, you can develop a profile of yourself,

including career options

"Sounds good" But where do I find a "career counselor?"

The most common places to find career counselors are:

•College and University Career Centers

•CA State Department of Rehabilitation

•Community Agencies

•Private Career Counselors

If you can not get to a career counselor, the following pages contain some brief assessments that may help you to identify some of your skills, interests, and personality traits This is not intended to be a complete assessment, but many find it to be helpful

The next pages may seem like a lot of work, but the results are well worth your effort Taking time to get to know yourself now will help to make sure there is a good fit with your career choices later!

A Personality Traits

Personality traits can be interpreted as both positive and negative For instance, being critical is one of your traits This could be a plus if you are an editor of a publishing company, or a meat inspector It would be a negative if you are a

supervisor trying to gain rapport with an employee

Personality Inventory

This assessment will help you better understand your personality traits and their strength A trait is a characteristic which tells you how you will react to new situations or new experiences

Below is a list of personality traits and their meanings Read each trait and its meaning, then indicate its strength on the line using the scale below:

0 = if you do not have this trait

1 = if you have this trait to some degree

2 = if you clearly have this trait

3 = if you strongly have this trait

_ Honesty: Having integrity; and keeping one's promise

_ Courtesy: Being thoughtful of others

_ Responsibility: Being accountable for duties; and actually following

through with your duties

_ Compatibility: Being in harmony with others, and having the ability to work well with others

_ Loyalty: Showing allegiance to people and/or things; showing devotion to your company, people or things

_ Enthusiasm: Having a strong affinity towards people and/or things; to show eagerness and a willingness to work with others or things

_ Open-mindedness: Being receptive and interested in the opinions and ideas of others

_ Self-Control: Controlling your own actions and feelings

_ Influence: Motivating or encouraging others

_ Initiative: Starting thoughts and/or actions

_ Adaptability: Making changes when necessary

_ Industriousness: Being consistently active; getting your work done

_ Carefulness: Giving watchful attention to people and/or things; making sure that you do things properly

_ Self-Reliance: Having trust in one's self; doing things yourself and feeling confident about them

_ Compassion: Having sympathy and feelings for people with problems _ Dedication: Being seriously devoted to causes and/or goals

_ Competitiveness: Striving to win

_ Patience: Being able to wait; taking your time to do things

_ Perfectionism: Trying to achieve the highest possible degree of

excellence

_ Courage: Meeting danger or difficulties in spite of fear

_ Decisiveness: Making decisions promptly and definitely

_ Drive: Having the energy to get things done

_ Perseverance: Being persistent in pursuit of tasks

_ Calmness: Being serene.

_ Stability: Being constant in responses

Now circle the traits that you marked a "3" that "Strongly Exist."

B Interests

Just because we are interested in something does not mean that we

automatically are good at it It's a known fact that we are most likely to excel at what we like to do Think of things you have done in the past where you

succeeded:

•Volunteered at the local high school

•Wrote a poem that was published

•Designed a computer program

The following activity will help you focus on your interests However, this is a simple survey and any other interests you are aware of should be included as well For example, if your hobby is collecting coins, you should include it Select only those which truly interest you the most!

Interest Survey

I am interested or like these activities, functions, and career fields

*Accounting*Freedom*Physical work

*Acting*Gardening*Planning

*Administering*Golf*Politics

*Advising*Government*Precision work

*Agriculture*Graphic arts*Production

*Analyzing*Guiding*Public service

*Animals*Handling detail*Public speaking

*Appraising*Health services*Raising Funds

*Architecture*Helping People*Reading

*Art*History*Recruiting

*Assembling*Identifying needs*Religion

*Assisting*Implementing*Repairing

*Biology*Improving*Researching

*Brainstorming*Influencing*Resolving conflict

*Building morale*Initiating*Risk

*Building things*Integrating*Running Meetings

*Business *Inventing*Selling

*Challenge*Initiating*Service

*Chess playing*Integrating*Singing

*Civic activities *Inventing*Social sciences

*Clerical work*Languages*Solving problems

*Coaching*Law*Strategy

*Communication*Law Enforcement*Supervising

*Conceiving ideas*Libraries*Swimming

*Consulting*Listening*Teaching

*Cooking*Machine operation*Teamwork

*Counseling*Making decisions*Thinking

*Creating*Making policy*Translating

*Data*Managing people*Transportation

*Delegating*Mechanical Design*Traveling

*Demonstrating*Medical Science*Unifying

*Designing*Military*Volunteering

*Developing*Ministry*Winning

*Editing*Moderating*Woodworking

*Engineering*Money*Working outdoors

*Entertaining*Motivating*Working w/kids

*Entrepreneur*Mountain climbing*Writing Instructions

*Evaluating*Music* _

*Exchanging Inf.*Negotiating

*Film Watching*Office management

*Finance*Organizing

*Designing*Participating

*Fine manual work*Performing

*Forestry*Philosophy

*Fine manual work *Photography

*Forestry*Physical sciences

Finally, review what you chose then carefully select and circle the top eight interests from those you identified On a separate sheet of paper, write what you like and what you dislike about all the skills you listed

C Values

Identifying your values is one of the most important factors in considering your career choices Vital questions that need to be explored include:

•Do my values match my interest?

•Do my values match the work involved in a particular career?

Often times people are disappointed when they find their chosen career does not match with their values For instance, the career may involve long hours (no family time) or does not pay a large salary (no out of town vacations)

There two kinds of values explored here: Work Values and Personal Values Work values deals with factors that you consider important to you on the job Work Related Values

The following list describes a wide variety of satisfactions that people obtain from

their jobs Look at the definitions of these various satisfactions and rate the

degree of importance that you would assign to each, using the scale below:

1 = Not important at all

2 = Not very important

3 = Reasonably important

4 = Very important in my choice of career

_ Help Society: Do something to contribute to the betterment of the world I live in

_ Help Others: Be involved in helping other people in a direct way, either individually or in small groups

_ Public Contact: Have a lot of day-to-day contact with people

_ Work with Others: Have close working relationships with a group; work as

a team toward common goals

_ Affiliation: Be recognized as a member of a particular organization

_ Friendships: Develop close personal relationships with people as a result

of my work activities

_ Competition: Engage in activities which pit my abilities against others where there are clear win-and-lose outcomes

_ Make Decisions: Have the power to decide courses of action, policies, etc _ Work under Pressure: Work in situations where time pressure is prevalent and/or the quality of my work is judged critically by supervisors, customers or others

_ Power and Authority: Control the work activities or (partially) the destinies

of other people

_ Influence People: Be in a position to change attitudes or opinions of other people

_ Work Alone: Do projects by myself, without any significant amount of contact with others

_ Knowledge: Engage myself in the pursuit of knowledge, truth and

understanding

_ Intellectual Status: Be regarded as a person of high intellectual prowess or

as one who is an acknowledged "expert" in a given field

_ Artistic Creativity: Engage in creative work in any of several art forms _ Creativity (general): Created new ideas, programs, organizational

structures or anything else not following a format previously developed by others _ Aesthetics: Be involved in studying or appreciating the beauty of things, ideas, etc

_ Supervision: Have a job in which I am directly responsible for the work done by others

_ Change and Variety: Have work responsibilities which frequently change

in their content and settings

_ Precision Work: Work in situations where there is very little tolerance for error

_ Stability: Have a work routine and job duties that are largely predictable

and not likely to change over a long period of time.

_ Security: Be assured of keeping my job and a reasonable financial reward _ Fast Pace: Work in circumstances where there is a high pace of activity, work must be done rapidly

_ Recognition: Be recognized for the quality of my work in some visible or public way

_ Excitement: Experience a high degree of (or frequent) excitement in the course of my work

_ Adventure: Have work duties which involve frequent risk-taking

_ Profit, Gain: Have a strong likelihood of accumulating large amounts of money or other material gain

_ Independence: Be able to determine the nature of my work without

significant direction from others; not have to do what others tell me

_ Moral Fulfillment: Feel that my work is contributing significantly to a set of moral standards which I feel are very important

_ Location: Find a place to live (town, geographical area) which is conducive

to my life style and affords me the opportunity to do the things I enjoy most

_ Community: Live in a town or city where I can get involved in community affairs

_ Physical Challenge: Have a job that makes physical demands which I would find rewarding

_ Time Freedom: Have work responsibilities which I can work at according

to my own time schedule; no specific working hours required

Now choose ten of these Work Values which are the most important to you and circle them Each of these values will be relevant to the career exploration that you will do in later exercises If you can think of any other work values (desired satisfactions) that are not included in the list above and which are especially important to you, add them to the ten values you circled by writing them below or

on a separate sheet of paper

Personal values are what you consider important to you as a person Ask

yourself what's important to you in your personal life For example, recognition in yourself or in others may be important to you As you are filling out the Personal Value Survey remember that these things should reflect only your heart-of-heart desires

Personal Values Survey

I think these things are important to me

*Ability to influence*Material possessions

*Achievement*Mental challenge

*Adventure*Music

*Art*Neatness and orderliness

*Availability to my children*Patriotism

*Beautiful surroundings*Personal appearance

*Church participation*Peace of mind

*Community participation*Pets

*Companionship*Physical challenge

*Competitiveness*Pioneering

*Creativity*Power

*Dance*Recognition

*Education*Reputation

*Ethics*Respect

*Excitement*Satisfying love relationship

*Exercise*Security

*Fame*Self-esteem

*Family time*Self-improvement

*Financial comfort*Self-knowledge

*Flexibility*Sense of accomplishment

*Generosity*Sense of control

*Good family relationships*Social status

*Happiness*Spiritual development

*Health*Sports

*Helping others*Theater

*Hobby*Time to yourself

*Honesty*Tolerant attitudes

*Humility*Travel

*Independence*Truth

*Integrity*Volunteering

*Intellectual stimulation*Wealth

*Justice*World in which human and nature are in balance

*Leisure time*World without discrimination

*Loving and understanding friends*

*Loyalty* _

*Making the ³team²* _

Were you able to come up with some personal values not one the list?? Now, narrow down your personal values to the top 10 values that are important to you and circle them

D Skills

Think of anything that you do better than average These are the skills you want

to present to the employer

Some examples might be:

- organizing and developing projects

- good writing skills

- ability to remember details accurately

Skills for Success:

Skills can be separated into two different groups: transferable skills and

nontransferable skills Transferable skills are those skills that can be used in one job or another Nontransferable skills are generally specific to a certain job or type of work

Transferable Skills:

Transferable skills are broken up into two categories worker skills and functional skills These skills can be transferred from one job to another

Look at everything you do in your life Even skills developed in the home

(budgeting, child care) or hobbies (attention to details, organizing) can be

"transferred" into a work setting

1) Good worker skills allows you to be flexible to different jobs

Example: Accepting responsibilities, Organized, Meeting deadlines

2) Functional skills are general skills useful in a variety of jobs

Example: Analyzing data, Managing people, Operating machinery

The Functional Skills survey is divided into three broad groups

•Data - research, compare, and analyze

•People - patient, tolerant, and listen

•Things - repair, equipment, and machines

All jobs utilize data, people and things, but most jobs emphasize one category over others For example, computer system analysts work with data, counselors work with people and auto mechanics work with cars

As you are checking your skills on the survey Be aware if you checked more items in one column than the other two If so you may have a new direction in mapping out your future

Nontransferable Skills:

Technical skills are nontransferable skills that may or may not be used in other settings

1) Technical skills apply to a specific job or occupation

Example: Drawing - cartoonist

Teeth cleaning - dental hygienist

Sewing - tailor

Take a look at the Technical Skills survey list Don't be discouraged if you can not check any of the sample items

Take time now to fill out the Good Workers Skills Survey, the Functional Skills Survey, and the Technical Skills Survey

Good Worker Skills Survey

I posses these skills

*Absorb stress*Honest*Relay accurate info

*Accept supervision*Identify alternative action*Reliable

*Alert*Identify needs*Remember facts

*Ambitious*Identify problems*Resourceful

*Ask questions*Imaginative*Responsible

*Assertive*Independent*Responsive

*Capable*Industrious*Results oriented

*Cheerful*Intelligent*Self-confident

*Complete assignment*Know how to learn*Self-esteem

*Concerned for others*Leadership*Self-motivated

*Considerate*Learn quickly*Sense of humor

*Cooperative*Logical*Sensitive

*Coordinate*Loyal*Serious

*Creative thinker*Manage time well*Set goals

*Deal with ambiguity*Mature*Set priorities

*Delegate*Meet deadlines*Sincere

*Dependable*Methodical*Spontaneous

*Eager*Modest*Steady

*Expressive*Motivated*Strong

*Flexible*Open minded*Take responsibility

*Follow instructions*Optimistic*Teamwork

*Follow through*Organized*Thrifty

*Friendly*Original*Trustworthy

*Get along with others*Patient*Unpretentious

*Get things done*Physical strength*Use of common sense

*Good attendance*Practical*Versatile

*Good listener*Pride in doing a good job*Well-informed

*Good nature*Problem solver*Well-organized

*Good sense of directions*Productive*Willing to learn new

*Hard worker*Punctualthings

*Helpful*Realistic*

Functional Skills Survey

I possess these skills

DataPeopleThings

*Analyzing*Advising*Adjusting

*Calculating*Caring for*Assembling

*Classifying*Confronting others*Building

*Collating*Consulting*Calibrating

*Comparing*Coordinating*Carrying

*Compiling*Counseling*Crafting

*Composing*Directing*Cutting

*Computing*Empathizing*Demonstrating

*Coordinating*Entertaining*Designing

*Copying*Guiding*Disassembling

*Creating*Helping*Driving/Operating

*Developing ideas*Influencing others*Emptying

*Evaluating*Informing*Feeding/Offbearing

*Examining*Instructing*Finishing/Refining

*Filing*Interpreting procedures*Guiding

*Gathering*Leading*Handling

*Interpreting*Listening*Loading

*Investigating*Managing*Manipulating

*Managing money*Mentoring*Monitoring

*Observing*Motivating*Moving

*Organizing*Negotiating*Operating/Controlling

*Presenting*Persuading*Precision working

*Reading*Serving*Preparing

*Recording*Speaking*Pushing

*Reporting*Supervising*Regulating

*Researching*Supporting*Remodeling

*Sorting*Taking instructions*Repairing

*Synthesizing*Teaching*Setting up

*Transcribing*Training*Stacking

*Writing*Treating*Tending

Technical Skill Survey

I possess these skills

*Acupuncture*Framing*Real estate appraising

*Acting*Glazing*Reference

*Auto body repair*Hairstyling*Roofing

*Auto engine tune-up*Harvesting*Runaway modeling

*Basketball*Horse breeding*Sailing

*Blueprint reading*Housekeeping*Sculpting

*Bookbinding*Hunting*Set design

*Bricklaying*Intelligence gathering*Sewing

*Bridge designing*Jewelry making*Sharpshooting

*Building inspection*Landscaping*Sheet-metal skills

*Cabinet making*Legal research*Shipfitting

*Cake decorating*Line installation*Shoe repair

*Carpet installing*Manicuring*Solar heater installation

*Chimney cleaning*Meat inspection*Spacecraft designing