Introduction and Learning Objectives

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Module 1 Career Decision- Making and Planning
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Introduction and Learning Objectives

• Understand the career decision-making and
  planning process
• Identify career planning needs
• Develop an Individual Development Plan (IDP)
• Learn how to use the Career Decision-Making
  Exercise
• Understand the concepts of a career and life
  roles
• Understand the importance of maintaining balance
  between life roles
• Learn how different factors impact the career
  decision-making process

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Career Planning Survey

• Career Planning Survey
• Makes you think about where you are and how you
  feel about your career plan if you have one
• Helps you understand the emotional
• impact of career planning and
• transition
• What do you need to do to resolve
• career problems and concerns?

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The Career Decision-Making and Planning Process

• How have you organized an activity, such as
  planning a combat mission, a work project, or a
  party?
• Did you follow specific steps in doing so?
• What resources were used to manageyour efforts?
• Making a successful career choice
  involves developing and
• following a plan
• See Discover Step-by-Step Instructions

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Understanding Myself

• Understanding myself is the first step in career
  decision-making
• What is important to know about yourself when
  looking for a career?
• Other resources
• Talking with a CRMC staff member, family member,
  mentor, or trusted friend
• Using the Discover program or other assessment
• Envisioning an end state of success,
  satisfaction, or happiness in the worker role of
  your life
• CPP and other local career assessment
  resources

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Learning About Careers That Match My Personality

• How do you go about buying shoes? A house? A car?
• What is important to know about a career you are
  interested in?

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Where and How to Obtain Career Information

• The Discover program
• MCCS Lifelong Learning resources
• U.S. Department of Labor resources on the
  www.careerinfonet.org Web site
• Occupational Network, or ONet, at
  www.online.onetcenter.org
• Books and videos in the CRMC or base library
• Professional Associations
• Talking with people
• in the career field

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Making a Career Decision

• Career Decision-Making Exercise
• The Career Decision-Making Exercise can help you
• Organize information
• Prioritize what is important
• Assign a weight to each priority
• Evaluate each priority for each career option
• Assign a score to each career
• option accordingly

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Life/Career Rainbow
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Life Roles and Work-Life Balance

• See Life Roles and Goals Exercise
• Helps define current or future life roles
• Helps you anticipate and plan for problems/
  challenges that may cause conflict/stress between
  roles

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What Else Should I Consider?

• Dont make decisions when you are
• Tired or ill
• Anxious or frustrated
• Angry
• Rushed or feeling pressured to make a decision
• Unsure or doubtful
• Did this have an effect
• on the quality of your
• decision?

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One Last Thing...

• Follow the Hip Pocket guide to making a career
  decision
• Envision the end state of career success
• Consider the obstacles financial, physical, and
  emotional
• Get the resources you need to overcome the
  obstacles

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Career Planning Developing a Training and
Education Plan

• Identify skills to become qualified for a career
• Identify skills you currently possess
• Identify training to develop skills you do not
  have
• Choose an appropriate college major, if required

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Career Planning Developing a Training and
Education Plan (Cont.)

• Find a college, school, university, or other
  training provider that offers required training
• Locate all information needed to complete tasks
• Get information on veterans and other financial
  aid information and
• assistance programs available

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Career Planning Job-Search Skill Development

• See CRMC Job-Search Skill Development
  Workshops Schedule
• Attend
• Job-Search Strategies
• Résumés and Cover Letters
• Job Fair Strategies
• Federal Government Job Search and Application
• Interview Techniques
• Job Offer Evaluation and Salary Negotiation

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Benefits of DevelopingJob-Search Skills

• More job offers
• Better job offers to choose from
• Better initial salary offers and benefits

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Continuing Education and Professional Development

• Lets consider
• What happens to the resale value of a car the
  longer you own it?
• What do you normally do to keep
• this from happening?
• What does all this have to do
• with my new job?

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Individual Development Plan (IDP)

• See Individual Development Plan
• A checklist to help keep you organized
• Helps manage, organize, and add structure to your
  career decision-making and planning activities
• Its your blueprint, recipe, or battle plan for
  career success!

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Summary and Lessons Learned

• Today we have
• Learned about the career decision-making and
  planning process
• Reviewed the Career-Planning Survey, Career
  Decision-Making Exercise, and the IDP
• Examined the concepts of career and life roles
• Stressed the importance of continuing education
  and professional development
• Discussed the effects that certain factors have
  on the career decision-making process
• Identified CRMC resources to help with the process