Take Hold of Your Future

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Session 6 Step 1 Becoming Aware of the Need
to Make A Career Decision
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Objectives
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At the end of this session, students will be able
to

• state some consequences of not making decisions
  at an appropriate time.
• describe the meaning of the interest profiles on
  the Kuder Career Search with Person Match for
  three sample cases.
• describe the meaning of their own interest
  profiles on the Kuder Career Search with Person
  Match.

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Consequences of Late Decisions
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• Only about 50 of those who start college finish
  it within six years.
• Approximately 50 of students require 5-6 years
  to complete college.
• Studies show a high relationship between these
  facts and the lack of having clear career goals.

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Hollands Theory
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• People can be described as a combination of six
  different personality types.
• Environments can be described by the same six
  types.
• Individuals of a given personality type are drawn
  to environments of the same type.
• Satisfaction is likely when persons type matches
  an environments type.

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The Six Personality Types
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• Realistic (R) - likes to work with tools,
  machines, animals good mechanical skills
• Investigative (I) - likes to work with abstract
  ideas good math and science skills
• Artistic (A) - likes to engage in creative
  activities good skills in art, music, dance, or
  other artistic form

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The Six Personality Types Contd
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• Social (S) - likes to work with people face to
  face to help or teach them has good verbal and
  social skills
• Enterprising (E) - likes to work with people face
  to face to manage them or sell a product or
  service
• Conventional (C) - likes to work with data,
  facts, numbers good organizational skills

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Holland Types to Kuder Clusters
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• Realistic Outdoor/Mechanical
• Investigative Science/Technical
• Artistic Arts/Communications
• Social Social Service
• Enterprising Sales/Administration
• Conventional Business Operations

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Hexagon Showing Relationship of Six Kuder
Clusters (Holland types in parenthesis.)
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Norm Group
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• A norm group is a large group of people who have
  the same characteristics as the person who is
  taking an inventory or test.
• A percentile score indicates the percentage of
  people in this group who scored lower than you.

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Kuder Career Search Profile 1 (Differentiated)
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Meaning of Profile 1
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• Interests are well defined with two clusters in
  the top quartile.
• Person should explore occupations in these two
  clusters first.
• Person appears to be ready to make a vocational
  choice.

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Kuder Career Search Profile 2 (No high areas of
interest)
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Meaning of Profile 2
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• No areas of interest above the 75th percentile
• Person is probably not ready to choose an
  occupation or a major
• Person needs to do exploration of the six
  clusters

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Kuder Career Search Profile 3 (Low, flat profile)
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Meaning of Profile 3
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• Profile is undifferentiated (no areas of interest
  significantly higher than others)
• Person is probably not ready to choose an
  occupation or a major
• Person needs to learn about and explore the six
  clusters

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Discussion Questions
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• What is the shape of your personal profile?
• Does this profile accurately reflect how you feel
  about your career interests?
• How ready are you to make a choice of occupation
  and major?
• What should your next steps be?
• What questions do you have about your interest
  profile?

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Homework for Next Session
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• Read Chapter 6.
• Take the Kuder Skills Assessment and the Supers
  Work Values Inventory-revised.
• Complete Examining Your Work Values worksheet on
  your personal CD.
• Complete your paper that describes your
  self-concept and how it affects your career
  choices.

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