By: Angela Lo

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Marketing Yourself Understanding Yourself

• By Angela Lo

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KNOW YOURSELF

• The important first step is to know who you are,
  what you need and want, what your interests and
  talents are.
• Career planning is not a one-time event as
  students graduate and enter the world of work,
  but a dynamic on-going process of career
  development as you learn and respond to change,
  within yourself and in the organizations with
  which you work.

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DEVELOP YOUR OPTIONS

• Often the expedience of needing a job compels
  young people to take whatever is easily available
  and most obvious. It is a rare person who is
  fortunate enough to match genuine interest,
  talents and values to a satisfying vocation
  offering appropriate growth opportunities in
  their first job.
• Taking the time to build a foundation of
  knowledge about yourself and to expand your
  thinking about options appropriate for you can
  increase your chances of success enormously.

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??????????? ? Reflection how to
marketing yourself in career planning ?

•        a.)  Are you concerned about the
  future?
•        b.)   Are you unsure how to start your
  career?
•         c.) Do you need to make changes in
  your direction?
•         d.) Are you concerned about finding
  stable and secure work?

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What do you want to do with your life?

• There are many ways to go about answering
  that question, but most experts agree that
  starting with an analysis of your individual
  traits is the best way.
• What am I most interested in?
• What do I do best?
• How will I balance work with other areas of my
  life?

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PRIMARY FACTORS IN KNOWING YOURSELF

• 1.Interests 2.Personal and work style
  3.Skills
• 4.Values
• Career Assessment and Self-Test Web Sites
• www.amby.com/worksite/explore.html
• www.careerkey.org
• 10steps.careerpathsonline.com/guide

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Marketing Yourself Step1 Self-Assessment

• Step 1.21 Personality Checklist
• Step 1.3 Your Values
• Step 1.51 Your Career Interests Step 1.41 Your
  Skills
• Step 1.52 Understanding Career Clusters
• Step 1.6 Knowledge Learning Style
• Step 1.61 Identifying Your Style
• Step 1.7 Feedback
• Step 1.8 Integrating Your Assessment

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Step 2 ResearchUnderstanding

• Career  Trends
• Information Search
• Information Interviews
• Job Shadowing
• Gaining Experience

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Step3. Decision Making

• Career Objectives
• Personal Objectives
• Lifelong Learning
• Goal Setting

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Step 4. Networks Contacts

• Work Search
• Resumes Letters
• Interviews

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Step 5 Work

• Work  Offers
• Success _at_ work

1 Self-Assessment
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Step6. Career /Life /Work Planning

• Re-evaluation.

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Process and Goal

• Become pro- active about the career/life planning
  process
• Identify and Evaluate interests , values
  abilities and personality type, as they related
  to career decision making .
• Gather and analyze pertinent information about
  career fields.
• Develop and begin implementation of personal
  career /life /work plan