Lesson 1: Knowing Yourself

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Lesson 1 Knowing Yourself
Module 3 FINDING A JOB
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Personality

• Your personality has an effect on your happiness
  with your job your career choices should be
  aligned with your personality.
• Lesson Overview
• What are my likes and dislikes?
• In my personal and professional life, what is
  important to me?
• Recognizing your strengths and skills
• How your skills and preferences are reflected in
  your work

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What is my personality?

• Exercise 1
• Personality, Preference, and Career Happiness
• Directions Take a few minutes to think about
  your personality and interests and answer the
  first question in the space provided. Think
  about such things as activities you enjoy, past
  jobs where you felt successful, etc. You will
  then have the opportunity to share your ideas
  with the group.
• What are your interests?
• What activities do you enjoy?
• In your personal and professional life, what is
  important to you?
  
• What past work experiences have made you happy?

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Personal Likes and Dislikes

• Exercise 2
• Directions Take a few minutes to chart out some
  of the tasks you have enjoyed in your past work
  experiences and chart them appropriately.
• Example I enjoy the opportunity to work with
  others, I like working in quiet spaces, I dislike
  working with food, etc.

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Assessing our Skills and Competencies

• Exercise 3
• What are my skills? What do I have to offer an
  employer?
• Technological working with computers and
  machinery.
• Interpersonal working with people.
• Physical working with our hands and body.

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Matching our Personality to our Profession

• Exercise 3
• Scenario 1
• Mary has just begun employment as a telemarketer.
  Initially, she was very excited about the new
  opportunity. The company has good benefits and
  she looks forward to offering exciting new
  products to consumers. She will be making a
  commission on each product sold, and she finds
  the products useful. Despite these perks, after
  her first week she is beginning to dislike the
  job, and her attitude about the new job is
  beginning to manifest negatively in her daily
  interactions with customers.
• Some facts about Mary
• Mary enjoys routine and repetitive tasks.
• Mary has not had experience in customer service
  or sales.
• She doesnt like when the customers are unhappy.
• Her stomach is upset each time she begins to make
  a call.
• To make sure the job is a good fit, Mary must be
  aware of her job duties and her own personality.
• What job duties and skills are used by a
  telemarketer?
• What personality traits are necessary to perform
  the listed job duty?

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Matching our Personality to our Profession

• Scenario 2
• Mary has decided that telemarketing is not in her
  future and had begun to look for a new job.
  Using the following facts about Mary, along with
  her previous experience in telemarketing,
  identify the marketable skill that Mary possesses
  and brainstorm some job fields where she may have
  better success.
• Facts about Mary
• Mary is an excellent communicator orally but has
  some difficulty with written communication.
• Mary had raised three children and is a
  dependable care-giver.
• Mary likes to work on her computer at home, but
  does not like to be distracted.
• Mary likes working with people, and has always
  been told she was a good listener.
• Mary likes to work independently, and is good at
  accomplishing tasks without supervision.
• Mary thought that she would like sales, but could
  not de-personalize the complaints of unhappy
  customers.
• Are there any career options for Mary based upon
  the above listed skills?
• Are there any careers that she should avoid due
  to her likes and dislikes?

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Matching our Personality to our Profession

• Please look back on past exercises and, based
  upon your preferences, likes and dislikes,
  identify marketable job skills that you possess.
• Note the experience that let you to this
  conclusion.
• Are there any career paths that would not allow
  you for success based on your identified skills?
• In which jobs would you have success?