Planning Your Career Lesson 9-2 Goals Describe factors of a personal assessment for career planning. Discuss methods for obtaining career experience. Identify information sources for available jobs.

Key Terms Values – Things that are important to you. Talent – Natural, inborn aptitude to do certain things. Ability – the quality of being able to perform a mental or physical task.

PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Your planning career should start with a self-assessment of the following: Interests Values Talents and abilities Provide a basis for your employment goals and possible career paths.

PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Values Can be learned through exercises and activities. Exercises can show how you rank items such as money, power, achievement, independence, security, belonging, or serving others. You can begin to look at your values by answering the following questions: Is it important for me to earn a lot of money? Am I mainly interested in work that provides a services for others? Is it important for me to have an occupation that others think is important even if I do not really care for it? Do I want an occupation that is very challenging and may require additional schooling? Would I be willing to start in a job that pays a lower salary than another if that job was more challenging and offered better opportunities for future advancement? Do I consider investing money in education or occupational training as important as spending for other things?

PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Talents and abilities Talent – Natural, inborn aptitude to do certain things. Ability – the quality of being able to perform a mental or physical task. You can learn about your abilities through courses you have taken and grades that you have received in school. Abilities can be developed. Work to strengthen your weak areas before you go into full-time work.

Checkpoint >> What is the difference between an interest and a talent?

Complete Your Personal Assessment Go to www.gafutures.org If you have an account, sign in. If not click Create an Account in the top right corner of the page. Create your account. Write down your username and password and put in a secure area. Click on Career Exploration at the top of the page. Then on the top middle of the page click Learn About Yourself. Then click Interest Profiler to figure out what interests you have and match them to careers. Answer the 60 questions about yourself. View your results. Complete the worksheet.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Work-study programs Part-time employment Volunteer activities School activities

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Work-study programs Combines school with work-related experience. Provides an occasion to develop a variety of on-the-job skills. You will learn to interact in work settings. Ex. Internship Part-time employment Allows the chance to see if you enjoy a particular career field. Will help to make contacts. Contacts will be able to guide you and offer support throughout your working life. Ex. Summer and part-time work Volunteer activities Helps to develop organizational skills while making future career contacts. School activities Working on team projects offers a change to interact with others. School clubs and organizations can results in valuable skills such as goal-setting, planning, supervising, and delegating responsibility.

Checkpoint >> What are methods for obtaining employment experience?

SOURCES OF AVAILABLE JOBS The media Personal contacts Business contacts Career fairs Government employment offices

SOURCES OF AVAILABLE JOBS The media Newspaper ads, career web sites Personal contacts Let as many people possible know that you are looking for a job. Ex. School counselors, business teachers, relatives, friends, neighbors. Business contacts Visit businesses, use phonebooks, business directories , and websites to find names of organization that may have unadvertised jobs.

SOURCES OF AVAILABLE JOBS Career fairs Held at schools or community centers. Allow a chance contact prospective employers Know something about the company will set you apart from other applicants. Government employment offices Help people find jobs and provide career information and work with employers to find qualified workers. Provide up-to-date information about the job market area. Ex. Local and state employment offices

Checkpoint >> What are the main sources of information about available jobs?