Career Exploration & Plan Development Workshop Day Three Questions? 9/17/20151Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

Day Three Agenda Achievement Story #1 p Activity Words Where Am I Going? – Labor Market Information – Occupational Exploration Achievement Story #2 Preparation Prepare for Meeting with VRC Day Three Thoughts 9/17/20152Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

My Achievement Story Achievement Story #1 Telling your achievement story – Eventually you could use the skills from your story for your resume. 9/17/20153Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

Group Process Group Process Steps – You will have a storyteller and listeners – the Storyteller has responsibilities – The Listener has responsibilities Goal is to have more of an awareness and comfort level identifying and discussing skills. 9/17/20154Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

Storyteller’s Responsibilities You will read, show or tell your achievement story. When you have finished your story, the group will share the skills they heard from your achievement. Answer any questions that group members may ask about your story – remember, they’re helping you discover all of your skills. 9/17/20155Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

Listener’s Responsibilities The Listeners: As the story is being told, each listener will list all of the skills that he/she hears from the story. Listener’s may use the skill list to help identify the skills from the story. When the storyteller completes his/her story, listeners may want to ask questions. – The idea is to help the storyteller identify their skills by asking helpful questions. – Record any additional skills you discover. 9/17/20156Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

Listener’s Responsibilities (cont.) When the storyteller has finished answering questions from all listeners: – Each listener, in turn, will tell the storyteller the list of skills they wrote. – The Listener will then give the storyteller his/her skill card. 9/17/20157Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

Who Goes First? Could we have a volunteer to get things started? Listeners, you have your responsibilities – are you ready? Storyteller, are you ready? The floor is yours ----

My Achievement Story #1 What did you learn through the group process? How did it feel to get this feedback from the group? Record your skills on Career Decision-Making Grid (Pg. 2, # 19) – record your Achievement Story skills. Place your Achievement Story in your folder. 9/17/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation9

Morning Break Be back at ___________ 9/17/201510Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

Noon Lunch Break Back at __________ Have a pleasant lunch. 9/17/201511Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

Where Am I Going? Labor Market Information – What is Labor Market Information? Job Trends – growth or decline Job Availability by state, area, etc. Occupational Wages Job Statistics – Why do you need it? 9/17/201512Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

Labor Market Information Resources Maine Labor Market Information – Google = Maine Employment Information Guide Click on Career Assistance Go to Career Informer Select Maine Statewide Type in a job of interest Click on Search Explore! Place any occupational information gathered in your binder. 9/17/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation13

Occupational Exploration – Where Do I Find Information on Occupations? OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION RESOURCES Career Centers Print Materials Computer Resources – Career Center website – O*NET Human Resources Informational Interviews 9/17/201514Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

So, How Do I Explore Occupations? CLUES? Are there any occupations or groups of occupations that have “matched” any of the self- assessment results that you completed? – Consider what is in your Career Decision- Making Grid (Page 4). How do your job choices compare to the Interests, Values, Aptitudes, Skills you discovered from your assessments? 9/17/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation15

What is O*NET? What is O*NET? P Activity – A Department of Labor public website providing information about occupations – – Accessible – 24/7 – Has Job Accommodation links! 9/17/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation16

How Do I Use O*NET? Using O*NET at home, in the Career Center or anywhere else that has internet access: – Type in – Click on “Find Occupations” to get occupational information. – You will want to find a Job Title to research; for example – Rehabilitation Counselor 9/17/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation17

How Do I Connect “ME” to Possible Occupations? Print lists and appropriate profiles from O*NET and other resources. Select job titles that seem to provide good possibilities, and compare the occupational characteristics with your characteristics through the Career Decision-Making Grid. Career Decision-Making Grid (Pg. 3, item 11): Explore those job titles. Place any occupational profiles you have printed in your binder. 9/17/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation18

Other O*Net Information Start with O*NET occupational profile page. – Scroll down to end of any occupational profile. Under “Wages & Employment Trends”, see “State & National.” Select Maine: click on “Go.” – You are now on the Career One-Stop Maine Profile for your occupation of interest – Review occupational information for State of Maine. 9/17/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation19

Other Occupational Resources At the top of the Career One-Stop page, look on the right-side for “More Resources.” Click on arrow and select “Occupational Outlook Handbook” (OOH); click on “Go.” You are now on Bureau of Labor Statistics OOH main page. 9/17/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation20

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) You can search by occupational groups or by 5 different areas: – Median Pay; Entry Level; On the Job; # of New Jobs; Growth Rate Begin by typing in an occupation of interest Click on “GO.” – find the appropriate profile of information for your career of interest. 9/17/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation21

Afternoon Break Back by _________ 9/17/201522Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

Achievement Story # 2 Do you have a better idea of how to write a more complete Achievement Story? – Don’t forget or overlook the skills related to the achievement story. Questions about writing your second Achievement Story? 9/17/201523Maine Vocational Rehabilitation

Meeting with your Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) 2 Homework Assignments: 1.Meet with your Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor before the next workshop session next week. a. Bring your Notebook and your Career Decision-Making Grid. b. This is an opportunity to share the results of the workshop: self- assessments, activities, discussions, achievement stories, tentative employment ideas, questions that you may have. c. Be prepared to talk briefly and generally to the group on Day 4 about the topics/issues discussed with your VRC. 2.Write Achievement Story #2. 9/17/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation24

Day Three Thoughts? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 9/17/201525Maine Vocational Rehabilitation