1 Career Exploration & Plan Development Workshop Day Two Any comments or questions from the first day? 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation1

2 Day Two Agenda PWD – Persons with Disability WOWi Interpretation Skill Types Self-Esteem Exercise Preparation for Turning Achievements Into Skills Day Two Thoughts 2Maine Vocational Rehabilitation10/12/2015

3 Why are we talking about Disability? The purpose of the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services is to assist people with a documented disability to gain or keep employment – Research tells us how important it is for a person with a disability to accept their disability – After that a person can move forward with their goals much more successfully. Page 14,15,16,17, Activity Workbook 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation3

4 O*Net Online – Job Accommodation Network This website is also known as JAN Page 18 Activity Goal is to help identify accommodations - The O*Net handout contains a list of websites that can help with learning about accommodation options. Record accommodations you need on Career Decision- Making Grid, page 1, item 8.

5 We focus on Ability in VR In Vocational Rehabilitation - – Through self-assessment in this workshop, we help you look at your abilities and strengths and how to use those in the classroom and the workplace – As mentioned, we will continue to explore what accommodations will work for you in the classroom and/or workplace Our mutual goal is Employment! 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation5

6 WORLD OF WORK INVENTORY (WOWi) Measures interests, job satisfaction (work values) & aptitudes related to work choices Page 19 Activity You took WOWi prior to workshop You will be sharing your individual results with your VRC between Day Three and Day Four by appointment Group interpretation today: – To answer general questions – To examine suggested career interest areas 6Maine Vocational Rehabilitation10/12/2015

7 WOWi Career Training Potentials (Aptitudes) “What am I good at doing?” Aptitude is a measure of your “potential to learn” in different areas Aptitudes are unique to each individual Measures individual results in six ability areas Your scores are compared to others of the same age and others of the same education 7Maine Vocational Rehabilitation10/12/2015

8 6 Aptitude Areas - WOWi AptitudeMeasured How? Verbal Using Words NumericalBasic Math Skills AbstractionsProblem-Solving Spatial – FormVisualizing 3- Dimensional Objects Mechanical/ElectricalMechanical Reasoning Clerical Organizing Information 8Maine Vocational Rehabilitation10/12/2015

9 Ability Results – COMPARE your individual ability scores by saying “I learn better using words than numbers or vice versa” – It’s easier to learn in some ways than in others – We all learn differently – like the Barsch tells us 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation9

10 World of Work Inventory (WOWi) Go to Profile Report – Look at the Summary page with the four boxes. 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation10

11 WOWi – Profile Report Aptitudes First Box on the Left – High-Measured Career Training Potentials Aptitude and ability By Age – lists your aptitude strengths compared to others of same age By Education – lists your aptitude strengths compared to others with similar education – Most important score because you’ll most likely be competing for jobs with people of similar education Record High-Measured Career Training Potential on Career-Decision-Making Grid, page 1, item 9. 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation11

12 WOWi – Job Satisfaction Indicators The box in the upper right hand corner. “What’s important to me in the workplace?” Measures your preferred work values in 12 areas: – Versatile - performing variety of tasks – Adaptable to repetitive work – Adaptable to working under specific instructions – Dominant – self-directed, decisive and can direct the work of others 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation12

13 WOWi – Job Satisfaction Indicators - Gregarious – preference for working with others -Isolative - preference for working alone -Influencing – how much you like to persuade others -Self-Controlled – ability to maintain control in stressful situations and under deadlines -Valuative – making decisions using hunches, intuition and how they feel about things -Objective – basing decisions on facts and data - Subjective - being creative on the job - Rigorous - paying attention to details and rules 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation13

14 WOWi – Job Satisfaction Indicators Job Satisfaction Indicators – We have defined the JSI’s – You learned your preferences – Do these results describe you? Remember to record your JSI preferences on the Career Decision-Making Grid, page 1, item 10 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation14

15 WOWi – Self-Selected Choices Lower left-hand corner on Profile Report Do your “Self-Selected Choices” of Occupational Areas seem to cover your areas of interest? Do your selected “Best Liked Subjects” seem to cover your preferred interests? Record this information in the Career Decision- Making Grid, page 4, item 11, and page 2, item /12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation15

16 WOWi – Career Interest Activities Lower right-hand corner - The content of this box (Career Interest Activities) suggests a broad range of career interests that “fit” what you know about yourself. Record your Career Interest Activities in your Career Decision-Making Grid, page 4, item 13, and Career Recommendations, page 4, item /12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation16

17 Putting the WOWi all together Combining the results of: – your career interests (what you like to do) – career training potentials (what you do well) – job satisfaction indicators (what’s important to you in the work environment) 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation17

18 Morning Break 15 minutes Return to the workshop at _________ 18Maine Vocational Rehabilitation10/12/2015

19 What is a Skill? An ability you have learned from activities at work, school, leisure life, hobbies When you write a resume and participate in an interview, you are using language that describes your skills. 19Maine Vocational Rehabilitation10/12/2015

20 3 Types of Skills 1.Job-Specific or Work-Content Skills 2.“Soft Skills” or Self Management Skills 3.Transferable Skills 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation20

21 Job-Specific Skills A type of skill that is unique to a specific job or occupation – Examples – doing a blood analysis, driving a fork lift, using a cash register 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation21

22 Job-Specific Skills Can you think of a job-specific skill that you have used in the past? Record work content skills in Career Decision-Making Grid, page 2, item /12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation22

23 “Soft Skills" or Self Management Skills Skills which describe HOW you work - Often related to your “work ethic” and Job Satisfaction Indicators – Examples: independent, dependable, enjoy working with people, attentive to detail, persuading other people Can you name a self-management skill that you have used in the past? P Activity 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation23

24 Self-Management Skills Inventory In left-hand column, check any of the self-management skills that you have demonstrated in the workplace, learning life, leisure life or personal life. If you can think of some examples of how/when you demonstrated that skill, list the example in the right-hand column marked “Examples.” 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation24

25 Self-Management Skills Remember to add these skills to your Career Decision-Making Grid. List three of your strengths on page 2, item 16. Be sure to place your inventory in your manual. 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation25

26 Transferable Skills What are yours? These skills could include: – leading, planning, repairing, organizing, communicating, persuading, and the list could go on 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation26

27 Transferable Skills Are abilities used in activities with people, data, things or ideas – Examples - training adults, computing numbers, handling money, leading people, planning projects, discussing theories, repairing machines – Remember the connection with your Holland interests and WOWi results to people, data, things or ideas 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation27

28 Transferable Skills Scale You will be taking the Transferable Skills Scale to help you identify and document your preferred transferable skills. Notice that these skills are connected to Data, People, Things & Ideas that we talked about with the Holland Types. Your results will connect you with occupations that relate to your transferable skills. 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation28

29 Making Connections Analytical Data Numerical Data Interpersonal People Organizational People Physical Things Informational Things Communicative Ideas Creative Ideas

30 Transferable Skills - Connection to Holland Types? Transferable Skill TypeHolland Type Analytical Investigative - Thinkers Numerical Investigative - Thinkers Interpersonal Social - Helpers Organizational Enterprising - Persuaders Physical Realistic - Doers Informational Conventional - Organizers Communicative Enterprising - Persuaders CreativeArtistic - Creators 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation30

31 Documenting Your TSS Results Time to document your TSS results. In which section(s) did you get your highest scores – Career Decision-Making Grid: Record your preferences (page 2, number 17) Occupation (page 3, number 18) 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation31

32 Noon Lunch Break Be back at ……? 32Maine Vocational Rehabilitation10/12/2015

33 Self-Esteem As a group, answer the questions on the Self Esteem Worksheet. P. 22 Activity Career Decision-Making Grid (Pg. 3, # 21): Record what you learned about self-esteem. 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation33

34 Developing Your Achievement Story Think about everything that you did to accomplish each step of your activity. – This is your opportunity to take credit for the good work that you did! Details should include the skills you used. Refer to Action Words/Skills (handout). Tell your story by using pictures, by storytelling or writing it out. 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation34

35 The Group Process “I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends” Tomorrow, we will be using groups to help each of you document all of the skills in your stories. We will explain the process more tomorrow… 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation35

36 Homework Develop Achievement Story # 1 and celebrate your achievement. 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation36

37 My Achievement Story Name your achievement Connect to work, leisure, learning or personal relationships? – When did it occur? – Who was involved? – Personal item related to story? (visual aid) – Major steps – Details of the steps 10/12/2015Maine Vocational Rehabilitation37

38 Day Two Thoughts? Your impressions/reactions to today’s activities…… ________________________________ 38Maine Vocational Rehabilitation10/12/2015