1. Marsha Fralick
Burger Flipping or Brain Surgery? Using Technology to Help Students Make a Good Choice of a Major and Career

2. Ice Breaker The Job Jar Activity
You can also use an envelope or treasure chest.

3. Overview Research on benefits of career development
Improving retention
Increased earnings
Essential components of a career development program
Use your cell phone to explore online career assessments

4. College Success: A Study of Positive and Negative Attrition
The successful student had a definite goal or college major.
Based on this research, a career development component was added to our college success course.

5. Noteworthy Results
Our college success course with an integrated career component resulted in a 26% increase in persistence rates!
87% of students had chosen a major by the end of the course
62% of students reported more confidence in their academic skills
88% of students rated the course as good or very good

6. Benefits of Career Development
Folsom and Reardon examined research on career development from
Based on 17,600 students

7. Obvious Benefits Helps students choose a major and career
Increases knowledge of career information
Helps students with decision-making
Students like taking these courses

8. Career Development Increases:
Internal locus of control
Self-knowledge
Cognitive development
Retention
Graduation rates!

9. Graduation Rates 4 Year colleges
On average, only 40% graduate in 6 years
Community colleges
On average, only 20% graduate in 3 years and 39% graduate in 6 years.

10. Value of a College Education
A person with a bachelor’s degree earns about $700,000 more than a high school graduate over a lifetime.

12. Value of a College Education

14. Critical Elements of Career Development
Career assessments with individual interpretation and feedback
Current and reliable career info
Written exercises to engage students

15. Critical Element: The Assessments

16. Career Assessments Do What You Are Personality assessment MI Advantage
Multiple intelligences assessment
Integrated into the interactive online textbook, College and Career Success Online or Career Success Online
Materials personalized for each student based on personality type and learning style

17. Do What You Are Valid Reliable
Based on college scenarios that are easy to read and understand
Personality types (I-E, S-N, T-F, J-P)

19. MI Advantage
Based on Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences
Definition: The human ability to solve problems or design or compose something valued in at least one culture
Helps students think positively about their talents
Connects multiple intelligences to careers

20. Critical Element: Current and Reliable Career Information

21. Career Information
Both the personality and multiple intelligences assessments connect to the O*Net database of careers

22. My Portfolio

28. O*Net Database

29. Students add careers to their online portfolio

30. Critical Element: Written Exercises to Engage Students

31. Journal Entries

32. View Student’s Work Online

33. Personal Feedback
Student

34. Career Success Create Your Success
Exploring Your Personality and Major
Exploring Interests and Values
Exploring Multiple Intelligences
Planning Your Career and Education
Updated Job Search Strategies

35. Use Your Cell Phone to Take the Career Assessments and View Your Results
Create Your Account.
Go to: My Portfolio.
Take the Do What You Are and read your results. Turn your phone sideways for best results.
Take the MI Advantage and read your results.
Explore a suggested career.
Find current job openings at Indeed.com.
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