Transcript PowerPoint presentation for Module 1

Creating a Career Portfolio
Module 1:
Assessing Career Interests
Assessing Career Interests
Skills and Interests Self-Assessment
The Birkman Method
Dr. John Holland’s Theory
What is My ‘Dream’ Job?
Skills and Interests
Self-Assessment
What do you want to do when you
graduate from high school?
Skills and Interests
Self-Assessment
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What are your current interests and hobbies?
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What skills or special talents do you have?
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What kind of work would you most like to do?
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Do your skills and interests influence your life
and school decisions?
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Where could you obtain information related to
job possibilities and career interests?
The Birkman Method
A self-assessment theory that identifies
job seekers by:
• Interests:
– Types of work activities one is drawn to
• Styles:
– Kind of work environment that improves
one’s performance
The Birkman Method
Interests and Styles are color-coded:
Blue: Planning
Green: Communicating
Red: Expediting
Yellow: Administrating
The Birkman Method
Interests
Blue
creative, innovative, humanistic, thoughtful;
plans activities, deals with abstraction
Green
persuasive, selling, promotional; prefers to
counsel or teach, motivate people
Red
Yellow
practical, technical, hands-on, organized
organized, detail-oriented; likes to work with
numbers or systems
The Birkman Method
Styles
Blue
Green
Red
orderly, cooperative, consistent, cautious,
people-oriented and utilizes indirect
communication
competitive, commanding, forceful,
outspoken, independent; likes to be people
oriented and utilize direct communication
task-oriented and likes to utilize direct
communication
Yellow
sociable, task oriented and likes to utilize
indirect communication
Holland’s Theory
People and their work environments can be
classified into 6 different groups:
Realistic
Investigative
Artistic
Social
Enterprising
Conventional
R-I-A-S-E-C Code
Practical, hands-on, work with objects,
machines, tools
R
Realistic
I
Investigative Ideas, thinking, observe, learn,
investigate, analyze, evaluate
A Artistic
Innovative, intuitive, unstructured
activities, imaginative, creative
S
Social
Assists others, promote learning, work
with people, help train, cure people
E
Enterprising
Start up and carry out projects, influence,
persuade, lead, manage, decision making
C Conventional
Follow set procedures, work with data and
details, clerical and numerical abilities
What is My “Ideal” or Dream Job?
Essay should include:
• Results of the Interest and Style Colors survey
(Exercise 1.1)
• Results of the RIASEC interests survey
(Exercises 1.2 and 1.3)
• A compilation of the possible job interests based
on the interests survey results (Exercise 1.3)
• Description of the ideal job that is best suited for
them, including main responsibilities, locale, job
hours, etc.