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1.01 Getting to know yourself
What do my personal interests/preferences,
abilities, skills, work values/needs and aptitudes
suggest about potential career choices?
• If you could have
the “Perfect” job,
what percentage of
your time would
you spend working
with data, people,
things, ideas?
Career Interest Categories
• Data: verbal or numerical information ~ working with
numbers, information processing, policies and
procedures, accountants, and computer scientists
• People: human relations ~ working for the betterment
of others and/or society, teachers, social workers, child
care workers, law enforcement
• Things: tools, instruments or machines ~ chefs, hair
stylists, carpenters, and heavy equipment
• Ideas: concepts, themes, or inventions, musicians,
writers, composers, artists, and photographers.
Work Personality
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Director (thrives on power)
Entertainer (thrives on recognition)
Mediator (thrives on being needed)
Analyst (thrives on being the “expert”)
Work Behavior
1. Director (Accepts challenges, takes authority,
assertively solves problems)
2. Thinker (Task focused, concerned with
analyzing information)
3. Relater (Relationship focused, unassertive,
dislikes conflict)
4. Socializer (Spontaneous, sociable, seldom
concerned with facts and data)
Learning Styles (4)
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Visual/Spatial (eye)
Verbal-Linguistic (book)
Auditory/Musical (ear/music note)
Bodily-Kinesthetic/Tactile (hand)
Holland Codes
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– REALISTIC
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– INVESTIGATIVE
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– ARTISTIC
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– SOCIAL
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– CONVENTIONAL
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– ENTERPRISES
Multiple Intelligences/Learning
Preferences (8)
• You are happiest and most successful
when you learn, develop, and work in
ways that make the best use of your
natural intelligences.
1. Verbal-Linguistic: relates to
language, spoken and written.
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Suitable Careers:
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Author
Journalist
Lawyer
Public Speaker
Famous Linguists:
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Abraham Lincoln,
16th U.S. President
Tom Clancy, novelist
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Behaviors:
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writes/tells stories
enjoys word games
effective speaker
Ways to improve this
intelligence:
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Read...a lot!
practice speaking in
public
write a poem or story
2. Logical-Mathematical: relates to
numbers, patterns, thinking
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Suitable Careers:
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Accountant
Computer
Programmer
Engineer
Scientist
Famous Logicians:
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Albert Einstein,
physicist and
mathematician
John Maynard Keynes,
economist
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Behaviors:
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often asks questions
enjoys number/logic
games
organizes
Ways to improve this
intelligence:
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predict the ending to
movies/stories
play games involving
patterns
practice math word
problems
3. Visual/Spatial: relates to sight and
visualization, draws & build things
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Suitable Careers:
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Illustrator
Artist
Architect
Craftsman
Famous Visualists:
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Frank Lloyd Wright,
architect
Gary Larson,
cartoonist
Behaviors:
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draws or builds models
enjoys picture puzzles
is able to visualize things
easily
Ways to improve this
intelligence:
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draw a picture of
something from memory
illustrate a story
build a model of
someplace
4. Bodily-Kinesthetic/Tactile: relates to
movement and abilities of the body
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Suitable Careers:
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Dancer
Actor
Sculptor
Athlete/Coach
Famous
Kinesthetists:
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Michael Jordan,
professional
basketball player
Alvin Ailey,
choreographer
Behaviors:
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plays sports
enjoys physical games
uses hands or body while
talking
Ways to improve this
intelligence:
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take a dance class
play a sport
exercise
5. Auditory/Musical: relates to
recognizing sound and rhythm patterns
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Suitable Careers:
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Composer
Orchestral Performer
Singer
Music Critic
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Famous Musicians:
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Eric Clapton, guitarist
John Williams, orchestral
composer and director
Behaviors:
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can sing or play an
instrument
enjoys musical or rhythmic
games
appreciates classical music
and music of other cultures
Ways to improve this
intelligence:
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listen for the rhythm of
natural sounds
practice playing an
instrument
sing along with the radio
6. Interpersonal: social, communicates
and working with other people (lots of
friends)
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Suitable Careers:
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Politician
Teacher
Psychologist
Evangelist
Famous
Interpersonalists:
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Sigmund Freud,
psychologist
John F. Kennedy, U.S.
president
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Behaviors:
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makes friends easily
enjoys interaction games
shows leadership
Ways to improve this
intelligence:
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concentrate on people's
body language
play role-playing games
7. Intrapersonal: relates to independent
action (alone)
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Suitable Careers:
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Counselor
Social Worker
Religious Leader
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Intrapersonalists:
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Mother Teresa,
missionary
Martin Luther King,
Jr., minister and
human rights activist
Behaviors:
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follows hunches or
instincts
enjoys individual
games
expresses confidence
in self
Ways to improve this
intelligence:
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start a diary
concentrate on your
feelings during the
day
8. Naturalist: relates to recognition of
order and patterns in nature, such as in
plants and animals
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Suitable Careers:
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Zoologist
Conservationist
Park Ranger
Famous Naturalists:
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Charles Darwin,
biologist
Diane Fossey, primate
researcher
Behaviors:
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Likes animals
enjoys outdoor games
likes being outside
Ways to improve this
intelligence:
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start a collection of bugs
or leaves
Go camping or hiking for
a weekend
get a pet
Learning Styles (3)
• Auditory
• Visual
• Bodily-Kinesthetic/Tactile
What is an Interest Inventory?
• Interest Inventory: a periodic survey of a
person’s interests
This assessment will help you decide on a
career to pursue based on your interests.
Type Focus
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Extrovert vs. Introvert
Sensing vs. Intuitive
Thinking vs. Feeling
Judging vs. Perceiving
Extroverts vs. Introverts
Extroverts are directed towards the objective world whereas
Introverts are directed towards the subjective world. The most
common differences between Extroverts and Introverts are shown
below:
Extroverts
• are interested in what is happening
around them
• are open and often talkative
• compare their own opinions with the
opinions of others
• like action and initiative
• easily make new friends or adapt to a
new group
• say what they think
• are interested in new people
• easily break unwanted relations
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Introverts
are interested in their own thoughts
and feelings
need to have own territory
often appear reserved, quiet and
thoughtful
usually do not have many friends
have difficulties in making new
contacts
like concentration and quiet
do not like unexpected visits and
therefore do not make them
work well alone
Sensing vs. Intuition
Sensing is an ability to deal with information on the basis of its physical qualities
and its affection by other information. Intuition is an ability to deal with the
information on the basis of its hidden potential and its possible existence. The
most common differences between Sensing and Intuitive types are shown below:
Sensing types
• see everyone and sense
everything
• live in the here and now
• quickly adapt to any situation
• like pleasures based on physical
sensation
• are practical and active
• are realistic and self-confident
Intuitive types
• are mostly in the past or in the
future
• worry about the future more than
the present
• are interested in everything new
and unusual
• do not like routine
• are attracted more to the theory
than the practice
• often have doubts
Thinking vs. Feeling
Thinking is an ability to deal with information on the basis of its structure and its
function. Feeling is an ability to deal with information on the basis of its initial
energetic condition and its interactions. The most common differences between
Thinking and Feeling type are shown below:
Thinking types
• are interested in systems, structures,
patterns
• expose everything to logical analysis
• are relatively cold and unemotional
• evaluate things by intellect and right or
wrong
• have difficulties talking about feelings
• do not like to clear up arguments or
quarrels
Feeling types
• are interested in people and their feelings
• easily pass their own moods to others
• pay great attention to love and passion
• evaluate things by ethics and good or bad
• can be touchy or use emotional
manipulation
• often give compliments to please people
Perceiving vs. Judging
•Perceiving types are motivated into activity by the changes in a situation.
Judging types are motivated into activity by their decisions resulting from the
changes in a situation. The most common differences between Perceiving
and Judging types are shown below:
Perceiving types
• act impulsively following the
situation
• can start many things at once
without finishing them properly
• prefer to have freedom from
obligations
• are curious and like a fresh look at
things
• work productivity depends on their
mood
• often act without any preparation
Judging types
• do not like to leave unanswered
questions
• plan work ahead and tend to finish it
• do not like to change their decisions
• have relatively stable workability
• easily follow rules and discipline