QISS February 2016 PEP Talk

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QISS PEP Talks
Parent Education Program
Thursday, February 25th, 2016
TOPIC Explaining the "Strong Interest Survey
career test
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QISS PEP Talks
Presented by
Mr. Tony Seal QISS Guidance Counselor
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The Strong Interest Inventory

• By
• Tony Seal

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What is a Career Survey?

• Career surveys are designed to help make you
  aware of all of the many careers that you might
  be interested in exploring.

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What is the Strong Interest Inventory?

• The SII is a research based career survey that is
  recognized as the most successful career finding
  tool in the world.
• In was developed in 1926 to help people explore
  many kinds of careers.
• It is very reliable and trusted.

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How does it work?

• This survey asks you hundreds of questions about
  things that you like to do and things that you
  think are interesting.
• It takes your answers and matches them to many
  different careers.

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How will this help me?

• When you go to College, you will likely enjoy
  school more if you are studying a major that
  interests you.
• When you start working in a career, you will
  spend a big part of your life at work. Hopefully,
  you are doing a job that makes you feel excited
  and fulfilled.

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The 6 Main Career Interest Categories

• Realistic
• Investigative
• Artistic
• Social
• Enterprising
• Conventional

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Realistic(practical, scientific)

• Building things
• Working with your hands
• Examples
• Engineer, Carpenter, Electrician, Police Officer,
  Production Worker,
• Computer Programmer, Military Officer, Farmer,
  Mechanic, Firefighter,

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Investigative(observe, analyze, evaluate)

• Analyzing Problems
• Working in Science Labs
• Examples
• Researcher, Biologist, Geographer, Psychologist,
  Doctor, Pharmacist,
• Science Teacher, Mathematics, Geologist,
  Veterinarian, Dentist, Chemist, Physicist

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Artistic(innovative, creative)

• Being creative
• Developing new things
• Examples
• Librarian, Translator, ESL Instructor, Musician,
  Actor, Art Teacher, Architect,
• Artist, Urban Planner, Editor, Writer, Reporter,
  Lawyer, Graphic Designer

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Social(enlighten, inform, support)

• Helping and teaching others
• Caring for and counseling others
• Examples
• Teacher, Counselor, Nurse, Principal, Dietitian,
  Human Resources Manager,
• University Professor, Occupational Therapist,
  Social Worker, Religious Leader

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Enterprising (influence, persuade, perform)

• Managing things
• Working in business fields
• Examples
• Marketing Manager, Business and Finance, Flight
  Attendant, Cosmetologist, Chef
• Realtor, Insurance Agent, Restaurant Manager,
  Sales Manger, Financial Advisor,

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Conventional(Data Driven, Detail Oriented)

• Organizing Things and Analyzing Data
• Doing office and administrative work
• Examples
• Paralegal, Secretary, Customer Service Rep,
  Business Teacher, Statistics Manager
• Food Service Manager, Math Teacher, Accountant,
  Credit Manager, Financial Analyst,

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Think of the Categories as a Pie
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Everybody will most likely have strong and weak
interests in all categories.
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People dont usually have just one main interest
category. They will have several, but some will
be stronger than others.
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How will it help me?

• The Strong will accurately assess these six
  interest areas.
• It will identify your strongest interest areas
  and provide you with a code.
• It will then place your profile and code to
  matching careers and majors!

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Your code will look something like this
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It will then be more specific with how interested
you are in careers in each category!
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Then it will list the top 10 Career Suggestions
for you from all the categories combined!
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It will even tell you about your personal working
and learning style

• Are you a risk taker?
• Do you prefer to work alone?
• Are you a leader?
• Do you learn best by reading, listening, or
  doing?
• Are you a team player?
• The Strong will tell you all of this!

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Remember!

• This test will help you think about all the
  careers that match your interests.
• It is a helping tool. It is not meant to force
  you to choose a certain career.
• You will receive a detailed 10 page score
  report!

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Who will help you understand your score report?

• You school counselor of course!
• I will sit down with you and go over the results
  privately or together with your parents.

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We will take the Strong Inventory Friday Morning

• The test works best for Native Speakers
• We will take the test together to make sure that
  everyone understands all the technical words
• There is no time limit
• There are no right or wrong answers

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