Getting to Know Yourself

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Getting to Know Yourself

• Chapter 4

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What Do You Value

• Recall from Chapter 1 that values are your
  principals-standards you live by.
• Work values are the principals most important to
  you and your work
• You need to understand your values before you
  choose a job.

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Life and Work Values

• Income and wealth
• How much is enough for you?
• Security
• Do you want security on keeping the same job for
  many years?
• Independence
• Is it important to be able to choose how you do
  your job?

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Life and Work Values

• Physical Risk
• Would you take a job with only little physical
  risk.
• Recognition
• How important is gaining other peoples respect?
• Creativity
• How important is developing new ideas and ways of
  doing things?

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Life and Work Values

• Personal Growth
• Do you prefer jobs that give you an opportunity
  to gain additional skills, training, or
  education?
• Family
• How important is it to have regular time with
  your family

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Life and Work Values

• Community
• How important is sharing time with other members
  of your community
• Location
• How important is the place where you live?

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What Are Your Interests and Aptitudes?

• Personal interest are activities you find
  rewarding over an extended period of time.
• An aptitude is a natural talent for learning some
  skills over others. (Math may come easy to you)
• Your interest may lead you toward particular
  career, but success in a career requires
  aptitudes and skills.

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Common Aptitudes

• Writing
• Editing
• Teaching
• Science
• Finance
• Accounting
• Graphic Arts
• Design
• Architechure

• Verbal
• The ability to write in a clear and interesting
  manner
• Numerical
• The ability to work with numbers quickly and
  accurately
• Spatial
• The ability to see what something looks like from
  a verbal description or flat drawing

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Common Aptitudes

• Manual dexterity
• The ability to fix and build things and to do
  other physical work
• Physical Coordination
• The ability to execute precise muscle moverments

• Repair Jobs (Computer or Car)
• Building Trades
• Sports Training
• Coaching
• Physical Education

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Turn Aptitudes into Skills

• Success in a career requires developing aptitudes
  in skills thru training and experience
• Developing one skill isnt the key to career
  success.

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What is Your Personality

• Your personality is the unique blend of qualities
  that defines you as and individual based on what
  you think, feel, and believe.
• Your personality will influence your career goals

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Personality Types

• Realistic
• People like to know whats really going on around
  them
• They like to know whats true, even if the truth
  is unpleasant
• They make list and put people, events, and
  objects into groups
• They are often successful in business careers

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Personality Types

• Investigate
• They like to know why things happen
• They enjoy gathering and analyzing information to
  find solutions.
• Investigative people are often successful in
  careers in the sciences

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Personality Types

• Creative
• They like to be involved in free, unrestrictive
  activities.
• They like an atmosphere free of rules so they can
  be inventive.
• Creative people often are successful in careers
  in art, theater, or music

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Personality Types

• Social
• They like to work with other people and prefer
  group activities over solitary activities.
• They are often successful in careers in sales,
  teaching, or health care.

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Personality Types

• Enterprising
• They like to lead and direct others in achieving
  a goal.
• They enjoy taking risks and like to develop plans
  and carry them out.
• Enterprising people often use leadership skills
  to gain success and public approval
• The have management or political careers or
  operate a business.

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Identifying Possible Careers

• Occupational Information Network (ONet)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly and Monthly Labor
  Review

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Apply for a Job

• Looking for job openings
• People you know
• Potential Employers
• Newspaper Ads
• Employment Agencies
• Temporary Agencies
• Jobs Online

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Preparing a Resume

• A resume is a brief summary of your job
  qualifications.
• Create a resume for yourself

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Writing a Cover Letter

• A cover letter is your letter of introduction.
• The purpose of the cover letter is to encourage
  the employer to read your resume.

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Things you need in a cover letter

• Your Information
• Date, Contact Person, and Address
• Position you are seeking.
• A little about yourself
• Request an interview.

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Completing the Application

• Fill out an application
• References
• These are people the employer can contact to
  verify your training, experience, or character
• Make sure you let these people know you used them
  as a reference

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Interview

• Face to face meeting with an employer
• Pre-Interview Checklist
• Be on Time
• Know Your Resume
• Know the Company
• Anticipate Questions
• Prepare Questions
• Dress for Success

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In the Interview

• Be polite
• Nonverbal Communications
• Shake Hand Firmly
• Keep answers brief.
• Think Through before you answer
• Sit up Straight
• Dont Cross your arms
• Be polite

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What They Cant Ask You

• Have you ever seen a therapist?
• Are you planning to have kids?
• What is your medical history?
• Youre a Christian, arent you?
• What country are you from?

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Write a follow up letter?

• What it needs to contain
• Your information
• Contact Person, Address, and Date
• Thank The Interviewer
• Position You are Seeking
• Repeat Your Interest

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Prepare for the Future

• Be a part of the Team
• Take direction an criticism
• Know when its time to move on.
• Changing Careers
• Getting Downsized
• Downsizing
• Severance Pay
• Getting fired

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Leave on Good Terms

• Give notice
• Usually two weeks
• Be prepared
• Plan Your Finances