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Career Selection
and Planning Guide
2nd edition: August 25, 2008
Below is an overview of the 5 steps required to complete this program.
Directions:
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Print a copy of this checklist. On your printed copy, check off each step as it is completed to keep a record of your progress through this program.
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Complete each step in the order presented. Note: for the hyperlinks found below to work, you must be viewing this checklist online.
Steps
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Before you begin.
Click the links below to display each of the 5 forms necessary to complete this program. Each form is available as a MS Word or PDF document. Choose the format you prefer and print a copy of each form.
Form 1: Personality Style Profile MS Word PDF
Form 2: List of Possible Career Options MS Word PDF
Form 3: Career Options Profile MS Word PDF
Form 4: Career Selector Guide MS Word PDF
Form 5: Career Planning Guide MS Word PDF
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Step 1: Define your
personality style.
The objective of this first step is to guide you in defining your personality style. In this program, your personality style is defined as "the picture of yourself that emerges after you've collected information about your interests, skills, values and/or behavioral traits."
Knowing yourself is critically important if you wish to discover occupations that will be both enjoyable and rewarding.
While we recommend that you assess all four areas of your personality style (interests, skills, values and behavioral traits), you may elect to assess and define anywhere from 1 to 4 areas.
However, regardless of how many assessment areas you elect to complete, you must always complete at least the interest assessment option. After completing any assessment area, use the Personality Style Profile (Form 1) to record your findings. Here's a sample of what your Personality Style Profile might look like if you were to assess all 4 areas of your personality style.
Basic assessment option: If you prefer to complete a basic assessment of your personality style, then we suggest you complete just the Interest assessment option.
Comprehensive assessment option: If you prefer a more comprehensive assessment of your personality style, start by completing the Interest assessment option AND then complete as many of the remaining three assessment options as you prefer.
Now, complete as many of the 4 assessment areas as you prefer by clicking on their links to the right. When finished, move on to Step 2.
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Step 2: Identify possible career options.
The objective of this second step is to guide you in developing a list of occupations (job titles) that match your interest assessment findings. This step will help you create a starting point for exploring career options.
Complete this step by clicking the link to the right. Move on to Step 3 after completing this step.
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Step 3: Research and profile your career options.
The objective of this third step is to guide you in obtaining basic information on each of your career options (as identified in Step 2 above), such as:
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Nature of the work
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Training and qualifications
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Advancement opportunities
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Future employment outlook
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Salary
This step will help you weed out occupations that are unsuitable while arming you with the necessary information about each remaining career option for making an informed decision about a specific career goal (which you will do in Step 4).
Complete this step by clicking the link to the right. Move on to Step 4 after completing this step.
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Step 4: Select a career goal.
The objective of this fourth step is to guide you in comparing your personality style (interests, skills, values and/or behavioral traits) to each occupation that remains on your List of Possible Career Options (Form 2) to determine which occupation BEST matches your personality style.
The top scoring occupations are the ones we recommend you seriously consider as your career goal.
Complete this step by clicking the link to the right. Move on to Step 5 after completing this step.
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Step 5: Develop a career plan.
The objective of this last step is to help you determine which steps (i.e. decisions and tasks) you should take - and in which order - to actually reach your new career goal. This step will help you develop a "map" showing you how to reach your new career goal.
Complete this step by clicking the link to the right.