CAREER EXPLORATIONWorkforce Boulder County

INTRODUCTIONS

•Your name

•What field(s) you are currently in or have been in the past

•Career direction (if you have one)

CAREER EXPLORATION• If I could be anything I wanted to be in the next 5 years –

what would I do?

• When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Why?

• If you could be/do anything and get paid for it, what would it be?

• If a miracle happened one evening and I awoke the next morning with my fantasy career waiting, what do I see myself doing that day?

• Who do I admire? Why?

• One thing I have always done well is…

CAREER EXPLORATION

We know what we are, but not what we may be.

William Shakespeare

CAREER EXPLORATION

Knowing Oneself is a PROCESS, not a Goal.

Leo Buscaglia

CAREER EXPLORATION

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Samuel Butler

CAREER EXPLORATION

Life Shrinks OREXPANDSIn proportion to one’sCourage.

Anais Nin

CAREER EXPLORATION

Whether you think you can or think you can’t,

you are right.Henry Ford

CAREER EXPLORATION

When nothing is sure, everything is possible.

Margaret Drabble

CAREER EXPLORATION

CAREER CYCLE

SELF-ASSESSMENT

Values Assessment

Life Needs Assessment

Interest & Personality Inventory

Strengths & Aptitudes

Assessment

Assess viable occupations &

industries that fit individual

Confidence&

Empowerment

WORKPLACE PREFERENCES

• What is important to you, today?

• Work values change with circumstances

ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS

JOB SEARCH BUDGET

CURRENT REALITIES

ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS

Myers Briggs

Sept 30th 1-4pm in Longmont

Oct 29th 1-4pm in Boulder

StrengthsFinder 2.0

Sept 12th 1-4pm in Boulder

Oct 8th 9-12pm in Longmont

HAPPINESS ADVANTAGEPOSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

WHAT’S NEXT…

EVALUATIONS