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Quick Career Counseling101

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

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John Holland?

Career choice is an extension of your personality

People and work environments are assigned to specific categories

The closer the match of personality and job, the more job satisfaction

O*NET DOL categorized 85%

of U.S. work using Holland’s research

Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)

Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook

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O*NET

http://www.onetonline.org/find/descriptor/browse/Interests/

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Activity

15 minutes to complete your own inventory Discussion of the types

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R I A S E C

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Realistic

The R environment makes physical demands. Work settings have tools, machines or animals that people manipulate

The ability to work with things is more important than the ability to interact with people

R people are likely to have little tolerance for abstract or theoretical descriptions

R people are likely to expect specific suggestions-practical solutions

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Investigative

The I environment is one in which people search for solutions to problems through mathematical/scientific interests and competencies

I careers require people to use their intellect to work independently and solve problems

I people are not likely to enjoy supervising, but will enjoy analyzing or searching for solutions

You may never get one of these because they would prefer to solve it themselves

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Artistic

The A environment is on that is free and open to creativity and personal expression rather than logic

A people like to express themselves in unsystematic ways via music, writing or art

Tool use is for expressing themselves, not to complete a task (like using a wrench)

A people will rely on emotions rather than logic to discuss career options

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Social

The S environment is one that encourages people to be socially responsible, flexible and understanding-where people help others with emotional and spiritual problems

An S person is interested in helping people through teaching or providing personal services

S people enjoy solving problems through discussion and teamwork

S people avoid tool use and seek work that uses verbal and social skills

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Enterprising

The E environment is one where people manage and persuade others to attain organizational or personal goals

Promotion, wealth and power are important E people prefer to lead, persuade and

manage rather than help E people appear self assured, but may

overestimate their skills and abilities

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Conventional

Organizing and planning describe the C environment

C competencies are clerical, ability to organize and follow rules and dependability

C people accomplish tasks and establish organized approaches to problems

C people may have difficulty looking at new occupations

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Combinations of Types

No single job is one type No single person is one type Most jobs listed using Holland’s system have

two codes, some three. They are listed highest to lowest

Example

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Explanatory Constructs

Congruence– The relationship of the personality to the work

environment– Discovering congruence is the major purpose

Differentiation– Some people have 1, 2, or 3 dominant types– Undifferentiated people may have difficulty

choosing careers

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Explanatory Constructs

Consistency– The similarity or dissimilarity of types– The closer they are, the more consistent they are

Explanatory Constructs

Identity– The clarity and stability of a person’s current and

future goals. Refers to work environments too– Goal setting to implement the plan

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Other notes

Most Important: find out if the person is able or willing to move

Read all the help wanted ads in a Sunday newspaper

Call HR directors to find out more Set up a job shadow Many learners do not know a broad work world. If

they are unaware they don’t know they might like that type of work.

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Take it to the classroom

Think: What activities are you currently doing with career counseling?

Pair: Find one or two other persons with your main trait and brainstorm one lesson to do with your class.

Share: your idea with the group. Questions?