My Career My Career Assessment Assessment

By Isabella SestakBy Isabella Sestak

Learning StyleLearning Style

The style of learning that I’m the The style of learning that I’m the strongest in is visual learning.strongest in is visual learning.

Being the strongest in visual Being the strongest in visual learning means that I prefer learning means that I prefer creating vivid mental images, creating vivid mental images, seeing written directions, and seeing written directions, and visualizing the spelling of words. visualizing the spelling of words.

Work ValuesWork Values

My top two work values are Support My top two work values are Support and Recognition. This means in my and Recognition. This means in my career, I’d like support from career, I’d like support from coworkers and bosses, but I’d also coworkers and bosses, but I’d also like to be recognized for the work I like to be recognized for the work I do.do.

Two occupations that might be a Two occupations that might be a good match would be a Respiratory good match would be a Respiratory Therapist or a Pharmacist. Therapist or a Pharmacist.

Foundation Building BlocksFoundation Building Blocks

Integrity/Honesty- This means I Integrity/Honesty- This means I make ethical choices. I know what's make ethical choices. I know what's right and what’s wrong in most right and what’s wrong in most situations. situations.

Negotiation- If I want something to Negotiation- If I want something to go the way I want it to, I’m able to go the way I want it to, I’m able to make it happen by the way I make it happen by the way I communicate.communicate.

Reasoning- I use my knowledge to Reasoning- I use my knowledge to solve problems and I consider all of solve problems and I consider all of the possibilities and think them the possibilities and think them through. through.

What I Wish to Develop What I Wish to Develop

Self-Esteem- I need to be able Self-Esteem- I need to be able to be more confident in myself to be more confident in myself and believe that I can always do and believe that I can always do my best. my best.

Self-Management- I need to Self-Management- I need to schedule my day better, putting schedule my day better, putting priorities first. priorities first.

Responsibility- getting priorities Responsibility- getting priorities done on time. done on time.

My Holland Code My Holland Code

Investigative- frequently involves Investigative- frequently involves working with ideas, and also requires working with ideas, and also requires an extensive amount of thinking.an extensive amount of thinking.

Enterprising- involves leading people Enterprising- involves leading people and making many decisions.and making many decisions.

Social- involves working with, Social- involves working with, communicating with, and teaching communicating with, and teaching other people.other people.

Investigative- NutritionistInvestigative- Nutritionist

Nutritionists plan and conduct Nutritionists plan and conduct nutritional programs to assist the nutritional programs to assist the promotion of health and control of promotion of health and control of disease. disease.

This job matches my personality This job matches my personality code because it requires active code because it requires active listening (to your patients), listening (to your patients), instructing and speaking, which all instructing and speaking, which all falls under the Social category.falls under the Social category.

Enterprising- LawyerEnterprising- Lawyer

Lawyers represent clients in criminal Lawyers represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings.proceedings.

This job matches my personality This job matches my personality code because it requires I’m code because it requires I’m investigative, meaning I like to look investigative, meaning I like to look into things and critically think about into things and critically think about them. Also, enterprising jobs involve them. Also, enterprising jobs involve making many decisions, which I making many decisions, which I have no problem with. have no problem with.

Social- Arbitrator Social- Arbitrator

Arbitrators facilitate negotiation and Arbitrators facilitate negotiation and conflict resolution through dialogue. conflict resolution through dialogue.

This job matches my personality This job matches my personality code because I enjoy working with code because I enjoy working with other people and solving problems, other people and solving problems, and this job involves both! An and this job involves both! An arbitrator helps solve the problem of arbitrator helps solve the problem of two parties without the involvement two parties without the involvement of the court system. The problem is of the court system. The problem is solved by the mutual consent of both solved by the mutual consent of both parties. parties.

The Birkman Personality TestThe Birkman Personality Test

When I took the Birkman Test, my When I took the Birkman Test, my results in interest color and usual results in interest color and usual style were both the color yellow. style were both the color yellow.

Yellow Interest Color- this means I’d Yellow Interest Color- this means I’d enjoy jobs that had to do with enjoy jobs that had to do with organizing and systematizing. organizing and systematizing.

Yellow Usual Style- This means I Yellow Usual Style- This means I would most likely perform my job would most likely perform my job responsibilities in a manner that is responsibilities in a manner that is orderly and planned to meet a known orderly and planned to meet a known schedule. schedule.

Small Business Owner Small Business Owner

When you are a small business owner, you When you are a small business owner, you are your own boss. It is considered one of are your own boss. It is considered one of the most risky careers, but if you work the most risky careers, but if you work reallyreally hard it can be very rewarding. hard it can be very rewarding.

As a small business owner, you need to As a small business owner, you need to figure out what your product or service will figure out what your product or service will be, how you will finance it, and how you will be, how you will finance it, and how you will get the public to know about it. get the public to know about it.

This job matches my personality because I This job matches my personality because I like to make my own rules and be free in like to make my own rules and be free in the fact that I have options to do what I the fact that I have options to do what I want. want.

Court ReporterCourt Reporter

The responsibility of a court reporter The responsibility of a court reporter is to accurately record who says is to accurately record who says what and when during a trial. what and when during a trial.

The reason I like this job is because The reason I like this job is because many previous court reporters have many previous court reporters have said it’s a good job to have if you’d said it’s a good job to have if you’d like to have a lot of time to do other like to have a lot of time to do other things in life that are more enjoyable things in life that are more enjoyable to you. to you.

ConsultantConsultant

Consultants work hard to analyze Consultants work hard to analyze and propose ways to improve an and propose ways to improve an organization’s structure, efficiency organization’s structure, efficiency and profits.and profits.

What I like about this job is that most What I like about this job is that most Consultants are self-employed, Consultants are self-employed, meaning I could choose who I want meaning I could choose who I want to work with and I could make all to work with and I could make all decisions for myself instead of decisions for myself instead of someone making them for me. someone making them for me.

What Career Interests Me The MostWhat Career Interests Me The Most

Out of all the careers I’ve looked at and Out of all the careers I’ve looked at and researched, the most interesting and researched, the most interesting and appealing to me would have to be a lawyer. appealing to me would have to be a lawyer. Since I was a little girl I have always Since I was a little girl I have always wanted to be a lawyer. The wanted to be a lawyer. The accomplishment of winning a case is accomplishment of winning a case is something I dream of feeling in my future. I something I dream of feeling in my future. I love trying to persuade people to think the love trying to persuade people to think the way I do or agree with me. I feel so way I do or agree with me. I feel so accomplished afterwards, which is accomplished afterwards, which is something I’d enjoy trying to work for as a something I’d enjoy trying to work for as a career in my future. career in my future.