CD2.1 Capstone Discussion 2.1 Career Exploration

CD2.1 Capstone Discussion 2.1 Career Exploration

When you participated in the FOCUS 2 activities, you were asked to think about and jot down your ideas about the following questions. Please answer these questions in this discussion forum, read over several of your classmates’ responses, and discuss your findings.

1. My Academic Strengths Self-Assessment:

1. 1. What are the courses that you excel at?
   2. What are the courses you may need some assistance with?
   3. How do you think this information will help you succeed in college? Be specific about your results and how they relate to your personal goals, academic plans, and courses of action you may wish to take.
2. Work Interest Assessment (Work Interest Holland Career Code)
   1. Are you more Social, Investigative, Artistic, Enterprising, Conventional or Realistic?
   2. List your top three codes.
   3. How will your knowledge of this self-assessment information help you define careers and educational tracks that match your interests?
   4. Write of the occupations that matched your results would you want to explore further?
3. Self-Assessment
   1. What occupation did you review?
   2. What level of education and area of study must you obtain before working in this occupation?
   3. What are some of the job duties in this occupation?
   4. Does this occupation correspond to your values or does it conflict with your values? Consider things like family life, work-life balance, financial goals, traveling, etc. Be specific and thoughtful in your response.
4. Values Assessment
   1. What are some occupations with majors that match your values?
   2. Look at the Job Tasks that are presented, the Work Interest profile, the skills needed for success in this career, the values associated with this career, the working conditions you can expect, the educational requirements, the career outlook (is there going to be a greater demand for this type of worker in the next five years?), the earnings, and the professional associations associated with careers you are interested in. (You may be able to become a member of some of these professional associations now.)
5. Skills Self-Assessment
   1. Have you selected occupations with skills you have identified as your top skills?
   2. If not, how will you prepare yourself to develop these skills?