Career Planning Workbook

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1 A Guide to Your Future Student Name:

2 Table of Contents Career Planning Checklist... 3 Work Preference Q uiz... 6 Methods of Working Definitions... 8 Jung Personalit y Test... 9 Career M at chmak er Assessment Career Select or Assessment Career Values Assessment Career Values Worksheet Working in Canada Occupational Outlook Reports N ot es

3 Career Planning Checklist ACTIVITY Work Preference Quiz COMPLETION STATUS Yes No Top 3 Preferred Methods of Work: % 1) 2) 3) Personality Assessment Jung Personality Test Yes No List your Jung Personality Type: e.g. (ESFJ) List your Stereotype: e.g. (The Provider) Career Cruising Assessments Matchmaker Yes No List Top 3 Occupation Choices; 1) 2) 3) Career Selector Yes No List Top 3 Occupation Choices; 1) 2) 3) 3

4 Career Values Assessment PEPjob.com assessment Yes No Top 4 Work Environment Values % 1) 2) 3) 4) Career Values Worksheet Yes No Top 3 Occupations Value Score 1) /20 2) /20 3) /20 Working in Canada Occupational Outlook Reports Yes No Occupation #1 Projected Job Openings: Projected Job Seekers: Total Surplus/Shortage: Occupation #2 Projected Job Openings: Projected Job Seekers: Total Surplus/Shortage: Occupation #3 Projected Job Openings: Projected Job Seekers: Total Surplus/Shortage: Top Choice; 4

5 Student for a Day Placement Yes No Institution Program Date UofL/Lethbride College Institution Program Date UofL/Lethbride College Job Shadow Placement Top Choice; Yes No Occupation Employer Date Occupation Employer Date Top Choice; 5

6 Work Preference Quiz 1) Go to: www. jobsetc. gc. ca and select Career Navigator. 2) Select Take this quiz under the Work Preference Quiz heading. 6

7 3) Answer all 50 questions; determine the level of education you are willing to get, and select Get Results. 4) Record your top 3 Preferred Methods of work and % on page 3 of the Workbook. 7

8 Methods of Working Definitions 8

9 Jung Personality Test Want to know how you deal with people, process information and make decisions? Are you an Extravert or Introvert psychological type? Take this Jung personality test and find out what psychological type you are according to Jung types. The Jung personality test answers the following questions: 1. What kind of personality do I have? 2. What are my Jung types? 3. How will my psychological type fit certain kinds of jobs? 1) Go to: www. 1 23test. com and select Jung personality test. 9

10 2) Scroll to the bottom of the page and answer if you are an Extravert or an Introvert? NOTE: Make sure to carefully read each bullet point and summary for each type. 3) Scroll to the bottom of the page and answer if you are a Sensor or an Intuitive? 10

11 4) Scroll to the bottom of the page and answer if you are a Thinker or Feeler? 5) Scroll to the bottom of the page and answer if you are a Judger or Perceiver? 11

12 6) Enter your gender, birth year, country of origin, and educational level in the fields provided and select Test results to view your profile. 7) Review your results and record your Jung Personality Type e.g. (ESFJ) and your Stereotype e.g. (The Provider). Go to: http: //similarminds. com/jung/esfj. html to review which careers are a good fit for your Personality Type. Record the your Personality Type and Stereotype on page 3 of the Workbook. 12

13 Career Matchmaker Assessment 1) Go to: www. careercruising. com Login using the username and password that was provided to you from the Career Counsellor then select Start Career Cruising. If this is your first time accessing the program you will need to accept the Terms & Conditions. You will be asked to enter your address, which you should do as you will be able to retrieve your login details should you forget. 13

14 2) Complete the Career Matchmaker via the Assessment or Explore Assessments tabs and then select Career Matchmaker. 3) You will be asked 39 initial question and will be given the following 5 options to choose from (select Start to continue). 4) At the completion of the initial 39 Questions you will be asked to save your results to your portfolio. 14

15 5) Answer all 116 Questions by selecting Answer more questions. 6) Review your results and write down and save your top 3 occupations generated to your portfolio (not necessarily the first 3 results in the list): Top 3 Careers of Choices (Matchmaker Generated) 1) 2) 3) Record your Top 3 Matchmaker Careers on page 3 of the Workbook 15

16 Career Selector Assessment 1) Complete the Career Selector via the Careers or Explore Careers tabs. 2) Select Career Selector. 16

17 3) Complete all 6 sections and review your top choices NOTE: if you generate too many or too few occupations, you will need to adjust your answers in some of the sections to more accurately generate your results. (select Next to transition through the sections). 4) Review your results and write down and save your top 3 occupations generated to your portfolio (not necessarily the first 3 results in the list). Top 3 Occupations of Choices (Career Selector Generated) 1) 2) 3) Record your Top 3 Career Selector Careers on page 3 of the Workbook. 17

18 1) Go to: www. pepjob. com Select Enter. Career Values Assessment Welcome to PEPJob.com! This custom tool has been designed to assist job seekers with finding job opportunities, developing powerful resumes, and overcoming challenges to becoming successfully employed. This software is currently offered free of charge. We offer: Powerful resume maker Professional job search engine searching over 100,000 jobs in seconds Personality / values assessment tools Budget calculator and planner Business listings search engine for creating custom cold calling lists 2) Select Values Assessment. Special Assessments Values Assessment Interest Assessment Personality Assessment Learning Styles Counsellors Section 18

19 3) Enter your name and address as you results will be ed to you. CAREER VALUES ASSESSMENT Name (Required): If you would like this assessment sent to yourself or an employment counsellor please enter the information here: 4) Rank all 88 values by their level of importance to you and select Submit My Values Assessment. 19

20 5) Review your top 4 Career Values and list them below with their corresponding percentage. Value % 1) 2) 3) 4) Record your Top 4 Career Values and % on page 4 of the Workbook. 20

21 Career Values Worksheet Top 3 Matchmaker Careers Top 3 Career Selector Career Values #1 #2 #3 #1 #2 #3 1) 2) 3) 4) TOTALS 1) Enter your top 4 Career Values from the previous exercise and weigh them against your top 3 Career Cruising Matchmaker and Career Selector Occupations. 2) Meet with the Career Counsellor to analyze your top occupations to determine their fit with your top 4 values. 3) Assign a number between 1-5 (1 = the worst fit and 5 = the best fit) for each of your Career Values. 4) Total each column. The occupations with the greatest number=the best fit for your values. Record your Top 3 Careers based on your values score on page 3 of the Workbook. 21

22 Working in Canada Occupational Outlook Reports 1) Go to: www. workingincanada. gc. ca 2) Perform 3 separate searches for your top 3 occupations taken from you Values. 1) Review the occupational description provided to ensure that it is consistent with your occupation of choice. If it is correct, then select choose this occupation. If not, review the Related Occupations to find the most appropriate fit. 22

23 2) Use the drop-down menu and select Alberta and then click Continue. 3) Select Lethbridge/Medicine Hat as the area. 23

24 4) Review the various sections of the occupational overview including: Wages, Outlook & Prospects, & Education and Training etc. Pay particular attention to the Outlook & Prospects as this will provide statistical information regarding the long-term employment demand for the occupation. 5) As seen below, over the period, this occupation will be in excess demand (a shortage of workers). This would be a good career focus to pursue as there will be over 15, 000 more jobs available than job seekers. Record the Projected Job Openings and Projected Job Seekers values for the 3 occupations you assessed on page 4 of the Workbook. 24

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