Learning Styles: How do I Learn Best? Skills in Classified Ads Career Interests Game (Holland Codes) Summary Chart

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1 Name: Due Date: EXPECTATIONS: produce a personal profile describing their current interests, competencies, characteristics, and learning preferences, using a variety of assessment strategies demonstrate understanding of the purpose and use of self-assessment and standardized assessment tools and strategies ( e.g. aptitude tests, skills inventories) identify the skills they have developed through school subjects (e.g. literacy, numeracy, communication) and through community experiences and explain how these skills are transferable to work and other life roles articulate their learning goals, taking into consideration what they have learned about their learning preferences, strengths, needs, and interests, and the competencies needed for selected fields of work TASK BREAKDOWN: Step 1: Self Assessment Inventories (30mk) As a component of this unit, students have undertaken a wide variety of assessment inventories designed at helping them learn who they are. Through various interest inventories, the students have learned the relevant process of self-discovery. As a part of this reflective practice process, students will be required to complete a summary chart and reflection that will highlight each of the following topics related to their self-discovery: Work Preferences Career Cruising Career Portfolio Your Interests Transferable Skills Passion Wheel & Reflection Career Planning (Nextsteps) Learning Styles: How do I Learn Best? Skills in Classified Ads Career Interests Game (Holland Codes) Summary Chart Step 2: Reflection (20mk) (3) 1. Describe the purpose of using standardized assessment inventories in the career development process. Use specific examples from the various activities. (5) 2. What did you find out about yourself upon completing the self-assessment activities? (Work preferences, interests, learning styles, personality traits, skills, etc) (3) 3a) Identify three transferable skills that you have developed through school or community experiences that are important for your personal career development. b) Provide a specific example of how each skill would relate to work and other life roles. (5) 4. Identify five occupations that are suited to you. Explain why you agree or disagree with the assessment results. (4) 5. Which three occupations would you like to investigate further? Note three resources you could investigate to find out more about these occupations.

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6 THE CAREER INTERESTS GAME Holland Personality Types Log onto This is a game designed to help you match your interests and skills with similar occupations. It can help you begin thinking about how your personality will fit in with specific work environments and occupations. Imagine walking into a room in which the six groups of people below are already interacting. Read the descriptions of each group and list the group you would be drawn to first, then your second choice, and finally your third choice. 1 ST Personality 2 ND Personality 3 RD Personality This exercise is based on Dr. John Holland's theory that people and work environments can be loosely classified into six different groups. Different peoples' personalities may find different environments more to their liking. Holland discovered that people with similar personalities enjoy similar occupations. The six personality types are realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional. While you may have some interests in and similarities to several of the six groups, you may be attracted primarily to two or three of the areas. These two or three letters are your Holland Code. For example, with a code of RES you would most resemble the Realistic type, somewhat less resemble the Enterprising type, and resemble the Social type even less. The types that are not in your code are the types you resemble least of all. Most people, and most jobs, are some combination of two or three of the Holland interest areas. YOUR TYPE (code) IS: Investigate your 3 personality characteristics by clicking on the word to find out more information about your strongest three interest areas. Fill in the charts below with the words/careers that apply most to you. 1 st Personality Characteristic YOU ARE: YOU CAN: LIKE TO: HOBBIES: CAREER POSSIBILITIES(Holland Code): (min 3)

7 2 nd Personality Characteristic YOU ARE: YOU CAN: LIKE TO: HOBBIES: CAREER POSSIBILITIES(Holland Code): (min 3) 3 rd Personality Characteristic YOU ARE: YOU CAN: LIKE TO: HOBBIES: CAREER POSSIBILITIES(Holland Code): (min 3)

8 CAREER CRUISING: Personal Career Portfolio Log on to 1. Enter your school s username and password, and click on START CAREER CRUISING. Username: bluevale Password: collegiate 2. From the Main screen, click on EXPLORE ASSESSMENTS then on CAREER MATCHMAKER. 11. Under the MY SKILLS section, click on Complete my Skills on the right side of the page to begin the skills assessment component. Read the introduction and then click GO to begin answering the skills questions. Answer all 45 questions then save to your portfolio by following the prompts. 3. Under Start a New Session, enter your first and last name, then click on START NOW. Read the instructions on the introduction page, then click START! 4. Answer the questions. (Do your best! The more thought you put into these answers, the better your results will be. If you need more information about a question, click on the MORE INFO button beside the question.) 5. Under Save Your Results, you re asked if you want to save, choose GO besideyes, I HAVE A PORTFOLIO. Select NEW PORTFOLIO and follow the instructions to enter the required information, then click CREATE PORTFOLIO. 6. You will come to the Career Suggestions screen. This screen shows the careers that are suitable for you based on your responses to the questions. Take a few minutes to look through the careers on your list as they appear on the left. 12. After answering the skills questions and saving your results, you will be taken back to the Career Suggestions screen. The order of the careers will not have changed. However, each career will now have a coloured icon next to it which represents your Skills Score for that career. This is explained by coloured letter and reading the pop-up box Interpreting your Results. Exit out of the box once you ve read the information. 13. Take a few minutes to look through the suggested careers on your list. Click on a career that you are interested in and then read through the information that is available by clicking the buttons on the left side of the screen (Job Description, Working Conditions, Interviews, etc.). 14. Save the career to your portfolio by clicking on the grey SAVE TO MY PORTFOLIO button on the left hand side of the screen. 15 Click on ADD COMMENTS beside the selected career and write a few sentences about your thoughts on this career and then select SAVE. 7. To begin the second round of questions, click on ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS in the IMPROVE RESULTS section on the right side of the Career Suggestions screen. 16. Click the blue BACK ARROW at the top of the screen 3 times to return to the CAREER MATCHMAKER page then select BACK TO MATCHMAKER SUGGESTIONS. 8. Answer the additional questions and then when asked, Do you want to save your changes? select YES. 9. Under the Type of Education section, select CHANGE. 10. This feature allows you to tailor your career suggestions to reflect your desired level of education and training. Select the type of education that interests you, then click NEXT. (Note: you can select more than one.) Save your results. Repeat steps 13 to 15 at least three more times. 17. To print your portfolio, click on PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION on the left of the screen and then on the grey Printer friendly report button. Click on the Print this Document button at the top and follow the usual printing prompts. 18. Click on the BACK button at the top left corner of your screen to return to the previous screen and then click on the LOGOUT button on the top right of the screen to exit Career Matchmaker. Information you store in your portfolio will not be deleted, so you can continue to access and add to your portfolio.

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11 Career Planning When planning a career you should consider these questions: What do I need/want from a career? What are my interests? What are my skills? What kinds of things are important to me? What traits do I have? The Nextsteps Career Planner will match your interest, skills, preference and traits to career possibilities. Click on: Take the Steps to Career Success Click on: Self Evaluation Click on: Method #1 Read the step by step instructions carefully. When you are finished answering the questions, you will be given a summary report. Some of this information will be required in your Summary Chart. You should fill out the NextSteps section of the Summary Chart page. At the bottom of the page, click on Suggested Occupations. Write down 5 (on a separate page) that interest you as you will need to record them in the next step of the activity. In Narrowing Down your interests, you will be able to compare the degree to which your chosen occupations match your interests, skills and traits. Be sure to read the section that follows entitled What s Next? (Hint: A question in the Reflection portion of this package relates to this)

12 Skills in Classified Ads Reference: Find a Job Task: Locate 3 jobs in an occupation you are interested in. Identify the employability skills (transferable and job specific) that would be required. Highlight or star the transferable skills you are developing in high school. Job Title Company Job Tasks/ Responsibilities Transferable Skills Job Specific Skills Job Title Company Job Tasks/ Responsibilities Transferable Skills Job Specific Skills Job Title Company Job Tasks/ Responsibilities Transferable Skills Job Specific Skills

13 Self Assessment Summary Chart WORK PREFERENCES YOUR INTERESTS / PASSION WHEEL The 5 work preferences most important to me are: Indicate your strongest area interest (things, people or information). Explain some of the activities you enjoy and the occupations that are related. My strongest interest: Activities I enjoy that relate to my interest area: 4 related occupations: HOW DO I LEARN BEST? My dominant learning style is. Strategies that could help me be more successful: How this information will help me when considering future career goals: THE CAREER INTERESTS GAME Holland Personality Types My strongest personality trait: My second strongest trait: Related Occupations of Interest:

14 CAREER CRUISING PERSONAL PORTFOLIO Identify and describe (job description, working conditions, etc.) three different occupations you are most interested in. Occupation #1: Occupation #2: Occupation #3: CAREER PLANNING: NEXTSTEPS What I value in an occupation: Traits I possess that are valued in the workplace: TRANSFERABLE SKILLS List 3 important skills necessary for each occupation you identified in the Career Cruising Portfolio summary. Occupation #1 Skills: Occupation #2 Skills: Occupation #3 Skills: Skills I need to work on: CAREER PLANNING (cont d.) Work Related Skills I Possess: Career fields of interest that combine my current skills, interests, values, and traits:

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16 Self Assessment for Career Planning Assessment Tools Rubric CATEGORIES/ CRITERIA LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 Thinking / Inquiry Analysis shows limited evidence of insight Analysis shows some evidence of insight Analysis shows clear evidence of insight Analysis of assessment tools shows rich and thorough insight Communication Communication of information, ideas, and experiences Communicates information, ideas and experiences with limited clarity Communicates information, ideas and experiences with some clarity Communicates information, ideas and experiences with considerable clarity Communicates information, ideas and experiences with a high degree of clarity Application Transfer of ideas and skills to work suitability Transfers ideas and skills to work suitability with limited effectiveness Transfers ideas and skills to work suitability with some effectiveness Transfers ideas and skills to work suitability with considerable effectiveness Transfers ideas and skills to work suitability with a high degree of effectiveness Assessment Tools /30 mk + Reflection /20 mk = /50 mk Comments: