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Career Stuff

Career Stuff. For the occupational therapist. The Whole Deal. Career Exploration Career Decision Making Job Search Career Development Career Change Retirement. This presentation. Not in this presentation. Career Exploration. Career Exploration. Values- card sort

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Career Stuff

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  1. Career Stuff For the occupational therapist

  2. The Whole Deal • Career Exploration • Career Decision Making • Job Search • Career Development • Career Change • Retirement This presentation Not in this presentation

  3. Career Exploration

  4. Career Exploration • Values- card sort • Interests- Self-Directed Search • Personality- MBTI • Skills- number of different aptitude tests: SAT, ACT, CAPS

  5. Interests • John Holland “World of Work” • Self-Directed Search • Leisure Activity Finder • Asked if liked their job, got their interests, if you have same interest, you might like that job http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/thecareerinterestsgame.php

  6. Conventional Enterprising Social Realistic Investigative Investigative Artistic

  7. Realistic have athletic or mechanical ability, prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or animals, or to be outdoors. Investigative like to observe, learn, investigate, analyze, evaluate or solve problems. Artistic have artistic, innovating or intuitional abilities and like to work in unstructured situations using their imagination and creativity. Social like to work with people to enlighten, inform, help, train, or cure them, or are skilled with words. Enterprising like to work with people, influencing, persuading, performing, leading or managing for organizational goals or economic gain. Conventional like to work with data, have clerical or numerical ability, carry out tasks in detail or follow through on others' instructions.

  8. Holland Code • Result of SDS or just have client pick them out, ex. SRE • “Pick three that describe you the best and put them in order if you can.” • Look up all 3 areas in the Occupation Finder

  9. Personality • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator • Mother-daughter team applied Jung’s work • 16 personality types, based on 4 continuums • Preferences, non-judgmental

  10. Focus attention out Drained by being alone  energy being with others Answer the phone first Focus attention in Drained by being with others  energy being alone with ideas Let someone else answer the phone MBTI How we direct/get energy

  11. “what is” Like working with real things Use experience to solve problems Remember how things actually were “what could be” Enjoy theory and speculation Possibilities and implications Remember feelings and thoughts MBTI Info we notice & remember

  12. Analyze logically Fair and objective Weigh pros and cons Value fairness over compassion Rely on values Take into account extenuating circumstances Value compassion over fairness MBTI How we make decisions

  13. Like predictable pattern Work first, play later Enjoy making decisions Structured Flexible pattern Play first, work later if there’s time OK with few rules Adapt to change easily Spontaneous MBTI How we organize life

  14. MBTI Implications • What type of work environment do you prefer? • What is your natural way of doing things? • How do you perceive others and how do they perceive you? • What is annoying and what is not?

  15. Career Decision Making

  16. Research Career Info http://www.onetknowledgesite.com/onet_resources.cfm

  17. Information on Careers • O*NET • Dictionary of Occupational Titles • Occupational Outlook Handbook • Informational Interviews • What Can I Do with a Major In . . . ? www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/

  18. Decision Matrix

  19. Job Search

  20. Job Search • Application Completion • Resume & Cover Letter Writing • Search for Openings • Interview Skills • Get an interview • Appropriate behavior and dress • Answer questions • Negotiate salary

  21. The Challenged Job Search • http://www.nod.org/ Special programs, information re accommodations, job search • http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/hr_tips/home.cfm Information on regulations, accommodations for specific disabilities

  22. Job Search Resources • http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/ • http://www.careeronestop.org/ • http://www.rileyguide.com/ • http://www.careers.org/ • http://www.jobweb.com/default.asp

  23. References University of North Carolina http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/ University of Missouri Career Center (Career Interest Game) http://career.missouri.edu/students/explore/thecareerinterestsgame.php O*NET (Career Guidance) http://www.onetknowledgesite.com/onet_resources.cfm ACT web site (World of Work Map) http://www.act.org/wwm/counselor.html

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