Career Exploration & Plan Development Workshop

1. Career Exploration & Plan Development Workshop Day Two Any comments or questions from the first day? Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 1

2. Day Two Agenda • PWD – Persons with Disability • WOWi Interpretation • Skill Types • Self-Esteem Exercise • Preparation for Turning Achievements Into Skills • Day Two Thoughts Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 2

3. Why are we talking about Disability? The purpose of the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services is to assist people with a documented disability to gain or keep employment • Research tells us how important it is for a person with a disability to accept their disability • After that a person can move forward with their goals much more successfully. Page 14,15,16,17, Activity Workbook Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 3

4. O*Net Online – Job Accommodation Network This website is also known as JAN Page 18 Activity Goal is to help identify accommodations - • The O*Net handout contains a list of websites that can help with learning about accommodation options. Record accommodations you need on Career Decision-Making Grid, page 1, item 8.

5. We focus on Ability in VR • In Vocational Rehabilitation - • Through self-assessment in this workshop, we help you look at your abilities and strengths and how to use those in the classroom and the workplace • As mentioned, we will continue to explore what accommodations will work for you in the classroom and/or workplace • Our mutual goal is Employment! Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 5

6. WORLD OF WORK INVENTORY(WOWi) • Measures interests, job satisfaction (work values) & aptitudes related to work choices Page 19 Activity • You took WOWi prior to workshop • You will be sharing your individual results with your VRC between Day Three and Day Four by appointment • Group interpretation today: • To answer general questions • To examine suggested career interest areas Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 6

7. WOWi Career Training Potentials (Aptitudes) • “What am I good at doing?” • Aptitude is a measure of your “potential to learn” in different areas • Aptitudes are unique to each individual • Measures individual results in six ability areas • Your scores are compared to others of the same age and others of the same education Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 7

8. 6 Aptitude Areas - WOWi Aptitude Measured How? • Verbal Using Words • Numerical Basic Math Skills • Abstractions Problem-Solving • Spatial – Form Visualizing 3- Dimensional Objects • Mechanical/Electrical Mechanical Reasoning • Clerical Organizing Information Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 8

9. Ability Results • COMPARE your individual ability scores by saying • “I learn better using words than numbers or vice versa” • It’s easier to learn in some ways than in others • We all learn differently – like the Barsch tells us Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 9

10. World of Work Inventory (WOWi) • Go to Profile Report • Look at the Summary page with the four boxes. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 10

11. WOWi – Profile ReportAptitudes • First Box on the Left • High-Measured Career Training Potentials • Aptitude and ability • By Age – lists your aptitude strengths compared to others of same age • By Education – lists your aptitude strengths compared to others with similar education • Most important score because you’ll most likely be competing for jobs with people of similar education Record High-Measured Career Training Potential on Career-Decision-Making Grid, page 1, item 9. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 11

12. WOWi – Job Satisfaction Indicators The box in the upper right hand corner. “What’s important to me in the workplace?” • Measures your preferred work values in 12 areas: • Versatile - performing variety of tasks • Adaptable to repetitive work • Adaptable to working under specific instructions • Dominant – self-directed, decisive and can direct the work of others Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 12

13. WOWi – Job Satisfaction Indicators - Gregarious – preference for working with others • Isolative - preference for working alone • Influencing – how much you like to persuade others • Self-Controlled – ability to maintain control in stressful situations and under deadlines • Valuative – making decisions using hunches, intuition and how they feel about things • Objective – basing decisions on facts and data - Subjective - being creative on the job - Rigorous - paying attention to details and rules Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 13

14. WOWi – Job Satisfaction Indicators • Job Satisfaction Indicators • We have defined the JSI’s • You learned your preferences • Do these results describe you? Remember to record your JSI preferences on the Career Decision-Making Grid, page 1, item 10 Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 14

15. WOWi – Self-Selected Choices Lower left-hand corner on Profile Report • Do your “Self-Selected Choices” of Occupational Areas seem to cover your areas of interest? • Do your selected “Best Liked Subjects” seem to cover your preferred interests? Record this information in the Career Decision-Making Grid, page 4, item 11, and page 2, item 12. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 15

16. WOWi – Career Interest Activities Lower right-hand corner - • The content of this box (Career Interest Activities) suggests a broad range of career interests that “fit” what you know about yourself. • Record your Career Interest Activities in your Career Decision-Making Grid, page 4, item 13, and Career Recommendations, page 4, item 14. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 16

17. Putting the WOWi all together • Combining the results of: • your career interests (what you like to do) • career training potentials (what you do well) • job satisfaction indicators (what’s important to you in the work environment) Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 17

18. Morning Break • 15 minutes • Return to the workshop at _________ Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 18

19. What is a Skill? • An ability you have learned from activities at work, school, leisure life, hobbies • When you write a resume and participate in an interview, you are using language that describes your skills. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 19

20. 3 Types of Skills • Job-Specific or Work-Content Skills • “Soft Skills” or Self Management Skills • Transferable Skills Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 20

21. Job-Specific Skills • A type of skill that is unique to a specific job or occupation • Examples – doing a blood analysis, driving a fork lift, using a cash register Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 21

22. Job-Specific Skills • Can you think of a job-specific skill that you have used in the past? Record work content skills in Career Decision-Making Grid, page 2, item 15. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 22

23. “Soft Skills" or Self Management Skills Skills which describe HOW you work - • Often related to your “work ethic” and Job Satisfaction Indicators • Examples: independent, dependable, enjoy working with people, attentive to detail, persuading other people • Can you name a self-management skill that you have used in the past? P. 20-21 Activity Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 23

24. Self-Management Skills Inventory • In left-hand column, check any of the self-management skills that you have demonstrated in the workplace, learning life, leisure life or personal life. • If you can think of some examples of how/when you demonstrated that skill, list the example in the right-hand column marked “Examples.” Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 24

25. Self-Management Skills • Remember to add these skills to your Career Decision-Making Grid. List three of your strengths on page 2, item 16. Be sure to place your inventory in your manual. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 25

26. Transferable Skills • What are yours? • These skills could include: • leading, planning, repairing, organizing, communicating, persuading, and the list could go on Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 26

27. Transferable Skills • Are abilities used in activities with people, data, things or ideas • Examples - training adults, computing numbers, handling money, leading people, planning projects, discussing theories, repairing machines • Remember the connection with your Holland interests and WOWi results to people, data, things or ideas Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 27

28. Transferable Skills Scale • You will be taking the Transferable Skills Scale to help you identify and document your preferred transferable skills. • Notice that these skills are connected to Data, People, Things & Ideas that we talked about with the Holland Types. • Your results will connect you with occupations that relate to your transferable skills . Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 28

29. Making Connections • Analytical ----------------- Data • Numerical ---------------- Data • Interpersonal ----------- People • Organizational --------- People • Physical ------------------ Things • Informational ---------- Things • Communicative -------- Ideas • Creative ------------------ Ideas

30. Transferable Skills -Connection to Holland Types? Transferable Skill TypeHolland Type • Analytical Investigative - Thinkers • Numerical Investigative - Thinkers • Interpersonal Social - Helpers • Organizational Enterprising - Persuaders • Physical Realistic - Doers • Informational Conventional - Organizers • Communicative Enterprising - Persuaders • Creative Artistic - Creators Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 30

31. Documenting Your TSS Results • Time to document your TSS results. In which section(s) did you get your highest scores – Career Decision-Making Grid: Record your preferences (page 2, number 17) • Occupation (page 3, number 18) Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 31

32. Noon Lunch Break • Be back at ……? Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 32

33. Self-Esteem • As a group, answer the questions on the Self Esteem Worksheet. P. 22 Activity Career Decision-Making Grid (Pg. 3, # 21): Record what you learned about self-esteem. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 33

34. Developing YourAchievement Story • Think about everything that you did to accomplish each step of your activity. • This is your opportunity to take credit for the good work that you did! • Details should include the skills you used. • Refer to Action Words/Skills (handout). • Tell your story by using pictures, by storytelling or writing it out. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 34

35. The Group Process“I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends” • Tomorrow, we will be using groups to help each of you document all of the skills in your stories. • We will explain the process more tomorrow… Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 35

36. Homework • Develop Achievement Story # 1 and celebrate your achievement. Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 36

37. My Achievement Story • Name your achievement • Connect to work, leisure, learning or personal relationships? • When did it occur? • Who was involved? • Personal item related to story? (visual aid) • Major steps • Details of the steps Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 37

38. Day Two Thoughts? • Your impressions/reactions to today’s activities…… ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ Maine Vocational Rehabilitation 38