Job Exploration Workshop Day One

1. Job Exploration Workshop Day One Introduction 1

2. Housekeeping Issues • Bathrooms • Cell Phone Etiquette during workshop • No texting or calling • Put on “vibrate” or turn off • Discuss the schedule for the CEW • Periodic breaks as needed 2 2

3. Welcome/Introductions One at a time, please share your name and why you are here. Words You Need to Know: Job & Career 3 3

4. Ice-Breaker Who has a pet at home? Who already has their driver’s license? Who likes to hunt or fish? Who recently saw a movie in the theater? Who has a favorite summer activity?

5. Words You Need to Know! • Words You Need to Know About Jobs and Work! • There are certain words that we will expect you to learn about getting jobs and working. • We will prompt you with these words and explain their meaning throughout the workshop. • Keep the handout in front of you so you can refer to it when needed.

6. Group Confidentiality • As a member of this group, we ask that you respect each other’s privacy and keep what is said during the workshop confidential. • We encourage you to share your experiences during the workshop, but we ask that you not discuss what is said by others outside the workshop. • We cannot guarantee that everything that is shared within the workshop will stay in the room, so please share only what you are comfortable discussing. • Word You Need to Know: Confidentiality 6 6

7. Our Expectations We ask you to: • Attend all sessions. • Be on time for sessions. • Respectively participate with the group. • Take turns speaking, and listen when others speak. • Raise your hand. • Use “I” statements when expressing your opinion. • Behave as you would at your work site. • Respect others in the group and their opinions. • Have fun! 7 7

8. What Are Your Expectations? What do you hope to learn in this workshop? 8 8

9. Parking Lot • This is where we’ll put questions that we don’t have an answer for right now. • Write your topic on a Post-It Note or speak to a staff person • Stick the note on the chart titled “Parking Lot” • We will make sure that all questions are answered at the end of each day 9 9

10. Name: My dream job would be: My first job might be: My Strengths:

11. Soooo, What Do I Know About Me? Let’s begin to find out about ME!

12. “I Am Someone Who…..” • Enjoys_________ • Hopes to_______ • Collects_______ • Believes in________ • Likes to _______on weekends • Knows how to_______ • Has a pet peeve, which is_______ • Thinks that _____is the most important thing in life! • Word You Need to Know: Self-Esteem

13. Keeping Track of Your Progress -Activity Sheets • Activity sheets: – Will be used to collect what you’ve learned about yourself and future jobs. • After each activity: • Place the activity page in your Folder. 13 13

14. Job Exploration Workshop Great Job! End of Day One 14

15. Job Exploration Workshop Welcome Back Day Two 15 15

16. Ice-Breaker • Who has a favorite winter sport? • Who has a favorite video game? • Who has brothers and/or sisters? • Who is a Red Sox fan? • Who is a Yankees fan? • Who has a favorite music group? • Who has a favorite food?

17. What Are My Strengths? Suppose the owner of a restaurant needs someone to wash dishes at his restaurant. He says that he’ll hire the person who has the best strengths or skills for that job. What would you tell him about your strengths? What strengths would be important for you to have on this job?

18. How Do I Learn Best? And why is it important to know?

19. Learning Style How we learn best is called our “learning style”! Word You Need to Know: Learning Style 19 19

20. How Do I Learn Best? • We gather and use information in a variety of ways….called learning styles! • We usually have a preferred learning style: here are four possible styles We see We hear We touch We move 20 20

21. So, What Is My Preferred Learning Style? • Seeing • Hearing • Touching • Moving

22. S (Seeing) Learning Style • I learn best if I: • SEE what I’m learning • READ what I’m learning • Use charts, maps, videos, written notes, pictures • WRITE out items for quick visual review 22 22

23. H (Hearing) Learning Style • I learn best if I: • LISTENcarefully • Sit or stand where I can HEAR CLEARLY & LISTEN • TAPE what is being said so I can learn and remember • Talk with another person about the information I have heard 23 23

24. Hands on Learning Style • I learn best when I: • Work with something that can be TOUCHED • TRACE words as I say them • WRITE it several times • Take notes 24 24

25. M (Moving) Learning Style • I learn best if I: • Learn hands-on – physical, building, mechanical, sports, dancing, moving, doing • Use physical objects; i.e., make or use models • Use flash cards • Use role-playing – act out what I’m learning • Use hand gestures or “body language” • Move around while I think 25 25

26. So, What is Your PreferredLearning Style? • What do you think is your preferred learning style? Give an example of how you best learn. 26 26

27. Strengths Chain Busy Hands-On 27 27

28. Coat of Arms Preparation • Values Exercises Create Your Own Coat of Arms 28 28

29. Coat of Arms Questions BALL AT TOP:Fill in your name In each of the sections of the Coat of Arms, draw a picture, design or symbol that represents the following: SECTION 1: Your greatest PERSONAL achievement SECTION 2: Your greatest achievement at SCHOOL or WORK SECTION 3: How friends would describe you as a person SECTION 4: One thing you would like to do by the time you are 65, in terms of work or your personal life SECTION 5: What you most enjoy doing WRITE OR PRINT: SECTION 6: One thing you would most like to be said about you OPTIONAL Band at the bottom: A value or phrase that is important to you Adapted from “Values Clarification” by Sidney Simon, Leland W. Howe & Howard Kirschenbaum, Hart Publishing Co., (1972)

30. Job Exploration Workshop Awesome work today! End of Day Two 30 30

31. Job Exploration Workshop Welcome back! Day Three 31 31

32. What Do You Like To Do? • A big part of choosing a job is whether you think you will “LIKE” that job 32 32

33. Would I Like That Job????? • How do I find out????? • What is the connection between what I enjoy doing and doing that task well? 33 33

34. Reading-FreeVocational InterestInventory • You will complete an inventory today which will help you choose your favorite types of work activities from groups of pictures. • This survey will help you determine the kinds of work you would like to do. • You can then begin to get more information about those jobs. Word You Need to Know: Interests 34 34

35. Six Personality Types“The Common Names” 35 35

36. Six Personality Types • Doers – Prefer to work with their hands • Thinkers – Prefer to figure things out in their minds • Creators – Prefer to express themselves by writing, singing, drawing, etc. • Helpers – Prefer to work helping others • Persuaders – Prefer to convince others; sell things • Organizers – Prefer to organize information, things, etc.

37. The Doers • Food Preparation or Cafeteria Workers • Janitors • Groundskeepers • Short-Order Cooks • Dishwashers • Maids & Housekeepers • Stock Clerks • Farm Workers

38. The Thinkers Often Choose Jobs Like: Vet Assistant Forest Work C.N.A. – Certified Nursing Assistant

39. The Creators Often Choose Jobs Like: Floral Shop Staff Potter Cook Cake Decorator Seamstress/Tailor

40. The Helpers Often Choose Jobs Like: Home Health Aides Food Servers Personal Care Aides Waiters & Waitresses Ticket Takers Child Care Workers

41. The Persuaders Often Choose Jobs Like: Retail Salesperson Small business owner

42. The Organizers Often Choose Jobs Like: Office Clerks/Aide Library Assistant Office Machine Operator Hotel Desk Clerk

43. What Type of Jobs Do I Like? • Through this activity, have you found a type of job you are really interested in? Place your Reading Free Interest Inventory and Job Lists in your Folder 43 43

44. Skills That Can Be Used in Many Places • In different kinds of jobs • In your volunteer or leisure life • In your learning activities • ……Everywhere! • We call these “transferable skills” 44 44

45. Work Skills • Look at the 6 different types of skills on the next slides. • What are you good at doing? • Check the skills that you are good at doing on each page.

46. Building Repairing Working with Tools Working with Animals Gardening Do not tire easily Working outdoors Making things Do-ersWorking With Your Hands or Tools 46

47. Determine how things work Being able to understand and explain information Understanding and using math Using facts Putting things in order of importance Putting things in an order that makes sense ThinkersProblem-solving Skills 47

48. Using imagination to create things Drawing pictures Coming up with ideas Writing creatively Liking art Drawing and designing well Writing music, songs and lyrics CreatorsComing Up with Ideas 48

49. Listening well Developing a relationship Encouraging people to speak up for themselves Teaching people to do something Making someone comfortable Communicating in a group Giving verbal support Working with others as a team HelpersHelping Skills 49

50. Helping others to make group decisions Organizing/Setting Goals Selling things Speaking about something or someone that you believe in Exercising leadership in a group Taking a risk in public Organizing people or activities PersuadersInfluencing Skills 50