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Exploring Career and Education Options: Enhancing Decision-Making Skills

In this chapter, we delve into the intricacies of making informed decisions regarding careers, education, and leisure. We will explore essential knowledge about occupations, educational programs, and leisure activities. Understand how to categorize and assess different options effectively using the CASVE model, along with frameworks for analyzing occupational information such as O*NET and the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Improve your meta-cognitive abilities to enhance decision-making, develop schemas, and refine your research skills for better outcomes in work and life.

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Exploring Career and Education Options: Enhancing Decision-Making Skills

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  1. Chapter 3 Knowing About My Options

  2. EXECUTIVE PROCESSING DOMAIN META-COGNITION DECISION-MAKING SKILLS DOMAINS CASVE KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS OPTIONS KNOWLEDGE SELF KNOWLEDGE Pyramid of Information Processing

  3. Overview • Connecting work, leisure, & education • Knowledge about occupations • Knowledge about education & training • Knowledge about leisure • Improving our knowledge about options

  4. Knowledge About Occupations • Essential elements of occupational information • Changes in occupational knowledge • Schemes for classifying • Sources of information

  5. # of Occupations O*NET/ Dictionary of Occupational Titles http://online.onetcenter.org/

  6. What Do We Know About Occupations? • U.S. Department of Labor • OES • CIDS

  7. Changes in Occupations • Nature of the Changes • New Occupations

  8. DOT O*NET OES SOC Holland Codes (chapter 2 review) World-of-Work map (chapter 2 review) Standard Industry Classification (SIC) NAICS Occupational & Industry Classifications

  9. Skip Navigation Links Latest Numbers U.S. Department of LaborBureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook www.bls.gov OOH Search/A-Z Index BLS Home | Programs & Surveys | Get Detailed Statistics | Glossary | What's New | Find It! In DOL Sources of Occupational Information • Governmental Publications, e.g., Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/ Career Guide to IndustriesOOQ OnlineEmployment ProjectionsPublications HomeBLS Home

  10. Source of Occupational Information (Contd.) • Internet • Private Publishers • Trade & Professional Associations

  11. Knowledge About Education & Training • Schemes for classifying educational programs • College vs. non-college training options • Accreditation, ranking, certification, & licensure • Sources of information & support

  12. College Training Options • Departments vs. majors • Connections between majors & occupations • Factors in choosing a major

  13. Non-College Training Options • Vocational education • Apprenticeships • Continuing education • Military training • Credit for prior work

  14. Compare and Contrast Accreditation Ranking Certification Licensure

  15. Information About Education, Training, & Financial Assistance • Computer-based Information Systems (CIDS) • CACGS • Educational Opportunities Finder (EOF) • Reference books • Internet

  16. Knowledge About Leisure

  17. Leisure Defined Relatively self-determined activities and experiences that are available due to discretionary income, time, and social behavior; may be physical, intellectual, volunteer, creative, or some combination

  18. The Role of Leisure Activities • Complimentary • Supplementary • Compensatory

  19. Leisure Classifications • Overs, Taylor, & Adkins • Leisure Activities Finder (LAF) • Uses Holland Codes

  20. Sources of Leisure Information • Clubs/organizations • Magazines, newsletters, books • Newspapers/yellow pages • Internet • Resorts/recreation centers • Leisure counselors

  21. Improving occupational, educational, and leisure knowledge

  22. Thinking Better About Options • Develop a schema • Avoid being overly rigid or loose • Learn strategies for making distinctions • Increase the complexity of your thinking • Beware of bias, stereotypes, inaccuracies

  23. Apply your research skills Use different methods: Be a critical reader Invest the time Get help from a counselor or librarian Improving Information About Options read listen observe write talk visit

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