Career Counseling Case Study Presentation

1. Career Counseling Case Study Presentation Presented, Ashley Arnold, B.S.

2. Client intake information • Antwone Howard, 24 • Education: Some College • Never been to a Career Center in High School or College; no prior negative feelings towards the Career Center • Current Major: None • Interested in going back to college • Unsure of what to major in? • Unsure of what school to attend • Trying to find a career job, not just something that will make money

3. Career information • What are your current career goals? (Even if you are uncertain, just fill in any thoughts that you might have.) • To make enough money to support a family, to have excellent benefits, paid vacation, good driving distance, job security, etc • What do you hope to accomplish from career counseling? • Finding a major and then finding an institution

4. Myers Briggs ASSESSMENT: • ESPT • Extraversion • Sensing • Perceiving • Thinking • He totally agrees with this reported type

5. Strong interest assessment : • Investigate: working with numbers and health and science • True; has always enjoyed working with numbers • Social Oriented: cultural relations, helping others, and teaching and training • True; loves helping people

6. Holland code assessment: Social: • Interested: being with other people • Work: in groups, sharing, responsibilities, and communicating with others Realistic: • Interested: mechanical, construction, and repair activities • Work: with tools, machines, and equipment Conventional : • Interested: activities that require attention to organizations, data systems, details, and accuracy • Work: in large organizations and like to use information to solve problems efficiently.

7. OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK • I showed my client one time the steps to researching a occupation on OOH • Description Of Walk Through: • I explained the steps in the following order: • Based on the assessments lets look at the fields that were commonly seen • First, I assisted him with choosing at least 2 occupations • Lab Technician • Mechanic • Customer Service Manager (maybe) • Second, I assisted him in finding out which major is associated with occupation

8. WHAT CAN I DO WITH THIS MAJOR? • I showed my client one time the steps to researching majors: • Description Of Walk Through: • http://www.umass.edu/careers/majors/default.html • Search for the major: • Look at the area • Look at the employers • Make sure to have more than one major to look up • I left the other majors to the client to complete

9. Growth self awareness • He was surprised about the results of the assessments • He never noticed that all the jobs that he had in his life involved occupations such as Customer Service Representatives etc.

10. Goal setting • Antwone, stated that if career opportunities in the following areas present themselves, he will take those opportunities • Antwone, plans to look at institutions that are affordable • Close to home • Have good hours so I can still maintain employment

11. What I Learning: • Professionally: • You can recommend resources and homework to your clients but it is up to the students/ client to do the work themselves. • It is always good to check in at the end of the session. • Have the client repeat what they are supposed to do next • Personally: • I was surprised at the results, I did not know that my fiancé was interested in the medical field. However, he has always been interested in working with numbers.

12. Suggestions • After looking at the occupational outlook, I assisted him with finding schools with the majors he is interested • We looked at Trade schools for a lack of time • UEI: Automotive Technology, Business, Computer Technology, Criminal Justice, Healthcare and more. • UTI: Universal Technical Institute • I will recommend that he visit the schools to collect information on what he is interested

13. RECOMMENDATION: • Stay interested in your student: • Don’t act like this: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXN1KXH0Ul0

14. QUESTIONS