1.01 Getting to know yourself

1. 1.01 Getting to know yourself What do my personal interests/preferences, abilities, skills, work values/needs and aptitudes suggest about potential career choices?

2. If you could have the “Perfect” job, what percentage of your time would you spend working with data, people, things, ideas?

3. Career Interest Categories Data: verbal or numerical information ~ working with numbers, information processing, policies and procedures, accountants, and computer scientists People: human relations ~ working for the betterment of others and/or society, teachers, social workers, child care workers, law enforcement Things: tools, instruments or machines ~ chefs, hair stylists, carpenters, and heavy equipment Ideas: concepts, themes, or inventions, musicians, writers, composers, artists, and photographers.

4. Work Personality • Director (thrives on power) • Entertainer (thrives on recognition) • Mediator (thrives on being needed) • Analyst (thrives on being the “expert”)

5. Work Behavior • Director (Accepts challenges, takes authority, assertively solves problems) • Thinker (Task focused, concerned with analyzing information) • Relater (Relationship focused, unassertive, dislikes conflict) • Socializer (Spontaneous, sociable, seldom concerned with facts and data)

6. Learning Styles (4) • Visual/Spatial (eye) • Verbal-Linguistic (book) • Auditory/Musical (ear/music note) • Bodily-Kinesthetic/Tactile (hand)

7. Holland Codes • R • REALISTIC • I • INVESTIGATIVE • A • ARTISTIC • S • SOCIAL • C • CONVENTIONAL • E • ENTERPRISES

8. Multiple Intelligences/Learning Preferences (8) You are happiest and most successful when you learn, develop, and work in ways that make the best use of your natural intelligences.

9. 1. Verbal-Linguistic: relates to language, spoken and written. • Suitable Careers: • Author • Journalist • Lawyer • Public Speaker • Famous Linguists: • Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President • Tom Clancy, novelist • Behaviors: • writes/tells stories • enjoys word games • effective speaker • Ways to improve this intelligence: • Read...a lot! • practice speaking in public • write a poem or story

10. 2. Logical-Mathematical: relates to numbers, patterns, thinking • Suitable Careers: • Accountant • Computer Programmer • Engineer • Scientist • Famous Logicians: • Albert Einstein, physicist and mathematician • John Maynard Keynes, economist • Behaviors: • often asks questions • enjoys number/logic games • organizes • Ways to improve this intelligence: • predict the ending to movies/stories • play games involving patterns • practice math word problems

11. 3. Visual/Spatial: relates to sight and visualization, draws & build things • Behaviors: • draws or builds models • enjoys picture puzzles • is able to visualize things easily • Ways to improve this intelligence: • draw a picture of something from memory • illustrate a story • build a model of someplace • Suitable Careers: • Illustrator • Artist • Architect • Craftsman • Famous Visualists: • Frank Lloyd Wright, architect • Gary Larson, cartoonist

12. 4. Bodily-Kinesthetic/Tactile: relates to movement and abilities of the body • Suitable Careers: • Dancer • Actor • Sculptor • Athlete/Coach • Famous Kinesthetists: • Michael Jordan, professional basketball player • Alvin Ailey, choreographer • Behaviors: • plays sports • enjoys physical games • uses hands or body while talking • Ways to improve this intelligence: • take a dance class • play a sport • exercise

13. 5. Auditory/Musical: relates to recognizing sound and rhythm patterns • Suitable Careers: • Composer • Orchestral Performer • Singer • Music Critic • Famous Musicians: • Eric Clapton, guitarist • John Williams, orchestral composer and director • Behaviors: • can sing or play an instrument • enjoys musical or rhythmic games • appreciates classical music and music of other cultures • Ways to improve this intelligence: • listen for the rhythm of natural sounds • practice playing an instrument • sing along with the radio

14. 6. Interpersonal: social, communicates and working with other people (lots of friends) • Suitable Careers: • Politician • Teacher • Psychologist • Evangelist • Famous Interpersonalists: • Sigmund Freud, psychologist • John F. Kennedy, U.S. president • Behaviors: • makes friends easily • enjoys interaction games • shows leadership • Ways to improve this intelligence: • concentrate on people's body language • play role-playing games

15. 7. Intrapersonal: relates to independent action (alone) • Suitable Careers: • Counselor • Social Worker • Religious Leader • Famous Intrapersonalists: • Mother Teresa, missionary • Martin Luther King, Jr., minister and human rights activist • Behaviors: • follows hunches or instincts • enjoys individual games • expresses confidence in self • Ways to improve this intelligence: • start a diary • concentrate on your feelings during the day

16. 8. Naturalist: relates to recognition of order and patterns in nature, such as in plants and animals • Suitable Careers: • Zoologist • Conservationist • Park Ranger • Famous Naturalists: • Charles Darwin, biologist • Diane Fossey, primate researcher • Behaviors: • Likes animals • enjoys outdoor games • likes being outside • Ways to improve this intelligence: • start a collection of bugs or leaves • Go camping or hiking for a weekend • get a pet

17. Learning Styles (3) Auditory Visual Bodily-Kinesthetic/Tactile

18. What is an Interest Inventory? Interest Inventory: a periodic survey of a person’s interests This assessment will help you decide on a career to pursue based on your interests.

19. Type Focus • Extrovert vs. Introvert • Sensing vs. Intuitive • Thinking vs. Feeling • Judging vs. Perceiving

20. Extroverts are interested in what is happening around them are open and often talkative compare their own opinions with the opinions of others like action and initiative easily make new friends or adapt to a new group say what they think are interested in new people easily break unwanted relations Introverts are interested in their own thoughts and feelings need to have own territory often appear reserved, quiet and thoughtful usually do not have many friends have difficulties in making new contacts like concentration and quiet do not like unexpected visits and therefore do not make them work well alone Extroverts vs. Introverts Extroverts are directed towards the objective world whereas Introverts are directed towards the subjective world. The most common differences between Extroverts and Introverts are shown below:

21. Sensing types see everyone and sense everything live in the here and now quickly adapt to any situation like pleasures based on physical sensation are practical and active are realistic and self-confident Intuitive types are mostly in the past or in the future worry about the future more than the present are interested in everything new and unusual do not like routine are attracted more to the theory than the practice often have doubts Sensing vs. Intuition Sensing is an ability to deal with information on the basis of its physical qualities and its affection by other information. Intuition is an ability to deal with the information on the basis of its hidden potential and its possible existence. The most common differences between Sensing and Intuitive types are shown below:

22. Thinking types are interested in systems, structures, patterns expose everything to logical analysis are relatively cold and unemotional evaluate things by intellect and right or wrong have difficulties talking about feelings do not like to clear up arguments or quarrels Feeling types are interested in people and their feelings easily pass their own moods to others pay great attention to love and passion evaluate things by ethics and good or bad can be touchy or use emotional manipulation often give compliments to please people Thinking vs. Feeling Thinking is an ability to deal with information on the basis of its structure and its function. Feeling is an ability to deal with information on the basis of its initial energetic condition and its interactions. The most common differences between Thinking and Feeling type are shown below:

23. Perceiving types act impulsively following the situation can start many things at once without finishing them properly prefer to have freedom from obligations are curious and like a fresh look at things work productivity depends on their mood often act without any preparation Judging types do not like to leave unanswered questions plan work ahead and tend to finish it do not like to change their decisions have relatively stable workability easily follow rules and discipline Perceiving vs. Judging • Perceiving types are motivated into activity by the changes in a situation. Judging types are motivated into activity by their decisions resulting from the changes in a situation. The most common differences between Perceiving and Judging types are shown below: