CDI 201 Career Design Workbook

COi 201 CAREER DESIGN BENTLEY UNIVERSITY Undergraduate Career Development Pulsifer Career Development Center

Workbook

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COURSE AGENDA WEEK 1 • Course Introduction • StrengthsFinder

WEEK 2 • Self-Assessment: Interests

WEEK 3 • Self-Assessment: Career Compass • Values • Majors

WEEK 4 • Exploring Career Paths • Next Steps - CDI 301

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Talent Reflection After reading your Top 5 Report complete the following questions:

1. Which of your Top 5 Themes describe you best?

2. Which of your Top 5 Themes do you use most frequently?

3. Were you surprised by anything in the report?

4. Which of your Top 5 Themes do you anticipate using most in college?

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Looking at past success gives direction towards career planning – Name IT, Claim IT, Aim IT NAME IT: _________________________, _____________________, _________________, _________________________, _____________________ CLAIM IT: To help you think about your successes, answer the following three questions about your most successful experience: 1.

What has been your most successful experience in employment, service or volunteer work setting?

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What has been your most successful experience in an academic, learning, or athletic setting?

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What has been your greatest success in an interpersonal relationship, leadership role, club, team, or organization?

After identifying your greatest success in each of those areas, focus on each success, one at a time. Relive the experience in your mind. Imagine the events and interactions surrounding your greatest successes.

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AIMING TALENT FROM PAST SUCCESS TOWARDS FUTURE GOALS

AIM IT: As you focus on each success, ask yourself five questions: 1.

What was it about that experience that makes it stand out as one of my greatest successes?

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What did I do that contributed to producing the success?

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What was my mental approach to this success?

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Which talents from my Signature Themes contributed to producing this success?

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What clues to possible careers to these experiences provide me?

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STRONG INTEREST INVENTORY 7

STRONG INTEREST INVENTORY OCCUPATIONAL THEMES

Realistic

 Likes to work with animals, tools, or machines; generally avoids social activities like teaching, healing, and informing others;  Has good skills in working with tools, mechanical or electrical drawings, machines, or plants and animals;  Values practical things you can see, touch, and use like plants and animals, tools, equipment, or machines; and  Sees self as practical, mechanical, and realistic.

Investigative

 Likes to study and solve math or science problems; generally avoids leading, selling, or persuading people;  Is good at understanding and solving science and math problems;  Values science; and  Sees self as precise, scientific, and intellectual.

Artistic

 Likes to do creative activities like art, drama, crafts, dance, music, or creative writing; generally avoids highly ordered or repetitive activities;  Has good artistic abilities -- in creative writing, drama, crafts, music, or art;  Values the creative arts -- like drama, music, art, or the works of creative writers; and  Sees self as expressive, original, and independent.

Social

 Likes to do things to help people -- like, teaching, nursing, or giving first aid, providing information; generally avoids using machines, tools, or animals to achieve a goal;  Is good at teaching, counseling, nursing, or giving information;  Values helping people and solving social problems; and  Sees self as helpful, friendly, and trustworthy.

Enterprising

 Likes to lead and persuade people, and to sell things and ideas; generally avoids activities that require careful observation and scientific, analytical thinking;  Is good at leading people and selling things or ideas;  Values success in politics, leadership, or business; and  Sees self as energetic, ambitious, and sociable.

Conventional

 Likes to work with numbers, records, or machines in a set, orderly way; generally avoids ambiguous, unstructured activities  Is good at working with written records and numbers in a systematic, orderly way;  Values success in business; and  Sees self as orderly, and good at following a set plan.

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Strong Interest Inventory Analysis

Which three Codes did you score highest with?

What are some career fields or jobs associated with each of these Holland Codes that you Might be interested in?

Can you exclude any career fields or jobs as a result of taking this assessment?

What relationship do you see between your Signature Themes and your Holland Codes?

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RE Skills & Abilities

What are you good at doing?

Problem solving Attention to detail Building relationships Counseling or advising Training or coaching Raising awareness Resolving conflicts Motivating others Making decisions Event planning Customer service Communicating Building thing Data analysis Encouragement Public speaking Leadership

Creating Editing Teaching Design Organizing Fund raising Teamwork Languages Listening Research Supportive Athletics Writing Coding Music Art

Societal Needs

Who or how do you want to help?

Infants Pre-K/ Toddlers Poverty Young children (K-5) Veterans/military Middle school students Mental health Teens Literacy Youth in foster care LBGTQ+ Creating technology Disaster relief Rural or urban communities Animals Hunger & homelessness Performers Sustainability Substance use Faith-based orgs Civil rights Environment Immigrants/migrants Health care People with disabilities Athletes Clean water National parks Older adults Artists Creating science policy Education

A s Passions & Interests What do you enjoy?

Volunteering Chemistry Exercise Fitness Technology Web development Software design Finance/money Astronomy Religion/faith Making videos History Forensics Social justice Psychology Animals Blog writing Photography Electronics

Travel Fashion Dance Nature Sports Theatre or Film Robotics Law/policy Science Reading Music Nutrition Trivia Puzzles Cooking Math

What guides your decisions?

Adventure Beauty Challenge Compassion Community Creativity Curiosity Determination Education Fairness Faith F riendship Growth Happiness Health Honesty Humor Influence

Kindness Integrity Leaming Meaningful work Optimism Respect Responsibility Security Service Social justice Spirituality Stability Success Trustworthiness Wealth Wisdom

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On-line Resources Vault/ CareerEdge/ Career Communities, O*NET & LinkedIn 5 Great Career Resources to use in your career planning

O*NET The O*NET program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors. The database is continually updated by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation. Information from this freely available database forms the heart of O*NET Online, the interactive application for exploring and searching occupations. The database also provides the basis for our Career Exploration Tools, a set of valuable assessment instruments for workers and students looking to find or change careers.

Vault Industry Career Guides: Read or Download any of their 20+ best-selling industry career guides on industries from accounting to media to technology. Get the scoop on the hiring process, career paths, and more.

Industry Employer Guides: To get the scoop on potential employers, read their 10+ industry employer guides. They have guides on employers in banking, biotech/pharma, manufacturing, telecom and more.

Career Topic Guides: From resumes and cover letters to schmoozing to starting your own business, get the career advice you need with their 5 general career guides.

Occupational Profiles: The career outlook for 53 top career paths – as well as input from current professionals.

Company Profiles: Read the latest on 2,500+ employers. Learn about company history, current events, revenues and other juicy stats, hiring info and other crucial company data.

Industry Overviews: Industry overviews bring you inside 40 top industries, from investment management to manufacturing. Find out details on career path, salary ranges, industry outlook and more.

CareerEdge Our career offerings begin in the first year and are strategically designed to guide students through an individualized career development process. The CareerEdge site is where we store all our career information for Bentley Undergraduates. You will find career related resources, job and internship postings, events, popup job postings, career community information, recruiting, events, etc. We invite you to explore all that we have to offer.

(opportunities found on CareerEdge)

Career Communities Career communities are a way for students to connect with other students, alumni, parents, and faculty who share an interest or expertise in a particular employment sector. (information found on CareerEdge) Alumni Tool on LinkedIn LinkedIn is a social networking site designed specifically for the business community. The goal of the site is to allow registered members to establish networks of people they know and trust professionally. One of the LinkedIn features is the Alumni tool. It is a tool that provides you with information about where your fellow alums work, what they do and where they live. The tool pre-fills the years you attended a school listed on your LinkedIn profile and shows you the classmates who attended at the same time. (opportunities found on Handshake)

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Career Colleagues Drop-ins 1:00 – 3:00pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday LAC 225

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