NC 201: Career Self-Assessment

• Identify and understand student's preferred and transferable skills, interests, values, personality style, after completing various career activities and assessments.
• Identify psychological, sociological, and cultural barriers to career selection.
• Formulate a list of compatible career options by researching and using campus resources.
• Apply the principles of decision-making to career/educational goals and objectives.
• Develop a career/educational plan for the implementation and achievement of meeting a primary and secondary career/educational goal.

Introduction

1. Factors that influence the career decision-making process
2. The importance of self-assessment

Self-Esteem

1. Factors that influence the development of self-esteem
2. How to improve self-esteem

Values

1. Clarification of values using discussion and values clarification exercises
2. The role of values in assessing career choice compatibility

Interests

1. Assessing interests using standardized career assessment inventories
2. How interests are expressed through life and work activities
3. Interests as indicators of job satisfaction

Personality

1. Identify personality characteristics and temperament types using standardized career assessment inventories.
2. Personality and temperament theories
3. How personality/temperament influences various life roles

Abilities, Skills, and Aptitudes

1. Definitions
2. Identifying abilities, skills and aptitudes using standardized assessment inventories and career exercises.
3. Matching skills to job requirements.

Pulling it all Together

1. Compiling data obtained from the self-assessment process and formulating lists of career options.
2. The next step in the process: Career Research