Career Search Process

1. Learn about yourself: your interests, past accomplishments, dreams, your drive, skills, aptitudes, personality traits, work habits, what motivates you and your strengths and weaknesses. Do you have any special challenges or disabilities?

2. Understand Your Career Interests: Identify the types of job activities that would interest you the most? People who work in fields that interest them are more satisfied and productive in their jobs. What are your strengths and innate talents? We will work together to identify your interests through assessments, checklists and counseling sessions.

3. Job Outlook: review books and reference materials about top jobs in the future.  Select job titles that appeal to you through online resources.

4. Identify your skills and accomplishments, both great and small. What are your mental, interpersonal and physical skills?  What strengths have family members, teachers and bosses seen in you? Each of us possess skills that can often be transferable to a variety of jobs.

5. What is your personality type? The most popular personality test is the Meyers Briggs. Personality preferences will help you to figure out the types of jobs that  would be good career matches for you. Results from a personality test can help you make better career decisions.

6. Work Values: What things do you value in your work? What kinds of things do you want to derive from work?

7. Work Habits: Job success depends on attitude, dependability, sense of responsibility, commitment and other personal characteristics. Rate your behavior in the workplace and identify your strengths and weaknesses.

8. Leisure & Lifestyle: What leisure activities are most interesting to you? What things are important to you during your leisure time? What type of lifestyle do you want?

9. Preferred Work Environment

10. Work Habits & Behaviors (Self Assessment)

11. Developmental Needs

12. Obstacles & Special Challenges