...Vocational/Career Self Assessment It is essential for individuals to discover what careers fit their personal desires and personality traits. Through the use of assessments, individuals are able to establish what vocational areas they are remarkable in and which areas they should steer clear from. Assessments are one of the major components of career counseling and it is essential all counselors are competent in implementing and interpreting assessment scores (Amir, Gati, & Kleiman, 2008). As a future counselor, it is essential I am able to complete career assessments and gain my own personal insight of the results. In this paper, I will discuss the results and insights from the Self Directed Search Assessment and the SWOT assessment. Self-Assessment Results The first assessment I completed was the Self Directed Search, influenced by John Holland. The assessment was formed to investigate whether individual’s personality traits could fit into a specific type of working environment (Holland, Powell, & Fritzsche, 1994). The assessment is devised of six characteristics, however only three types will be generated based on the test takers answers (Holland, Powell, & Fritzsche, 1994). My findings from the Self Directed Search...
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...Print Form CAREER DEVELOPMENT COMPETENCIES ASSESSMENT Congratulations on taking a positive step toward your career development. Taking this assessment will help you get started on your journey toward a more fulfilling work life. PRINT THIS ASSESSMENT, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, AND SCORE USING THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. GUIDANCE ON YOUR NEXT STEPS IS PROVIDED AT THE END. What allows some people to effectively manage their careers while others do so less successfully? Often, it is the mastery of several key competencies that allow people to be successful in developing their careers. As you read the following list of career management behaviors, assess your own level of competency in each area of our career development model using the following scale: Not True (1) Somewhat True (2) Very True (3) Self‐Assessment Competencies • • • • • • • Career Awareness Competencies • I know what makes work environments personally satisfying and productive to me and am able to create these environments _____ • • • • • • I understand the culture of my workplace _____ I am able to identify desired organizational values and goals _____ I understand industry changes and their impact on my career effectiveness _____ I have a sense of future options and opportunities for my career _____ I am effective at building relationships and support systems for my career growth _____ TOTAL CAREER AWARENESS COMPETENCY SCORE: __________ I know and value my personal strengths and abilities _____ ...
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...Finding the Leader in You: Self-Assessment / Johari W Leadership and Organizational October 24, 2013 Develop a profile of your personality characteristics and assessment results My career development has turned me into the person that I am today within my work environment. I have learned and overcome many obstacles along the way. I would like to think of my career as consistent growth and change. I am always willing to adapt and adjust within my position as time goes on and technology becomes more enhanced. My career has leaded me to a path where I can always advance within my job and there is always knowledge and experience to grow from. One of my biggest personality traits that are of importance to me is to hold high ethical and moral standing within my company. I had to progress in my company from a server to working within the Human Resource Department. It is my duty as an HR assistant to ensure that all of our employees are treated fairly and equally as for their human rights. As professionals, we are expected to exhibit individual leadership as a role model for maintaining the highest standards of ethical conduct. And we are ethically responsible for promoting and fostering fairness and justice for all employees and their organizations. We are also entitled as HR professionals to consider and protect the rights of individuals, especially in the achievement and propagation of information while ensuring truthful...
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...PSY 202: Week Three Exploring My Personality Worksheet Purpose: Use this worksheet to document and reflect on Step One of the TypeFocus assessment. Items with a blue asterisk require completion (*). Prepare: To gain more insight into your personality, interest, and values, our Career Services department offers a personality assessment called TypeFocus. The information provided in this assessment can assist you in your search for the ideal career. Sign in to TypeFocus to take the assessments: 1. Log into your Ashford University Student Portal 2. Click on the My Career: Career and Professional Development Center under Career Services. 3. On the top center of the screen, click on Resources 4. On the left side of the screen under Self-Discovery, click on Career Self-Assessments 5. You will see a description of each assessment. Click on the TypeFocus link. Clicking this link will open up the TypeFocus website in a new window. 6. Click on the box that says New Users Start Here! 7. Complete the required information 8. Enter the organizational access code provided: a. Students: A8526545 9. Click Submit 10. Click on the FIRST step labeled SELF ASSESSMENTS and complete the first three assessments by clicking on the titles: Personality Assessment, Interests Assessment & Values Assessment. If you wish to print your results, you may do so from the website. 11. Logout using the Logout button at the top right of the...
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...the assumption that career decision is based upon personality types. This assessment tool was used to further understand and interpret how my results related to different occupational paths. After verifying several activities, competencies, occupations, and self-estimates, the results concluded that the social, enterprising, and conventional personality themes were the most suitable for me. Social theme. Also referred to as “ the helpers”, social individuals are ethical, responsible, kind, understanding, and concerned with the welfare of others. These individuals enjoy activities that involve coaching, teaching, leading discussions and group projects. They have exceptional interpersonal...
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...business major and pursuing my dad’s career as a Strategic Business Development executive. However, after interviewing two different business professionals, I began researching different career paths as well as different majors. My focus 2 results include ECS which stands for enterprising, conventional, and social which means my strong suit is persuasion, organization, and helping. After multiple assignments and in-class discussions from B_A102, this class has taught me that business in marketing is the right major for me as well as I am now prepared to choose my career as a strategic business developer at a corporate company. While looking at the results of the FOCUS 2 assessment, there are four...
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...Theoretical Perspectives Holland In general, I am not a huge fan of assessments. I realize that they can be useful tools, but often struggle with the lack of diversity seen in the participants that help make up the normative sample of the assessment. I can be rigid in my thinking when it comes to this topic, so I try to remind myself to see the assessments as a guide. Prior to entering the field of mental health, I worked at an HIV/AIDS nonprofit for close to 10 years. In addition, I have volunteered with several local community organizations and I am currently contracted with Seattle Public Schools to provide HIV/AIDS education to students in the Seattle area. Furthermore, activism seems to go hand-in-hand with the work I care about. I...
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...2015 Dreaming, My Career Plan I like dreaming. When we were tiny humans and our brains were developing, we were excited about tomorrow. Our parents told us to dream, and that we could be anything we wanted to be. We started school and again our teachers told us to dream, dream big because we could be anything we wanted. In the first grade I dreamed about being a cowboy, then an Indian. As I grew and changed grades and schools, I continued to dream, it became an astronaut, and a policeman, an army man, and yes the president of the United States. Childish dreams seem impossible to become reality. Once in high school our dreams were tested, the SAT, ACT and the ASVAB. Some of our dreams became reality and we moved on, some did not and we moved in a different direction. I am in a different place now, considering I did become that army man and retired over ten years ago. I am back in school to complete a degree that will allow me to enter into and finish a second career, and so I would say my short term goal is to complete this course on my journey to graduate. In the long run, I would like to attain a job working for the US Government as a contract specialist. Location is the biggest concern with a new career. My thoughts on a location is very simple, I own my home in north Alabama and my son is buried in this area, and it is my intention to stay local in order to be able to visit his grave as often as I can. In considering a career with the government...
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...Career Advancement or Waste of Money? Michelle Boldt MGT/521 Career Advancement or Waste of Money? Obtaining a masters degree is an honor than many people may never experience. In addition to the honor of holding the degree, an MBA will generate greater chances for promotion, accelerated leadership opportunities, and best of all, higher pay. This decision is not without its drawbacks. After completing 26 undergraduate courses to obtain a bachelors degree over the last three years the choice to return to school after a two week break was not without trepidation. However, the two main reasons I have chosen to return to the University of Phoenix to compete my Masters in Business Administration are financial and self-worth. I can not afford to pay my finical aid back yet, so by continuing my education I can defer my payments two more years, until I complete the program. Second, I never thought I would accomplish an associates degree let alone a bachelors degree, so by accomplishing an MBA, I will surpass any personal goals I previously set for myself. Jungian 16-type personality assessment One of the tools UoP uses are the computer-based assessment programs. Pearson/Prentis Hall provides a series of quizzes in a self-assessment library that provide in-depth analysis of a variety of manager based personality traits. The Jungian 16-type personality assessment computes personality and interpretations to help the student better assess career choices. My assessment combination was...
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...Career Advancement or Waste of Money? MGT/521 Career Advancement or Waste of Money? Obtaining a masters degree is an honor than many people may never experience. In addition to the honor of holding the degree, an MBA will generate greater chances for promotion, accelerated leadership opportunities, and best of all, higher pay. This decision is not without its drawbacks. After completing 26 undergraduate courses to obtain a bachelors degree over the last three years the choice to return to school after a two week break was not without trepidation. However, the two main reasons I have chosen to return to the University of Phoenix to compete my Masters in Business Administration are financial and self-worth. I can not afford to pay my finical aid back yet, so by continuing my education I can defer my payments two more years, until I complete the program. Second, I never thought I would accomplish an associates degree let alone a bachelors degree, so by accomplishing an MBA, I will surpass any personal goals I previously set for myself. Jungian 16-type personality assessment One of the tools UoP uses are the computer-based assessment programs. Pearson/Prentis Hall provides a series of quizzes in a self-assessment library that provide in-depth analysis of a variety of manager based personality traits. The Jungian 16-type personality assessment computes personality and interpretations to help the student better assess career choices. My assessment combination was ENFJ. This...
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...My academic experience over the last 9 weeks has prepared me for college, and pursuing my career goals. I will use the information learned in this class to earn my Associate degree. This class has helped me follow my goals and stay on track, it is so easy to set goal, and the hard part is managing and staying on track with my goals. When you identify something you want, you have to set a goal and I set my goal at the beginning of the start of school and I will admit at the beginning I was off track a few times but it took structure to get me back on track. I learned different learning strategies that help me really focus on what needs to be done. The long term results and the value of completing a degree in a higher education is I will be a marketable person once I receive my degree I will earn more money than a person with only a high school diploma. I will be more confident in my work. I will be able to stand up in front of an audience and advised them of my ideals and changes I can bring to make the company a better company. I will be able to use the tools and assessment in this course to help me in the future I can use the tools and assessments in this course to help me in my future courses and my career plans by; Self-assessment tools can help you clarify your values, skills, personality, and interests as you identify options for your major and your future career. Make sure to schedule a follow-up career counseling appointment to discuss your self-assessment results...
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...Self-Assessment Tasks Plan MBA6004 Foundational Skills for Business Leaders Unit 1 Assignment 1 Introduction This report is a self-assessment of the written and Excel skills evaluation that is required by Capella. Based on the results from the assessment, the student is required to create an action plan for improving those skills in this course and future courses. The self-evaluation consists of three components. The first assessment consists of 20 multiple-choice questions. The second assessment instructs the student to write an essay on a given topic. The final assessment consists of 20 multiple-choice questions to determine the student proficiency and competency with Microsoft Excel. Once the self-assessment has been completed, the outcome of each assessment is made available to the student. This paper will discuss the steps that will be taken while pursuing my MBA degree. Learner Action Plan The Action Plan tab is designed to help students organize and manage key academic courses, structure professional and life tasks to support the students through the program to ensure overall academic success. The Skill Enhancement tab provides an extensive list of tutorial and self-paced courses to improve both your writing skills and Excel skills. Figure 1: Skills Enhancement Based on my assessment results, an action plan was developed that involved improving my writing and enhancing skills in Excel. My action plan does show that the dates that have been set to complete...
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...Self-assessment MBA FP6004 UNIT 1 January 21, 2015 Upon completion of the writing skills assessment I received an overall rating Of seven (7). The scoring breakdown rated the following categories: Focus and Meaning, which I scored a seven (7). Content and Development, which I scored a six (6). Organization, which I scored a six (6). Language Use and Style, which I scored seven (7) and Mechanics and Conventions, which I scored a seven (7). A score of 7 in a ranking system where a score of 6-8 indicates solid writing skills is one (1) away from excellent. My plan to improve my writing skills include the use of Purdue Owl and constant reference to APA formatting. Of course, no plan of performance improvement is complete without the inclusion of practice. I plan to utilize the turn it in tool to refine my writings with each assessment. I plan to write at least one paper a week to improve my writing skills. In my MBA courses writing skills will be an essential element in defining my success. I plan to read and comprehend the APA formatting and Purdue Owl writing guide. I plan to utilize the direction of both sources and implement those techniques in my writing assessments. I plan to critique my writing assessments utilizing the scoring guides and grading rubric provided through Capella in each unit of study for each course. My Excel assessment score was 19 out of 20 correct answers. I plan to review the Excel level 1, Formulas and Functions as well as, level...
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...Career Plan Activities Reflection Career Plan Activities Reflection As part of the requirement for the completion of University of Phoenix’s Management class (MGT/521), I had to start my career plan by completing the career interest profiler, competencies, work culture preferences, and the reasoning aptitudes assessments (Phoenix Career Services). The next steps I will take to complete my career plan are to list the skills that I desire and seek training, and keep my knowledge up-to-date in my field. As part of the process of achieving my career goals, I have decided to pay special attention to the taking initiative and leading aspects of my career plan. My personality assessment results indicated that I possess an introvert personality (University of Phoenix, 2013). It can sometimes be difficult to express my thoughts to others but taking these steps will help me feel more comfortable with the interaction with others and with the exposure of my recommendations and ideas. It will also help me take the initiative in certain projects, and ultimately be a better leader, which are important qualities that a manager must possess to efficiently lead a group of employees. Based on the results of the competencies survey (University of Phoenix, 2013), to complete successfully the courses that follow I need to focus on organizing and strategizing the required tasks. This will help me manage my time efficiently and will ensure that I complete assignments correctly and on a...
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...Focus 2 Assignment – Reflection Upon completing the Focus 2 career assessment program, I am quite impressed at the quality of information it presents. It allowed me to not only look at careers that would fit my personality, but also those that take into consideration the fields I am already interested in. Also, as with any form of self-assessment, there were strengths and weaknesses that I did not expect based on how I feel I live my life currently. Beginning chronologically, the program had me complete two subjective, current measures of my professional career. Specifically, the Career Planning Readiness results were some I found a bit embarrassing, given I really have not done a lot to investigate the career I foresee as much as I should. I have concluded that it is a tricky balance to focus on school while also looking beyond consistently. As a result, I have noticed myself increasingly trying to find more information about physical therapy, but I know my best resource would be physical observations of their services. The Academic Strengths portion...
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