Fatima Wahab

Presented by:Fatima Wahab

Module 1: Career goals and life goals

Module 2: Knowing Yourself

Module 3: Conducting your Search

Video 1

START OUT THINKING BIG

What does a Career mean?

What we wish to accomplish in our lives through attainment of various goals.

What does a degree or job mean?

A career comprises of different “goals” which may include getting certain degrees

or jobs

Meaningful goals

Interesting goals

Self reinforcing goals

Goals can be:

Raising a happy familyCreating an estate

Preparing for a carefree retirement

PLAN FOR YOUR CAREER

Altruistic goals

A vague and overly ambitious and timeless objective

Real goals are S.MA.R.T.

S.M.A.R.T Goals…

Goal setting Plan:

P.U.R.S.U.E. your goals

• Put pen to paper• Utilize your focus wisely• Rate your desires and motivation• Search for your source of

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Life goals and career choice

Bill Gates

Imraan Khan

Quaid –e- Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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Although it may be ideal to think about life goals as always being worthy or contributing to humanity, this is not always the case. Some goals, such as accumulating personal wealth, or achieving great power are not altruistic. Yet these can be life goals, because they are highly motivating to some people over an extended period of time.

Life goal profiles are made of following components:

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Align your life goal with your career choice

Career planning framework

Making a career plan:

Making choicesTaking action

Learning about jobsTypes of jobs

Identifying optionsInformation search

Learning about selfWork valuesJob interests

skills

Values and abilities

Opportunities to

determine direction

Where to go and what to do

Making a career plan:

Making choicesTaking action

Learning about jobsTypes of jobs

Identifying optionsInformation search

Learning about selfWork valuesJob interests

skillsKnowing yourself

Knowing the environment

Finding your place in the environment

Knowing yourself

Most individuals eventually discover there are tradeoffs between career and lifestyle. Few find careers which blend perfectly. Most must learn to balance both worlds—this usually means compromising

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Where am I ?

Self assessment

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Cooking + internet literacy = online cooking courses

Knowing yourself

Map of work interestsOur valuesAbilities

Knowing about work

The happiness factorThe work environment

Work values

People: work skills involved in working with people might include:Managing and organizing people, Persuading and negotiating with people Supporting and giving help to people, Teaching, entertaining or understanding other people

Things: Work skills involved in making or constructing things might include The manual skills in using tools Working with machinery, The ability to understand how things work, Having good hand-eye coordination.

Information: Work skills involved in handling information might include Interpreting a graph, Working with figures on a computer, Deciding how best to present and communicate information.

Ideas: Work skills associated with being creative might includeDesigning or adapting things, improvising, Being innovative, Having an interest in ideas and how to develop them, Experimenting and investigating

Your choice of career should revolve around your orientation in life, which comprises three factors:

Skills InterestsValues

•Life and career

Values

ValuesSkills and competencies

Interests

It is important to distinguish between Skill, proficiency, competence Values Interests

Values

Determining skills, interests and values…

Valueswhat you

like

Interests

Values come from many different places.

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You cannot change your values. 

If you do not take your values into account when planning your career, there is a good chance you will dislike your work and therefore not enjoy it.

Why values are important in career decisions?

Why Is It Important To Know Our Core Values

Now List your major values

Prioritize your values in order of importance to discover your core values.

Identifying core values…

Roles in our life…

Many things are important to us in life, they are interconnected and are always influenced by the career path that we follow or chose to follow.

Career and life often clash when we fail to take into account the various roles we will play and the importance of certain experiences in our life.

The question to ask yourself is; What’s important to you about…

LIFE, CAREER, RELATIONSHIPS, MONEY, SPIRITUALITY

Roles in our life…

Step 1. What percentage are you’re living your number 1 value right now… be honest

Step 2. What are you currently doing to live this value: (what in your life taps into this value?)

Step 3. What do you need to do to more of to really live this value: (what can you bring into your life or do more of?)

EXERCISE

Aptitudes and Talents

Aptitudes can be:

Talents can be anything…

How aptitudes and talents contribute to your career…

Give all that you posses importance…

Talents play a major role in our interests, but some talents may not necessarily lead to a satisfying career

Don’t let a single talent guide your career choice

I am a good

dancer

A practical careerA practical career

Strive to be your best and beware the career burnout!

The work environmentThe happiness factorWork interests

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General belief:Many people believe that if an individual can find a career (or careers) that makes him or her happy, everything else will take care of itself.

Rationale to the belief:If you are happy you will automatically do a better job and this will eventually give you the recognition, money, power, personal satisfaction, and anything else you might want.

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In a nut shell

Just find a career that will make you happy and you have it made.

An individual who achieves 80 percent job satisfaction is doing exceptionally well

A matter of matching and balancing your values, abilities, interests, aptitudes, talents and feelings about your work environment with a particular career.

TimeSalaryAtmosphereSafetySocialization opportunitiesIntellectual opportunitiesTrust and autonomy

Entrepreneurial (data/people)Administrative (data/things)Practical (things)Intellectual (ideas/things) Social (people)Creative (people/ideas)

Entrepreneurial (data/people)• Persuading and influencing other

people• Making business decisions• Managing/leading people• Taking business and financial risks

• Getting people interested/involved in a

project

Administrative (data/things)• Using a computer• Organizing a filing

system• Working with figures• Getting all the details

right• Clear structure and

routine

Practical (things)• Working with tools/machinery• Fixing and repairing things• Good hand-eye coordination• Working outside• Developing practical skills

Intellectual (ideas/things)

• Understanding/being curious

• Researching/analysing information

• Asking questions • Solving problems in

your own way• Learning about

new things

Social (people) • Teaching people• Helping people with their

problems• Meeting and talking to people• Building relationships with

people• Looking after and caring for

people

Creative (people/ideas)• Using your imagination/expressing your

ideas• Designing and making things • Performing/participating in artistic

activities• Watching plays, films/listening to music • Working alongside creative people

Methods of conducting your search…

•Following your guts•The short search•The long search

Following your gut- the intuitive approach:

Intuition, "ability to sense or know immediately without reasoning",

Most of us experience ‘gut feelings’ we can’t explain, such as instantly loving – or hating – a new property when we’re house hunting or the snap judgments we make on meeting new people.

The two views about intuitive decisions:

There are many recorded incidences where intuition

prevented catastrophes and cases of remarkable recoveries when doctors followed their gut

feelings

science has historically ridiculed the concept of intuition, putting

it in the same box as parapsychology, phrenology and

other ‘pseudoscientific’ practices.

The two views about intuitive decisions:

Why intuition may not be a good idea?

•You may or may not get to where you want•Intuition is not based on real information•It’s the long short cut•The chances of failure are the same as the chances of success

The short search:

A brief, organized search on your own using many online tests and publications as a guide

The short search:Features of a dedicated short search

oProduce an immediate career directionoIt is far better than simply relying on your own methods. oA "short search" should not be considered a "quick fix”.

“Typical” Resources Used to Pick a Career

TV :

There is a big difference between TV drama and “real life”. 

Friends

They’ll know what sounds “cool”, but unless they have proactively used the career /college tools available, they are probably not a knowledgeable source of information.

“Typical” Resources Used to Pick a Career

Life’s Interactions

OK, you have used the services of Dentists, Pharmacists, Teachers, etc. but… Do you really know what it is like to do their job?

“Typical” Resources Used to Pick a Career

Parent

A great source, if your parent’s career happens to be “the right one” out of several hundred possibilities for you.

“Typical” Resources Used to Pick a Career

The short search- it can be confusing.

The long search:You can conduct an extended, in-depth search (often in a class setting) under the guidance of an expert.

For those with time and dedication, an in-depth search is highly recommended. Finding the best career is a complex undertaking but something that can affect how happy your life will be. It should be worth whatever time is required to make the best possible career choice.

Long Search:

• Exciting career choice, • Person gets to know

himself or herself much better.

Advantages of a Long Search:

A long search can be accomplished on an individual basis under the guidance of a professional. This is often accomplished through the use of a short program which is supplemented with results from various testing instruments, individual counseling, and access to a career center. A career center can provide a wide variety of aids, including some recent sophisticated computerized programs.

How to conduct a long search:

Ask your school librarian to help you find books on careers that might match your interests and abilities. Many publications can provide you with information about careers that you may never have considered.

READ

Visit with your counselor about your interests and abilities. Find out if your school offers tests or interest inventories that can assess your skills and interests. Some schools also have computer software programs that assist with career exploration.

Talk

Benefits of a career Search:Help you achieve a "life goal"Reduce the frustration that

accompanies not knowing what to do with your life.

Help you make the best use of your talents, aptitudes, and abilities.

Motivate you to take advantage of available learning opportunities.

Ultimately increase your income.Help you better understand "who

you are"Enhance your lifestyle.Cause you to have more

confidence and feel better about yourself.

Benefits of a career Search:

Career types:

There are three Broad categories of career types. ProfessionalTechnicalservice

Career types:

Professional careers Almost always require a college degree. Is your mind geared toward the

academic world? Do you enjoy learning? Do you have the self-discipline

to complete a university program?

Do you have your mind set on a four-year degree or beyond?

Technical careersAre also professional in nature but do not always require a college education.

Two years of college completion of a technical college

program is Mechanical and building careers

are found in this category. technically or mechanically inclined

Career types:

Service careers Often require a college degree, but not always. These careers offer great opportunity for those who like to work with people.

Do you have a desire to serve others? Are people-oriented careers attractive to

you? Highly talented and educated people, You do not plan to graduate from a four-year

college or university Technical careers have no appeal for you,

this category may be your best bet

Career types:

Career boxesThere are fifteen major heads that can represent the three career types:

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