Welcome to the…

Welcome to the…Career Path Program For

College Students

Exploration

EstablishmentBegin Your Career Path

Introduction

The Career Path Program

1. The program is voluntary and it consists of 2 componentsa. Monthly face-to-face workshops

where counselors meet with students on the first Friday of every month @ noon when most students are not in class.

b. An online interactive discussion on Facebook where counselors address students concerns as well as initial discussions on important career development topics.

Mode of Advertisement

A. Students are made aware of the Career Path program through

The use of colorful fliers posted on various notice boards on campus

Announcement by Professors who make attendance of the workshop an opportunity for extra credit

Social- networking [i.e. attendees are encouraged to invite their friends to join our online discussion and subsequently attend our monthly workshops]

Mode of Advertisement

b. Students are enticed to attend by being offered individual attention and FREE FOOD.

c. Counselors reach out to individuals and schedule 1:1 sessions for more in-depth and personal career exploration.

6. Counselors conduct a mixed-method study to evaluate and fine-tune the workshop and to gain student, parent, and administrator support.

Goals of the Career Path Program

1. Increase student awareness of career counseling

services available to them.

2. Educate students on the various aspects of career

self-concept and exploration.

3. Educate students about employment trends to

help them develop career decision-making skills

4. Prepare students to enter the workforce by helping

them to develop effective job seeking strategies.

IMAGINE you are now traveling back in time when you may have

been a college student with a case of CAREER INDESCION

Know your career services options

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

First, you will work with Angela and the group to exploreyour personality and self-concept

Lastly you will participate in an interview skill – building exercise with partners, lead by Brittany

Next, Stesha will lead you in a discussion about how to gather information about various career options

Next Kofi will help you provide you with tips on effective job -search strategies as well as what you can do to make your college-to-work transition a stressful experience

Order of presentation

Personality and Self Concept

Objective: Students will be able to answer these questions:

“Why am I interested in certain jobs”?

“What can my personality tell me about possible career options?

Literature Review• The MBTI is based on Jungian-type theory (Jung,

1990/1971) and originally was developed as a career counseling tool (McCaulley, 1990).

• Approximately 2 million copies of the MBTI are sold each year (Healy, 2001), making it the most widely used personality instrument in the world (Jackson, Parker, & Dipboye, 1996; Quenk, 2000).

• The MBTI yields four bipolar preference scores: extraversion-introversion, sensing-intuition, thinking-feeling, and judging-perceiving (Myers

et al., 1998).

Literature Review

• MBTI is explicitly marketed as a tool to aid in selecting majors and careers.

• MBTI promotes understanding of why those careers are of interest.

• The MBTI also has been described as effective in increasing self- awareness, enhancing understanding of decision-making processes and preferences, and improving interpersonal communication (McCaulley, 1990).

• Apostal (1988) found that the MBTI stimulates self-concept exploration.

• Katz, Joyner, and Seaman (1999) found that the MBTI was as effective as the Strong Interest Inventory

Intervention Objectives

At the end of this activity students will be able to:

• Record their MTBI type

• Explore their personality profile

• Discuss insights into their self-concept and job preferences

Activity Directions1. Go to: http://www.humanmetrics.com/

2. Under Jung Typology section Click “Take Test” • answer quickly and honestly, don’t

over-think it,• Click “Score It”

3. Then Click example ENFP type description by D.Keirsey

4. Click on example More About Your Idealist Champion Personality: Best Job Fit for Idealists (your may say guardian, rational, artisan, or idealist)

Activity Discussion1. What did you discover about your personality

preference?

2. According to your type what types of career fields and occupations are you attracted to?

3. Are there any discrepancies between your predicted Jungian type and your real life?

4. What have you learned about yourself and your major of choice upon reading your profile?

Job Trends & Future Predictions

Objective: Students will be able to answer this question:

“Will there be jobs in my field?”

Literature Review

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College-To-Work Transition How do I get to where I want to go?

ObjectivesStudents will be able to

A. Identify at least 2 ways to enhance their employability whiles still in school

B. Describe four job search strategies

What do we know?

Enhance You Employability

•Talk to counselors

and professors

•Volunteer your time and skills

•Consider an internship or temporary work

•Keep a portfolio or record of activities depicting your employability skills

“To be employed is to be at risk, to be employable is to be

secured”Peter Hawkins

Job Search Strategies

Forget not the hidden

jobs

Use your

career service

s

Winners Start Early

Resume Building & Interview Skills

Objective: Students will be able to answer this question:

“How do I get my dream job?”

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Conclusion

Thank you!

Students you are encouraged to sign up for a session with your

counselor to continue the career counseling process.

Please complete the survey in person or on our Facebook page.

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