This document provides an overview of 3 modules for career planning: 1. Career goals and life goals 2. Knowing yourself 3. Conducting your search It discusses setting S.M.A.R.T goals, identifying your values, interests, skills, and work environment preferences. Methods of conducting a career search include an intuitive approach, short search using tests, and long search with guidance from an expert. The benefits of thorough career planning are also outlined.

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4. Module 1: Career goals and life goals Module 2: Knowing Yourself Module 3: Conducting your Search

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6. START OUT THINKING BIG

9. 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

13. Meaningful goals Interesting goals Self reinforcing goals

17. Goals can be: Raising a happy family Creating an estate Preparing for a carefree retirement PLAN FOR YOUR CAREER

18. Altruistic goals A vague and overly ambitious and timeless objective

19. Real goals are S.MA.R.T.

20. S.M.A.R.T Goals…

24. Life goals and career choice

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30. Quaid –e- Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

32. 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.

36. Life goal profiles are made of following components:

38. Align your life goal with your career choice

40. Career planning framework Making a career plan: Making choices Taking action Learning about jobs Types of jobs Identifying options Information search Learning about self Work values Job interests skills

41. Values and abilities Opportunities to determine direction Where to go and what to do

42. Making a career plan: Making choices Taking action Learning about jobs Types of jobs Identifying options Information search Learning about self Work values Job interests skills Knowing yourself Knowing the environment Finding your place in the environment

43. Knowing yourself

44. 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 Case Study

45. Where am I ?

46. Self assessment

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48. Knowing yourself Knowing about work Map of work interests Our values Abilities The happiness factor The work environment Work values

55. Values Values Skills and competencies Interests

57. Determining skills, interests and values…

58. Values what you like Interests

59. Values come from many different places.

60. You cannot change your values .

62. Why Is It Important To Know Our Core Values

64. 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.

65. The question to ask yourself is; What’s important to you about… LIFE, CAREER, RELATIONSHIPS, MONEY, SPIRITUALITY Roles in our life…

66. 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

67. Aptitudes and Talents

68. Aptitudes can be:

69. Talents can be anything…

70. How aptitudes and talents contribute to your career…

71. Give all that you posses importance…

72. 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

73. A practical career Strive to be your best and beware the career burnout!

74. Case Study The work environment The happiness factor Work interests

75. 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.

76. 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.

77. In a nut shell Just find a career that will make you happy and you have it made.

80. Time Salary Atmosphere Safety Socialization opportunities Intellectual opportunities Trust and autonomy

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

90. Following your gut- the intuitive approach: Intuition, "ability to sense or know immediately without reasoning",

91. 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.

92. 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

93. The two views about intuitive decisions: science has historically ridiculed the concept of intuition, putting it in the same box as parapsychology, phrenology and other ‘pseudoscientific’ practices.

95. The short search: A brief, organized search on your own using many online tests and publications as a guide

97. “ Typical” Resources Used to Pick a Career TV : There is a big difference between TV drama and “real life”.

98. 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

99. 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

100. 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

101. The short search- it can be confusing.

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

103. 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:

105. 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:

114. Career boxes There are fifteen major heads that can represent the three career types: Case study