Career Planning

Career Planning

What an exciting time to think about your future! Let's learn about our strengths and work on improving other skills that will help you become a successful professional!

What are your top 3 strengths? 

• Am I able to communicate well with others? 

• I'm a team player or do I work well alone? 

• I can lead others when assigned a task? Or do I work best when given a step by step task? 

Share 3 "weaknesses" - 3 things you would like to improve on?

• Maybe I can be more organized?

• I get so focused on my work that I forget to offer my help to others?

• Do I need to work on being more social?

• Do I socialize too much?

How can you change one of your weaknesses into a strength?

Check out this website to find out more about possible career opportunities you are interested in - https://www.bls.gov/

The BLS produces national and regional figures on employment, labor force participation, productivity, and wages.

After reviewing bls.gov, choose your top 3 careers and include the yearly salary for each.

Why did you choose this career?

• Is it something you are passionate about?

• Is the salary what attracts you to this job?

• What other reason?

What long-term goal do you have when you think about the career you have chosen as your top choice?

What Short-term goal do you need to put in place to get to this career?

What is one Career Ready Practice that’s important to the occupation you chose

You are working in your career of choice and your boss yells at you because he can’t find a document he/she needs for a presentation. How do you respond?

• Yell back

• Help your boss find the document

• Walk away, I don’t have time for yelling

Why did you choose this option? Have you been in a situation like this one before? Have you yelled at someone in the past out of frustration? After yelling, did you later reflect on how you or the other person felt?

What have you learned today? Do you feel that you have gained a better understanding of what you will need to become a successful professional in the career you are interested in?