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Career Plans with Purpose: Love What You Do. Julie Ouellette, M.Ed., CCC Disabilities Counsellor Paul Menton Centre, Carleton University. Self- Exploration. Knowing About Oneself. It’s all about you: V alues I nterests P ersonality S kills. Prompt Questions. What am I good at? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Career Plans with Purpose: Love What You Do
Julie Ouellette, M.Ed., CCC
Disabilities Counsellor
Paul Menton Centre, Carleton University
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Self-Exploration
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It’s all about you:
Values
Interests
Personality
Skills
Knowing About Oneself
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Prompt Questions
What am I good at?What am I curious about?What can I see myself doing?What have people always told me I should
do when I grow up?What do you struggle with? What kind of
jobs have you had?What is the family context? How does that
inform your career choices?
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Using Tools
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Psychometric Tests
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The Nightmare-Fantasy Continuum
FANTASY NIGHTMARE
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VALUES INVENTORY Explore the values that shape your life and influence your choices.
Work Values 1. The following are some values related to careers. Feel
free to add to the list. 2. For each value listed check how important it is to you
in your choice of career 3. Highlight your top 3-5 values. V
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Help Society. Do something to contribute to the betterment of the world I live in.
Help Others. Be involved in helping other people in a direct way, either individually or in a small group.
Competition. Engage in activities that pit my abilities against others where there are clear win-lose outcomes.
Advancement. Have a job that provides opportunities to move up the ladder.
Public Contact. Have a lot of day-to-day contact with people.
Work with Others. Have close working relationships with a group, work as a team towards common goals.
Friendships. Develop close personal relationships with people as a result of my work activities.
Affiliation. Be recognized as a member of a particular organization.
Work Alone. Do projects by myself, without any significant amount of contact with others.
Entrepreneurship. Be self-employed, start a new business, produce a new product, provide a new service.
Artistic Creativity. Engage in creative work in any of several art forms.
Aesthetics. Be involved in studying or appreciating the beauty of things, ideas, etc.
Values Inventory
Adapted from: The RMOC book on Career Planning. Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton Human Resources, 1992.
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www.google.com
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www.personalitypathways.com
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www.youthpath.ca
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Google: “NOC” and “2001”
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Some Considerations for Students with Disabilities
Can you articulate in 3-4 sentences your disability?
Do you understand the assessment of your disability?
Learning style: Hands on? Visual? Auditory?
Accommodations: What are they now? What will transfer to post secondary? To the workplace?
Disclosure beyond school: When to disclose? To whom?
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Challenges• Being motivated, seeing the connection
and understanding the importance of the links in their process.
• See career decisions as events that occur at particular points in one’s life rather than an ongoing process
• Connection between academic subjects and career goals may not be clear
• Changes in labour market: having the information or knowing where to find it.
• Indifference which may be linked to lack of preparation OR feeling overwhelmed
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Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
~William Blake
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Top Qualities Employers Seek1. Communication
skills
2. Motivation/initiative
3. Teamwork skills
4. Leadership skills
5. GPA / academic achievement
6. Interpersonal skills
7. Flexibility / adaptability
8. Technical skills
9. Honesty / integrity
10. Work Ethic
11. Analytical / problem-solving skills
Source: Job Outlook 2000, National Association of Colleges and Employers (http://www.cas.okstate.edu/career/Student/topqualities.htm)
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Resources
WORKink www.workink.comMonsterTRAK www.monstertrak.caPaths to Equal Opportunity www.equalopportunity.on.caCanadian Careers www.canadiancareers.com/disability.htmlOntario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
http://www.cfcs.gov.on.ca/CFCS/en/programs/IES/OntarioDisabilitySupportProgram/default.htm
Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) http://www.sdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/individuals/audiences/pd.shtml
Job Seeking Skills for People with Disabilities: A Guide to Success http://www.csun.edu/%7Esp20558/dis/
Persons With Disabilities Online (PWD-Online) www.pwd-online.ca/pwdhome.jsp?lang=en
Office of Disability Issues (ODI) http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/nav/top_nav/program/odi.shtml
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Questions?
Julie Ouellette
Paul Menton Centre:
www.carleton.ca/pmc
www.pmcportal.ca
A pile of stones can become a garden with the right amount of care.
