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Chapter 2 • Getting to Know Yourself Succeeding in the World of Work

Are Your Goals Realistic?Are Your Goals Realistic?2.3

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

How to identify your aptitudes, How to identify your aptitudes, abilities, personality style, and abilities, personality style, and learning styleslearning styles

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

How to use your personal How to use your personal characteristics to choose characteristics to choose potential careerspotential careers



You’re more likely to achieve You’re more likely to achieve success and happiness if you success and happiness if you align your career choices with align your career choices with key personal characteristics.key personal characteristics.

WHY IT’S IMPORTANT



aptitudeaptitudeabilityabilitypersonalitypersonalityself-conceptself-conceptlearning styleslearning styles

KEY TERMS



AptitudeAptitude is a person’s potential for is a person’s potential for learning a certain skill.learning a certain skill.

AbilityAbility is a skill a person has already is a skill a person has already developed.developed.

Aptitudes and AbilitiesAptitudes and Abilities Aptitudes and AbilitiesAptitudes and Abilities


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There are many kinds of aptitudes and There are many kinds of aptitudes and abilities, including:abilities, including:


thinking skillsthinking skillspersonal qualities, andpersonal qualities, andphysical attributes.physical attributes.



Make a chart with the headings Mental, Make a chart with the headings Mental, Social, and Physical.Social, and Physical.

List your aptitudes and abilities in each List your aptitudes and abilities in each category.category.

What Are What Are YourYour Aptitudes and Abilities?Aptitudes and Abilities?




Meet with someone you trust.Meet with someone you trust.

Ask the person to write down what he or Ask the person to write down what he or she thinks your aptitudes and abilities she thinks your aptitudes and abilities are. Does this person agree with your are. Does this person agree with your self-evaluation?self-evaluation?





Review your list of aptitudes and abilities Review your list of aptitudes and abilities and try to think of at least one career and try to think of at least one career that uses each of your skills.that uses each of your skills.

You will start to feel that you are really You will start to feel that you are really getting to know yourself.getting to know yourself.

Matching Your Aptitudes and Matching Your Aptitudes and Abilities to Careers Abilities to Careers

Matching Your Aptitudes and Matching Your Aptitudes and Abilities to Careers Abilities to Careers



YourYour personalitypersonality is the combination of is the combination of your attitudes, behaviors, and your attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics.characteristics.

Your Personality and Your Personality and Learning Styles Learning Styles

Your Personality and Your Personality and Learning Styles Learning Styles



Self-ConceptSelf-ConceptSelf-ConceptSelf-Concept

YourYour self-conceptself-concept is the way you see is the way you see yourself.yourself.

Having a Having a consistentconsistent self-concept self-concept means having a feeling that you know means having a feeling that you know the kind of person you are. the kind of person you are.



Personality Types and Personality Types and Learning Styles Learning Styles


LearningLearning stylesstyles are the different ways are the different ways that people naturally think and learn. that people naturally think and learn.





When you are aware of your own When you are aware of your own learning styles, you can find the best learning styles, you can find the best way to learn something new.way to learn something new.





When you are aware of your own When you are aware of your own learning styles, you can also find careers learning styles, you can also find careers that use your strongest learning style.that use your strongest learning style.





Being aware of everything that makes Being aware of everything that makes you who you are will give you a great you who you are will give you a great advantage as you explore career advantage as you explore career choices.choices.



Identify your values and what is Identify your values and what is important to you.important to you.Keep an open mind to all ideas, people, Keep an open mind to all ideas, people, and opportunities.and opportunities.Keep a journal documenting new Keep a journal documenting new experiences and things that you learn experiences and things that you learn about yourself.about yourself.

CAREER CHECKLISTCAREER CHECKLISTTo Learn More About Yourself…To Learn More About Yourself…

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Make a list of your personal strengths Make a list of your personal strengths and weaknesses and update it as you and weaknesses and update it as you learn new things about yourself.learn new things about yourself.Try something new that has always Try something new that has always interested you, and don’t be afraid of interested you, and don’t be afraid of failure.failure.

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Focus on the positive aspects of your Focus on the positive aspects of your appearance and personality.appearance and personality.View criticism as an opportunity to learn View criticism as an opportunity to learn instead of as a source of instead of as a source of discouragement.discouragement.

CAREER CHECKLISTCAREER CHECKLISTTo Learn More About YourselfTo Learn More About Yourself



Determining Your Personality TypeDetermining Your Personality TypeDetermining Your Personality TypeDetermining Your Personality Type

Knowing about your personality type can Knowing about your personality type can help you understand your natural help you understand your natural abilities and which careers would suit abilities and which careers would suit you best.you best.



Determining Your Personality TypeDetermining Your Personality TypeDetermining Your Personality TypeDetermining Your Personality Type

Personality tests can help you Personality tests can help you understand how you behave in social understand how you behave in social situations.situations.



Key Concept CheckpointKey Concept CheckpointComprehensionComprehension

1.1. Name something you feel you have Name something you feel you have an aptitude for. Write a one-page plan an aptitude for. Write a one-page plan for developing it into an ability.for developing it into an ability.

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Key Concept CheckpointKey Concept CheckpointComprehensionComprehension

2.2. Choose a learning style and name a Choose a learning style and name a career that you think would match it. career that you think would match it. Explain why that career matches the Explain why that career matches the learning style.learning style.

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Key Concept CheckpointKey Concept CheckpointCritical ThinkingCritical Thinking

3.3. What are some careers that require What are some careers that require special aptitudes or abilities?special aptitudes or abilities?


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