Career Development

 

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  Career Resources for Taking Control of Your Career and Life   

Career Development is an evolving life-long process of identifying and seeking work-related objectives that will meet both your personal and societal needs and desires.  It is estimated that individuals starting their career now may experience an employment cycle of 7 to 10 times in their life time.

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Individuals that following a plan will be better prepared to thrive and excel repeatedly to achieve their career and life dreams.

EXPERIENCES THE POWER OF ASSESSMENTS

Career and Life Planning is the part of Career Development involving the exploration and discovery that will lead you to making informed choices in choosing a career and a direction for your life.   Doing career planning is not only the best way to find your dream occupation, it also defines a pathway which you may identify new ideas that you might not have considered.

Assessment Tips:

  1.  For better results complete more than one inventory.
  2. Always register when taking an assessment otherwise your information will not be saved.
  3. Assessments are not tests.   They are tools to help you identify and define who you are.
  4. The assessment instruments posted here are self-directed.
  5. Contact Larrygoldsmith@jaazle.com if you wish help in interpreting your assessment results

Interest Assessments are used to help you identify work activities that you will find enjoyable and rewarding as an occupation. Classify occupations into work categories.

  • The Perfect Career Interest Inventory [A personal assessment tool designed to help you identify your strongest work interests.]
  • The Choices Planner (Florida Residents Only)[A career exploration and information system that allows you to assess your interests and abilities.]
  • O*NET’s Interest Profiler (Free Registration Required) [The O*NET Interest Profiler (IP) is a self-assessment career exploration tool that can help you discover the type of work activities and occupations that you would like and find exciting.]

Skills Assessments are used to help you identify your skills and how they connect you to various occupations. Explore careers that match your skills. Identify your skills and match them to occupational titles.

  • www.mySkillsmyFuture.org [Users can identify occupations that require skills and knowledge similar to their work experience, learn more about these suggested matches.]
  • O*NET Data descriptors: Categories of occupational information collected and available for O*NET-SOC occupations.
  • “Recognizing your unique blend of abilities can help you make yourself marketable to employers. It may also help you decide if you need to upgrade your skills. ”

Value Assessments are used to help identify work activities that are important to you which fulfill your personal and professional needs. Learn what is important to you in a job. Consider your values when choosing an occupation and a career.

Personality Assessments are used to understand how you make career decision and how your personality preferences influence your personal and professional life.

Just like your preferred preference in using one hand verses the other, you also have a personality preference.  This preference guides your choices or decisions.  It influences how you react to things and how you view your world.  Becoming aware of how your personality preferences influences your personal and professional life.  Using this information effectively empowers you to make wiser, and more informed decisions.  For additional information on personality assessment instruments, please contact Larrygoldsmith@jaazle.com to learn how you can apply your personality to achieve greater success in work and life.  

  Career Resources:

ONETCODECONNECTOR   Discover information on job titles and occupations ; Identify job titles belonging to various career fields of interest; obtain detailed lists of duties and tasks associated with hundreds of occupations; Find occupations that are related to each other.

16 Career Clusters

Find which cluster is closest to your dream
World of Work 

Are you a Data, Things, Ideas, or People person . . . or somewhere in between?
Competency Model Clearinghouse

Understanding competencies and skill sets      

Career Resource Library 

Links to other occupational web sites and related-reading materials  

Career Videos

Brief, visual introduction to many of the occupations found in our World of Work   
Occupational Outlook Quarterly  

Career and work-related articles on on new and emerging occupations, training opportunities, salary trends, and new studies from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
  The Occupational Outlook Handbook 

The Handbook is the most commonly used source of occupational information. Detailed information (duties, salary, entrance qualifications, etc.) on hundreds of occupations 

ONET Center Online

Largest database on the Internet listing thousands of occupational titles with detailed descriptions 

Employability Check Up  

 Create your employability profile  

Employer Locator

Find an employer by industry, occupation or name 

My Next Move

 What Do You Want to Do for a Living?

Salary Information

Searchable database of salary ranges for jobs with basic job descriptions   
Tools for America’s Job Seekers   600 online job and career tools
 www.CareerOneStop.org/militarytransition Provides career information and links to work-related services that help veterans and military service members successfully transition to civilian careers
How to Use Job Banks Online job banks are the new help-wanted ads. If they seem confusing to you, read this brief overview to make sure you get the most out of your online job search
Newspapers  Over 1200 newspapers across the US
Tops Job Search Sites  A website that provides comprehensive resources for job seekers and recruiters looking for the best online job board platforms.

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