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The Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options
                                    Diane Sukiennik, Lisa Raufman, and William Bendat




SSS 150 – Career Exploration and Assessment            Presenter: Jessica Ayub
                                                 |
                           Identifying Your Skills
                                             Evaluating      Skills
                   Evaluating Your Skills to Accentuate Your Assets
                                             to Accentuate Your Assets
SELF-EVALUATION OF SKILLS AND ABILITIES

 Checkmark Boxes:
 q Education
 q Life
 q Next Job
 Sections to Complete:
 Communication Skills and Abilities
  Writing, Helping, Creating
 Organizational Skills and Abilities
  Managing, Analyzing
 Technical and Physical Skills and Abilities
  Technical, Physical




                                               Evaluating Your Skills
                                               to Accentuate Your Assets
SELF-EVALUATION OF SKILLS AND ABILITIES

 INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPLETE
 Only Checkmark Boxes:
 When you have already acquired the skill in
 q Education
 q Life
 Only Checkmark Box:
 When you want to develop the skill in
 q Next Job
 Sections to Complete: You do not have to check mark each statement, but only those
 in the section which are already acquired or you want to develop.




                                                    Evaluating Your Skills
                                                    to Accentuate Your Assets
LIFE & CAREER SKILLS
Functional Skills
• Not associated with specific job
• Accomplish general tasks or job functions

Work-Content Skills
• Specific and Specialized to Job
                                                         Transferable
Adaptive or Self-Management Skills                          Skills
• Personal Attributes / Traits (also Soft Skills)           Includes All of These
• Natural Abilities
                                                     You can develop new skills and

                                                     improve on current identified

                                                     skills throughout your life.


                                                    Evaluating Your Skills
                                                    to Accentuate Your Assets
IDENTIFYING YOUR SKILLS
        Likely Assumptions
• Discount Our Special Talents
 May believe it doesn’t take special skills

• Can’t Claim a Skill, if Not Currently Using
                                                                        Employers look for
• Failing to Recognize Value, When Not Paid                             employees who are task-
  to Use the Skill                                                      oriented, and think and talk in

• Categorizing Ourselves Too Narrowly                                   terms of what they as
  “I am a student” or “I am a secretary”                                employees can do to make
  Experience involved public speaking, doing organizational work,       the employer’s operation
 coordinating schedules, managing budgets, researching needs,
 problem solving, motivating others, resolving problems caused by       easier, better, more profitable,
 low morale and lack of cooperation, and establishing priorities for    and more efficient.
 allocation of available time, resources, and funds


                                                                       Evaluating Your Skills
                                                                       to Accentuate Your Assets
IDENTIFY                  Transferrable Skills Developed as a Result of
 SKILLS                    Completing a College Degree

       SKILLS                                             LIBERAL ARTS MAJOR

                         Listening effectively, writing essays and reports, convincing individuals and groups of the
COMMUNICATION            importance of your ideas, negotiating disputes and differences, selling yourself and your
                         product or ideas




                         Analytical thinking, thinking abstractly, connecting ideas or concepts in new and fresh ways,
PROBLEM-SOLVING     OR   determining broader issues, defining an issue, identifying several solutions to the same
CRITICAL THINKING        problem, hypothesizing implications and future scenarios, creating new ways to handle an
                         issue, persuading others to act in the best interest of the group, synthesizing ideas




                         Listening, communication understanding verbally and nonverbally, compromising, speaking
                         with colleagues, advising people, helping people resolve problems, communicating ideas
HUMAN RELATIONS          effectively, cooperating with others to solve problems and to complete projects, working well
                         with diverse groups of people, appreciating differences, teaching or coaching others




                                                                       Evaluating Your Skills
                                                                       to Accentuate Your Assets
IDENTIFY           Transferrable Skills Developed as a Result of
 SKILLS             Completing a College Degree


      SKILLS                                     LIBERAL ARTS MAJOR

                  Assessing needs, planning or arranging presentations or social events, designing programs,
ORGANIZATIONAL    coordinating events, delegating responsibility, evaluating programs, managing the
                  implementation of projects, time management




                  Searching computerized databases and published reference materials, identifying themes,
RESEARCH SKILLS   analyzing data, classifying data and/or handling detail work, investigating problems,
                  recording data, writing reports and term papers



                                What is a Liberal Arts Education?

                                A liberal arts education refers to college studies that
                                provide general knowledge and develop intellectual
                                ability. This type of education can prepare you for
                                many fields in today's workplace.
                                Learn 10 ways to market your Lib Arts degree toSkills
                                                         Evaluating Your employers
                                http://www.iseek.org/education/liberalarts.html Your Assets
                                                         to Accentuate
Your Personality Traits
        Your Most Valuable Assets

We’re referring to aspects of your personality, such as the
abilities to:
• stay calm in a crisis
• manage many things at once
• natural ability with math and numbers
• and/or natural ability with words

More important we’re talking about personal characteristics that
                                                                   Natural Abilities
contribute to success in the workplace, such as:
                                                                   These skills are called Adaptive Skills
• enthusiasm and a good attitude
                                                                   and help you to sell yourself and
• persistence and confidence
                                                                   your talents. They are not learned
• a sense of humor and many others
                                                                   or acquired, but rather developed.


                                                                   Evaluating Your Skills
                                                                   to Accentuate Your Assets
Classroom
REAL Story: Meet John
                                                                                           Activity
• John planned a party for his girlfriend                                         • History
  Surprise party huge success
• Divided friends into groups                                                     Talent for making things happen
  Food, entertainment, transportation and decorations                             Party planning for his girlfriend
• Career Class describing an accomplishment,
  used this example                                                               Congressional internship pursued
  Described initial plan and how he organized and divided
  the work, made a checklist, and communicated with                               Reference letter recommendation
  everyone
                                                                                  Started college and found another
  Identified skills like leadership, creativity, communication,                   internship
  determination, organization, dependability, and attention
  to detail.                                                                      Researched careers, especially event
Because John did not have any real work experience, he used the party-
                                                                                  planning (data on salary and
planning activity on his resume to demonstrate his skills. His resume got him     educational attainment drove decision
an interview, and his outgoing personality and strong organizational skills got   to seek a Bachelor’s degree)
him the internship.


                                                                                  Evaluating Your Skills
                                                                                  to Accentuate Your Assets

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Career Skills Presentation

  • 1. The Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options Diane Sukiennik, Lisa Raufman, and William Bendat SSS 150 – Career Exploration and Assessment Presenter: Jessica Ayub | Identifying Your Skills Evaluating Skills Evaluating Your Skills to Accentuate Your Assets to Accentuate Your Assets
  • 2. SELF-EVALUATION OF SKILLS AND ABILITIES Checkmark Boxes: q Education q Life q Next Job Sections to Complete: Communication Skills and Abilities Writing, Helping, Creating Organizational Skills and Abilities Managing, Analyzing Technical and Physical Skills and Abilities Technical, Physical Evaluating Your Skills to Accentuate Your Assets
  • 3. SELF-EVALUATION OF SKILLS AND ABILITIES INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPLETE Only Checkmark Boxes: When you have already acquired the skill in q Education q Life Only Checkmark Box: When you want to develop the skill in q Next Job Sections to Complete: You do not have to check mark each statement, but only those in the section which are already acquired or you want to develop. Evaluating Your Skills to Accentuate Your Assets
  • 4. LIFE & CAREER SKILLS Functional Skills • Not associated with specific job • Accomplish general tasks or job functions Work-Content Skills • Specific and Specialized to Job Transferable Adaptive or Self-Management Skills Skills • Personal Attributes / Traits (also Soft Skills) Includes All of These • Natural Abilities You can develop new skills and improve on current identified skills throughout your life. Evaluating Your Skills to Accentuate Your Assets
  • 5. IDENTIFYING YOUR SKILLS Likely Assumptions • Discount Our Special Talents May believe it doesn’t take special skills • Can’t Claim a Skill, if Not Currently Using Employers look for • Failing to Recognize Value, When Not Paid employees who are task- to Use the Skill oriented, and think and talk in • Categorizing Ourselves Too Narrowly terms of what they as “I am a student” or “I am a secretary” employees can do to make Experience involved public speaking, doing organizational work, the employer’s operation coordinating schedules, managing budgets, researching needs, problem solving, motivating others, resolving problems caused by easier, better, more profitable, low morale and lack of cooperation, and establishing priorities for and more efficient. allocation of available time, resources, and funds Evaluating Your Skills to Accentuate Your Assets
  • 6. IDENTIFY Transferrable Skills Developed as a Result of SKILLS Completing a College Degree SKILLS LIBERAL ARTS MAJOR Listening effectively, writing essays and reports, convincing individuals and groups of the COMMUNICATION importance of your ideas, negotiating disputes and differences, selling yourself and your product or ideas Analytical thinking, thinking abstractly, connecting ideas or concepts in new and fresh ways, PROBLEM-SOLVING OR determining broader issues, defining an issue, identifying several solutions to the same CRITICAL THINKING problem, hypothesizing implications and future scenarios, creating new ways to handle an issue, persuading others to act in the best interest of the group, synthesizing ideas Listening, communication understanding verbally and nonverbally, compromising, speaking with colleagues, advising people, helping people resolve problems, communicating ideas HUMAN RELATIONS effectively, cooperating with others to solve problems and to complete projects, working well with diverse groups of people, appreciating differences, teaching or coaching others Evaluating Your Skills to Accentuate Your Assets
  • 7. IDENTIFY Transferrable Skills Developed as a Result of SKILLS Completing a College Degree SKILLS LIBERAL ARTS MAJOR Assessing needs, planning or arranging presentations or social events, designing programs, ORGANIZATIONAL coordinating events, delegating responsibility, evaluating programs, managing the implementation of projects, time management Searching computerized databases and published reference materials, identifying themes, RESEARCH SKILLS analyzing data, classifying data and/or handling detail work, investigating problems, recording data, writing reports and term papers What is a Liberal Arts Education? A liberal arts education refers to college studies that provide general knowledge and develop intellectual ability. This type of education can prepare you for many fields in today's workplace. Learn 10 ways to market your Lib Arts degree toSkills Evaluating Your employers http://www.iseek.org/education/liberalarts.html Your Assets to Accentuate
  • 8. Your Personality Traits Your Most Valuable Assets We’re referring to aspects of your personality, such as the abilities to: • stay calm in a crisis • manage many things at once • natural ability with math and numbers • and/or natural ability with words More important we’re talking about personal characteristics that Natural Abilities contribute to success in the workplace, such as: These skills are called Adaptive Skills • enthusiasm and a good attitude and help you to sell yourself and • persistence and confidence your talents. They are not learned • a sense of humor and many others or acquired, but rather developed. Evaluating Your Skills to Accentuate Your Assets
  • 9. Classroom REAL Story: Meet John Activity • John planned a party for his girlfriend • History Surprise party huge success • Divided friends into groups Talent for making things happen Food, entertainment, transportation and decorations Party planning for his girlfriend • Career Class describing an accomplishment, used this example Congressional internship pursued Described initial plan and how he organized and divided the work, made a checklist, and communicated with Reference letter recommendation everyone Started college and found another Identified skills like leadership, creativity, communication, internship determination, organization, dependability, and attention to detail. Researched careers, especially event Because John did not have any real work experience, he used the party- planning (data on salary and planning activity on his resume to demonstrate his skills. His resume got him educational attainment drove decision an interview, and his outgoing personality and strong organizational skills got to seek a Bachelor’s degree) him the internship. Evaluating Your Skills to Accentuate Your Assets