1. Career
Planning
Jessica Karner
Lecia Sligh

2. “The journey of
a thousand
miles begins
with a single
step”CHINESE PROVERB

3. Goals of This Presentation
 Understand what you want out of a
profession
 Understand how to get to that profession
 Choose A Major
 Choose A College
 Understand what Education is Required
 Create a viable Career Plan

4. Personality Test
 Please take the True Colors Personality test in order
tog et a better idea of some of your key
personality traits. This will help you get an idea of
what kind of profession you wish to work in.
 Greens are very interested in their work and
intellectual stimulation- education related fields
could be something that excite a green
 Oranges are risk takers and are very free. They are
drawn to action jobs
 Golds are generally drawn to positions of authority
and want to be in supervisory roles
 Blues are often drawn to nurturing careers.

5. “Choose a job
you love, and
you will never
have to work a
day in your

6. Interests
 What are your biggest interests?
 A career should be associated with something you
like to do, but it can be in ways that you wouldn’t
necessarily expect.
 For Example- If your favorite thing to do is to play
basketball you can look into being a sports
agent, or trainer.
 What’s your favorite class?
 List off your favorite classes, your favorite things to
do, and your favorite things period!
 Make Connections to see if they items on the list
seem to have a theme!

7. Defining Experiences
 What experiences have taught you
something about yourself?
 Identify your “game changing” moments.
 Write a sentence about each moment
explaining why they were “game
changers”

8. Strengths and Weaknesses
 What are you best at?
 What do you struggle most with?

9. Explore Careers
 Do you know what’s out there?
 https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/majors
-careers
 http://whodouwant2b.com/student/path
ways

10. How Can You Help Yourself?
 Do activities that will aid you in your
career
 Look for internship opportunities
 VOLUNTEER
 People love to let you get your foot in the
door, they won’t say no to some free help.
 Create a Resume now

11. Career Jeopardy
 http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopa
rdy/usergames/Oct201041/game1287172
421.php