Your Career

Journey
BSA Holistic Wellness & Success 2021
What comes to mind when
you think of the word
“career?”
 Poll
What are your
career fears?
 The Career Exploration Process

01 Who Am I? 02 What’s Out There?

Explore and identify your Match who you are to a
personality, interests, values, career path by exploring in a
and skills variety of different ways

03 Set goals 04 Try it out

Make your goals SMART to Taking classes, interning,
have a higher chance of volunteering, job applications
reaching them are great ways to try a career
path
 •

Career development is the continuous lifelong

process of developmental experiences that focuses on
obtaining and processing information about self, seeking
occupational and educational alternatives, exploring
lifestyles and role options.
 Self-reflection

Who am I? What do I want? INTERESTS

• How do I make decisions and work with others?

(Personality)
• What motivates me? (Values) VALUES YOU SKILLS

• What do I enjoy doing? (Interests)

• What am I good at doing? (Skills)
PERSONALITY
 Who am i?
Personality Skills
•
Use your MBTI and Reflect & speak with
other personality your friends and family
assessments to write about what you’re
down strengths naturally good at.
1 2 3
.
Values Interests
Take a values Learn about careers
assessment to see that interest you by using
which goals motivate search tools and
you to work. shadowing.
• Skills examples
• Communication. ...
• Teamwork. ...
• Adaptability. ...
• Problem-Solving. ...
• Creativity. ...
• Work Ethic. ...
• Interpersonal Skills. ...
• Time Management.
Helpful Assessments for career exploration
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
• Strong Interest Inventory (SII)
• Big 5 Personality Traits
• Enneagram
• Values inventory
Your college’s Career Center has access to free
assessments that you normally have to pay for.
 Choosing a career path is not a passive
process, but a proactive exploration of who
you are and what you want.
 What’s out there?

• Know your opportunities to clarify your direction

through experiences.

● Participate in an internship
● Volunteer in different organizations
● Join clubs
● Get a part time job
● Conduct informational interviews
If i had a magic wand and could grant you any
career wish, what would you choose?
 SMART Goals

SPECIFIC MEASURABLE ACHIEVABLE RELEVANT TIME-BOUND

What do you want What metrics will Can and how will How does this What is the time
to accomplish? help you measure you accomplish align with your frame for reaching
your goal? your goal? broader goals? your goal?
 SMART Goals

General Goals S.M.A.R.T. Goals

● Be healthier ● Create a week-long workout schedule with 5
days per week targeting different body parts.

● Search for jobs ● Schedule 1 hour of job/internship search at

least 3 days each week.

● Graduate ● (break up by semester) Earn at least a 3.0 GPA

college this semester by studying 20 hours per week,
and going to tutoring for chemistry.
It's not always about passion,
but consistency.