Section 2.

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Getting to
Know Yourself
Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Main Idea

You need to know yourself to choose the right

career.

You need to know your values, interests, skills,

and talents.

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Key Terms

self-awareness volunteer work

values skills
interests knowledge
experiences talents

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Self-Awareness Means Knowing

Yourself
self-awareness
Self-awareness is about
Knowing your thoughts,
knowing yourself. feelings, and actions.

When you know yourself,

you can make good choices.

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Self-Awareness Means Knowing

Yourself
To be self-aware, you need to know:

Your Your Your Your

values interests skills talents

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Your Values Are What is Important to

You
values
You can become more
Things that are
self-aware by thinking about important to you.
your values.

You want to make a good

match between your values
and your career.

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Your Values Are What is Important to

You
Which values are most important to you?
helping other people
being part of a family
earning a lot of money
having good health
being a spiritual or religious person

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Your Values Are What is Important to

You
When you live by your values, you can be
proud of your life.
 
Most happy people take pride in their work
and live by their values.

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Your Interests are the Things You

Like to Do
interests
Understanding your
Things you like to do.
interests is another part of
understanding yourself.

Knowing your interests will

help you choose a career
and plan your life.

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Your Interests are the Things You

Like to Do
experiences
You can figure out your
interests by thinking about Activities you have tried.
your experiences at school,
home, work, and in the
community.

How you spend your leisure

time is another clue to your
interests.
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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Your Interests are the Things You

Like to Do
volunteer work
Volunteer work is helpful
Work you do without
work experience. receiving pay.

Imagine that you volunteer at

your local library. You will
find out if you would enjoy
working there full time.

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Your Interests are the Things You

Like to Do
You can learn about your interests and
identify jobs that are right for you by taking an
interest survey.
 
An interest survey is a list of questions about
your likes and dislikes.

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Your Skills are Your Specific Abilities

skills
Skills are things you know
Abilities to do specific
how to do. tasks.

Taking care of children is

a skill.
Operating a wheelchair is
a skill.

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Your Skills are Your Specific Abilities

There are two types of skills:

Job-specific skills are abilities you need to do

a specific job, like using a table saw.
Transferable skills are general abilities, like
reading and writing, and personal qualities, like
responsibility and honesty.

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Your Skills are Your Specific Abilities

knowledge
When you put knowledge
Understanding facts.
and practice together, you
get a skill.

To improve a skill, you need

to learn more and practice
more. Practice means
repeating something again
and again.
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Section 2.1

Your Talents are Your Natural Gifts

talents
A talent is the ability to do
Natural gifts.
something easily or to learn
something easily.

You will be happier if you

choose a career that lets you
use your special talents.

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Getting to Know Yourself
Section 2.1

Your Talents are Your Natural Gifts

Three Types of Talents

Mental Talents Talents that involve thinking and creativity.

Physical Talents Talents that involve using your body.

Talents that involve getting along with

Social Talents
other people.

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Section 2.2
Being an
Individual
Being an Individual
Section 2.2

Main Idea

Everyone is different.

Your personality and self-image make you

an individual.

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Being an Individual
Section 2.2

Key Terms

personality self-image
learning styles self-esteem

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Being an Individual
Section 2.2

Your Personality is How You Think,

Feel, and Act
personality
Your personality is an
The way you think, feel,
important part of who you and act.
are.

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Being an Individual
Section 2.2

Your Personality is How You Think,

Feel, and Act
Understanding your personality will help you
pick a career you will like.
 
Your personality can make you well suited for
certain types of work.

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Being an Individual
Section 2.2

Your Personality is How You Think,

Feel, and Act
learning styles
When you know your learning
The different ways
style, you can figure out the people naturally think
best way to learn something and learn.
new.
 
There are eight different
learning styles.

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Being an Individual
Section 2.2

Your Personality is How You Think,

Feel, and Act
The Eight Learning Styles
Verbal-linguistic learners are good with words.
Logical-mathematical learners are good with numbers.
Visual-spatial learners are good at imagining things.
Musical-rhythmic learners have musical talent.
Bodily-kinesthetic learners like to touch things and move around.
Interpersonal learners are good with people.
Intrapersonal learners are usually very self-aware and confident.
Naturalistic learners enjoy nature.
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Being an Individual
Section 2.2

Your Self-Image is How You See

Yourself
self-image
Another part of you is your
How you see yourself.
self-image.

Your self-image is how you

picture yourself in your mind.

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Being an Individual
Section 2.2

Your Self-Image is How You See

Yourself
When you have a positive self-image:
you feel good about yourself.
you can picture yourself achieving what you
want in life.

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Being an Individual
Section 2.2

Your Self-Image is How You See

Yourself
self-esteem
When you see yourself in
A positive feeling
your mind, do you like what about yourself.
you see?
 
If so, you probably have
high self-esteem.

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Being an Individual
Section 2.2

Your Self-Image is How You See

Yourself
Advantages of Self-Esteem
It
It helps
helps you
you feel
feel confident.
confident.

ItIt helps
helps you
you try
try new
new things.
things.

It
It helps
helps you
you learn.
learn.

It
It helps
helps you
you get
get along
along with
with other
other people.
people.

It
It helps
helps you
you succeed
succeed at
at school
school and
and on
on the
the job.
job.
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Being an Individual
Section 2.2

Speaking of Empathy
To communicate well, it is important to use empathy.
Empathy is caring about the feelings, thoughts, and
experiences of others. Use empathy when you talk and when
you listen. If someone makes you upset, stay calm and ask
what the person meant to say. Communicating with empathy
is very important on the job. It helps you get along with
customers, coworkers, and supervisors.

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Understanding Yourself
Chapter 2
Review

1. Explain why you need self-awareness to

set career goals.
You need to self-awareness to set career goals
because self-awareness helps you decide which
career area best fits your values, interests,
talents, and personality.

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Chapter 2
Review

2. Tell why it is important to know your values.

It is important to know your values because
values are the basis of the choices you make.
Values help you do what you think is right.

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Chapter 2
Review

3. List three ways to identify your interests

and talents.
Three ways to identify your interests and talents
include: trying a wide range of activities; taking
an interest or aptitude survey; and paying
attention to what other people say you do well.

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Chapter 2
Review

4. Explain why you should consider your

personality and learning styles when
choosing a career.

You should consider your personality and

learning styles when choosing a career because
this will help you find a job that is a good match
and that you will be happy doing.

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Chapter 2
Review

5. Describe why it is important to have a

positive self-image.
It is important to have a positive self-image
because this helps you feel good about yourself
and try new things.

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End of
Chapter 2
Understanding
Yourself