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| New Hope Women's Shelter Career Services Getting Started: Know Yourself |
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| Experts tell us that we’re happiest in jobs that appeal to our interests, use our skills and abilities, and give us a sense that what we do is important.
In Taking Charge, we’ll use a variety of tools (group discussions, quizzes, games, worksheets, etc) to help you form a clearer picture of who you are and what that might mean for your future. Finding the career for you involves finding answers to these questions: |
| “Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.”
Carl Jung |
| 1. What am I interested in?
2. How do I like to spend my time? 3. What am I really good at? 4. What personality type am I? 5. What subjects in school came easiest? 6. Which did I most enjoy? 7. What do others tell me about myself? 8. What skills do I already have? 9. What’s important to me? |
| The internet is teeming with all sorts of quizzes you can take to begin finding out about yourself – some are free – most are fun and informative. These quizzes and activities give us a place to START thinking and exploring. |
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| Try These for Fun! Princeton Review Career Quiz - tells you aboaut your interests and how you get things done. OSCAR - The Occupation and Skill Computer Assisted Researcher. Don't Miss this excellent Texas Workforce Commission site. The Keirsey Temperament Sorter - helps identify your personality type. Holland Code Self Assessment Activity - helps identify work environments best suited to your interests, abilities, and values. Learn about Holland Codes - the most widely used system for matching people to jobs. More activities to get you thinking: University of Waterloo Career Development eManual - a fantastic site! Check out the activities you can do to begin understanding your personality, interests, skills, and values. |
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