CAREER & LIFE PLANNING CENTER

CAREER & LIFE PLANNING PROCESS

Career and life planning is a process.  It is identifying what you're good at; how your skills, talents, values and interests translate into work; and where to find that work.  Career planning is career building in which the emphasis is to help people become healthy, self-reliant citizens able to cope with constant change in rapidly changing labor markets and maintain balance between work and life roles.  The Career & Life Planning Process takes three steps: Self-Assessment, Career Information, and Decision Making.

I. Self Assessment: Who Am I?

The Career & Life Planning Process calls for learning about yourself, and self-assessment is a good way to do this.  Self-assessment is essentially a personal inventory, much like an inventory a business might take.  You identify what you've got, what you need, what works and what doesn't.  You're taking an inventory of your skills, abilities, interests, needs and personality characteristics.

• Personal Goals...What Do You Want?

• Interests...What Do You Like?

                       Campbell Interest & Skill Survey*

                       Career Occupational Preference System*                     

                       Career Zone Interest Profiler

                       Coding Interests

                       Kuder Career with Person Match

                       Strong Interest Inventory*

                       Target Your Interests (RIASEC)  

• Values...What is Important To You?

                       Career Occupational Preference System (COPSystem)*

                       Career Zone Work Importance Profiler

                       Clarify Your Work Values (.pdf)

                       Super's Work Values Inventory-Revised

                       Workplace Values Assessment

• Skills...What are Your Abilities?

                       California's LMI Skills Assessment 

                       Career I.Q. Test (in CLP Center)

                       Career Occupational Preference System*

                       Eureka Micro-Skills Assessment (first see Instructions )

                       Kuder Skills Assessment

                       Skills Profiler

• Personality...What are Your Preferences?

                       Careerstrength Assessment

                       Jung Typology Test

                       Keirsey Temperament Sorter

                       Kingdomality Personal Preference Profile

                       Myers-Briggs Type Indicator*

                       Please Understand Me Quiz (in CLP Center)

                       True Colors Assessment

      * fee (please call Career & Life Planning Center 714-992-7043)

II. Career Information: Where Am I Going?

You need to investigate career information for a number of reasons.  The most important is to determine what occupations and jobs match your skills, interests, values and personality.  By doing this, you are taking charge of your career path and pursuing the job/career in which you will excel and enjoy because it fits you!

• Research Occupation Information

                  Explore the links in Student Resources

• Learn About Different Majors while you are a Fullerton College student:

                       CollegeBoard Major and Career Profiles

                       Explore Majors using Assist

                       Major to Career Converter using Monster

                       What Can I Do With A Major In...

• Investigate the World of Work

                   California's High Demand/High Paying Occupations

                   Informational Interviews

                        Job Shadowing

                        Labor Market Realities

                        Networking

                        O*Net (DOT)

                        Research Employers

• Get Related Experience BEFORE you Graduate:

                        Service Learning at Fullerton College

                        Workforce Center at Fullerton College

                        Internships

                        Volunteer in Orange County

III. Decision Making: How Do I Get There?

By creating a plan, it allows you to list your goals and necessary steps it will take to achieve them, while remembering to be flexible to life's changes along your journey.

•  Create a Career Action Plan

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