CSc 192 1st Short essay assignment. Take some notes as you ...

CSc 192 1st Short essay assignment. Take some notes as you read and do the assessment exercises... then reflect on the feedback you were given and how it fits or does not fit how you see yourself. The short essay should be your assessment of the feedback you were given, the value/appropriateness of the findings and the assessment tools... how it helps or doesn't help in your own reflections about your personality and skills.

One to two pages... same standard form (Times Roman, 12 point font, one inch margins, name on the first line along with the essay title: "Self Assessment", skip a line, then single space paragraphs, skip a line between paragraphs,).

For the materials, go to the 192 website:

Go to the link for the "on line" edition of the "The Serious Job Seeker" Read 5.0 and 5.1 and then "take" the Holland Code Self-Assessment (the link is at the end of section 5.1)

The algorithm used to assess your responses with will identify how you "fit" with respect to the six primary personalities or interest profiles.

Here's a copy of the six: Realistic:

enjoy "hands-on" work using tools, equipment, and machinery like working outdoors or with plants or animals enjoy sports or outdoor activities like rock climbing, biking, hiking or back packing don't like doing a lot of paperwork frequently work on teams to accomplish tasks or complete projects like building or fixing things and trouble shooting problems

Investigative: like to observe, learn, analyze, evaluate, and solve problems prefer working with information and data, rather than with people or things enjoy strategy games (chess, checkers etc) or computer games frequently skilled in math and/ or science may play a musical instrument - (music has a math component) these people tend to be analytical and may appear quiet and pensive

Artistic: enjoy working in unstructured situations using imagination and creativity tend to dislike having to follow rules or set procedures enjoy doing things that requiring a sense of design and an appreciation of aesthetics these people are frequently innovators who tend to "think way outside the box"

Social: like to help people - prefer teaching, communicating, and serving others skilled with words - able to share ideas effectively to enlighten or inform others able to engage people at a personal and emotional levels can work with minimal structure or supervision tend not to be significantly money motivated these people are altruistic, sociable, friendly and socially responsible

Enterprising: skilled at persuading, leading, performing, influencing or managing others able to work to meet organizational goals or economic gain highly money motivated work requires energy and ambition, and a fair amount of self-confidence jobs are usually business related and often involve sales and promotion entrepreneurial, energetic and optimistic; establish rapport easily - sociable and talkative

 these people are focused on competing and getting ahead Conventional:

prefer work that is detailed and orderly, structured and routine enjoy work that involves data and information, rather than people or things likes structure with rules that are known dislikes having to be creative jobs in this area involve orderly processes and record keeping these people are reliable, efficient, conforming, and conscientious individuals

Keep in mind that no one is really just one type and that these categories can combine in a number of interesting ways. In fact, if we looked at all six codes for any individual, there are 720 different possible combinations. What we want to find are the two or three primary codes that describe your personality and interests.

CSc 192 2nd Short essay assignment.

Read the following: 5.2 Skills Assessment Introduction.

One to two pages... same standard form (Times Roman, 12 point font, one inch margins, name on the first line along with the essay title: "Self Assessment", skip a line, then single space paragraphs, skip a line between paragraphs,).

For the materials, go to the 192 website:

Skills are the basic building blocks of jobs. While it is certain that you have many skills and many talents, you need to identify those that make you someone an employer will want to hire. You need to be able to describe them in a way that will make an employer want to hire you and make them understand that you are the best candidate for the job.

You also need to clearly understand your skill set so that you can focus on finding the job that is just right for you. There are some skills you have that you probably have no interest in using as part of your daily work. For example, you might be a great typist but have no interest in typing for a living. You might be an excellent pool sweeper but have no desire to sweep pools for a living. What you need to identify are those skills that you prefer using (your preferred skills) and those that you are motivated to use (your motivated skills). It is certain that you have skills that you find to be a drudge to apply and others that bring you satisfaction and enjoyment.

Skills develop early in life and throughout life. Most of your motivated skills have served you in a variety of situations. Those skills have been refined by life experiences like sports, clubs, and hobbies, or even just hanging around working on the car with a parent or another adult. They provided enjoyment when you were a child, and as an adult, they will help you get what you want and what you need out of life. The ones we need to identify are those that have provided you with a sense of accomplishment.

Many of your skills are "transferable" and can be applied in a range of situations. These are skills that you have been using since you were a little kid. Think about it. There were kids in your grammar school class who were the leaders: the class president or team captain. There were also enterprising kids who could sell more tickets or cookies than anyone else. There was the artist who could draw fabulously in third grade. And there was the writer who could spin an incredible tale for a writing assignment. Some were great communicators, never afraid to stand up and read their reports. Some were great at fixing things or building things. And remember the kid who always took notes and made sure that every detail on a group project was attended to?

When we looked at your career personality type, we were looking at your motivated skills and interests in a general sort of way. Now we need to drill down and focus on your skill set in a more specific fashion.

We need to be able to describe your skills in a way that will allow you to translate them into specific career choices and to communicate your interest in using those skills to an employer.

For this, we are going to do a few different exercises. We are going to review your skills in terms of what you are good at and in terms of how you have exercised those skills relative to past accomplishments. This is not just a matter of your being able to look at a job description and saying "I can do that and I can do that too." This is a matter of understanding what you really want to do and having the confidence to look an employer in the eye and tell her that you are the best candidate for the job.

Then, go to the link to the skill assessment exercises is at the bottom of 5.2. First: Motivated Skills Inventory and then: Tying Skills to Accomplishments and then after that: Finding Skills in Your Accomplishments BB

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