shanezomom Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I would like to pull together some materials for our jr/high school co-op to help the kids as they think about career choices, personality types, skill sets, etc. Can I get some recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) - What color is Your Parachute for Teens - DK: Careers - Glencoe Exploring Careers: Student Textbook, Student Activity Workbook, Teacher Edition - USA dot gov website -- jobs lesson plans - Teachers Pay Teachers website -- for a fee lesson plans Links to more resources in this past thread: "Career guidance books/websites for middle schoolers". At a high school/adult level, but some good free websites for career exploration: - Career Clusters = explore by occupations through 16 clusters; here's a free printable version of the interest survey - U.S. Bureau of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook = explore occupations, typical salaries, projected outlook for future job availability, training/education required, etc. - Career One Stop = US Dept. of Labor website, with an interest inventory/profiler; work values assessment;research occupations; research industries; etc. - CA Career Zone = take a free interest inventory test, and then use your top 3 interest areas to narrow down occupations that match; also has lots of information about occupations by giant list, or by job "families" - NY Career Zone = once you have your top 3 interest areas from the above website, this also allows you to use the search engine to either narrow down occupations through your top 3 interest areas, or allows you to explore occupations As far as tests, there are 4 types of career assessment tests you will run across: Personality Inventory = helps see how your personality fits in with others in a work place(examples: Meyers-Briggs Indicator; Keirsey Temperament Sorter) Personality Testing: Open Extended Jungian Type Scales: -- free printable test, similar to the Meyers-Briggs personality types Color Personality Test -- free printable test; less specific and less individualized than other tests, as it is designed for working in teams and understanding strengths/needs of each of the 4 colors, so useful in places of employment Fun Education: free online test Team Technology: free online testInterest Inventory = ways you like to work(examples: Campbell Interest & Skill Survey; Strong Interest Inventory) most of these tests are based on, or are variations on, the 6 work interest areas of the Holland Codes Eastfield College Career Self Assessment: free printable test SD Labor & Regulation Interest Assessment: free printable test O-Net: My Next Move Interest Profiler: free online test California Career Zone: free online test (and lots of resources for exploring careers) Work Values Survey = what brings meaning/is important to you in working Univ. of Notre Dame: Work Values Inventory: free printable test Work Values Inventory: free online testSaint Anselm College, free test Aptitude Assessment (Work Skills) = determines specific abilities/skills(used specifically by employers to know if you have specific skills needed for the job -- such as, how many words a minute do you type; do you have specific training/certifications; etc.)Univ. of Notre Dame: Career Center: Skills Inventory: free printable inventory California Career Zone: free online skills profilerCareer One Stop: free online skills profiler Additional Test Resources Career Exploration for 6th-7th graders from Learning for Life -- a free online teaching supplement Everything Career Tests Book (secular) and student packet resources from Rod & Staff (Christian) look interesting -- the book has 10 different tests in it, and the packet walks the student through the book ETA: Adding the link to the Career Exploration course from Schoolhouse Teachers website that 2_girls_mommy mentions in her post. :) Edited September 29, 2017 by Lori D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) My dd is actually taking a class at co-op this year doing just that. It looks like her teacher is using the class called Career Exploration as laid out right from Schoolhouseteachers dot com in the electives section. Edited September 29, 2017 by 2_girls_mommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 The MBTI and jobs for each personality type. The book "Do What You Are" is good along those lines, here is the test free and some websites for good jobs for each type: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp Short summary of jobs by type: http://www.businessinsider.com/best-jobs-for-every-personality-2014-9 A more extensive list that looks promising:http://cms.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/careercenter/explore/assessment/typefocus/whatpersonality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadenceSophia Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Can I offer the idea that "What color is your parachute" type thinking has been demonstrated scientifically to lead to unhappiness and unfulfilling work? Cal Newport has books that offer advice based on more current science. He has a blog and some books for adults, teens and college age. I've only read his blog (see his post How to Ace Calculus for an example of the type of advice he gives) and the book So Good They Can't Ignore You but it is good enough I want to buy his college & teen level books for everyone I know. He gives the type of guidance I'd want my kids to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Can I offer the idea that "What color is your parachute" type thinking has been demonstrated scientifically to lead to unhappiness and unfulfilling work? Cal Newport has books that offer advice based on more current science. It's always helpful if you can link scientific studies. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I’d love to teach a class like this! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadenceSophia Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 It's always helpful if you can link scientific studies. :) I am not sure that's actually helpful for most people but the author's blog I listed above links and explains a lot of the science. Here is one of several posts: http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/01/23/beyond-passion-the-science-of-loving-what-you-do/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Can I offer the idea that "What color is your parachute" type thinking has been demonstrated scientifically to lead to unhappiness and unfulfilling work? Cal Newport has books that offer advice based on more current science. He has a blog and some books for adults, teens and college age. I've only read his blog (see his post How to Ace Calculus for an example of the type of advice he gives) and the book So Good They Can't Ignore You but it is good enough I want to buy his college & teen level books for everyone I know. He gives the type of guidance I'd want my kids to hear. I agree with some of what he is saying (I think that loving your work is about more than interests and passions, and I agree with his points about autonomy, competence, and relatedness. I'm having a big disconnect with how that relates to helping a kid narrow down a college major or career choice though. The article you linked in your other post says to "choose a major for your own reasons...and then strive to become excellent at it." What would their reasons be, before they have competence (excellence), if not interests? I can think of jobs where I had competence but didn't particularly enjoy the work. I enjoyed the people (and even enjoyed things like determining how I worked and how often, so I had plenty of autonomy)--but it was largely a mismatch for my personality style, and a partial mismatch for my areas of interest. So, I have a lot of trouble thinking that you can really divorce interests and personality from the equation. BTW, the Parachute book doesn't look just at interests--it also looks at skills (which in my mind relates to competence). In fact, a lot of assessments that we've looked at have included both skills and interests. One of the things my son would like to see is a good link that looks at jobs just by skill-set (not honed skills obviously since he wouldn't have areas of expertise yet). Do any of Newport's books look at it from that angle (or does anyone know of good websites that look strictly from that angle?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschickie Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Also check out this website http://www.myplan.com/ It was recommended to us by a the director of career services at a college. It is great for doing research on careers, majors and schools. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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