Ready, AIM, Fire      Career Planning WebQuest

 

 

 

 

Task

    Assessment Skills

 

 

          "Check your pulse it's proof that you're not listening to

          The call your life's been issuing you... "                            

                               Great Indoors by John Mayer
 

 

 

       

 

   

  
 
 
Career development is the process through which an individual
comes to understand their interests, knowledge, skills, and
aspirations and begins to make informed career decisions.  
This lifelong process involves knowing oneself, considering   
personal   goals, studying the world of work, being a good 

problem solver and decision maker, and creating an open-ended     
career plan.  The better you understand yourself, the 
greater the chance of selecting a career that
matches your abilities and fulfills your dreams.
 
Portfolios provide evidence of knowledge and experience that you have met the standards 
set forth in this unit.  Portfolios become a  demonstration of your growing professional    
competence.  Your work can be organized and referenced for information as you continue in
the iterative process of career planning.  

 

1)  You will create two Career Planning Portfolios (CPP).  Three sections in each CPP need to  

be labeled: Assessment Skills, Investigation Skills, and Management Skills.   
 

One  portfolio will be a 3 ring notebook with copies  

of the work you create.  The other portfolio  

will be in a digital format saved to disks or   

the network server.

 
     
     

      

The final digital portfolio will be burned to a CD -Rom or DVD at the completion of  the unit.  

Throughout the project save information  in both forms whenever possible.   

 

2)  Self-assessments focus on your own skills, interests,  and aptitudes and how they relate to   

work.   Survey the wide variety of assessment available on the Resources  for Assessment Skills.  

Select and complete a minimum of 3 of the Internet based assessments.  Collect as many of the  

other assessments from your school guidance counselor as you possibly can.  Place the results       

of the assessments in the Assessment Skills Sections of the CPPs. 
 
         
 

3) Analyze all the assessments you have gathered by answering the following critical thinking   

questions.  Write the report using word processing software.  Label  it “Assessments  

Analysis - Critical Thinking Journal".  Place  it in the Assessment Skills Sections of the CPPs. 

 
 

     What values are important to you in selecting a career? 

     What consequences might result from settling on a career that conflicts with your 

          personal values?   

     Describe a career you envision that would fulfill your individual combination of 

          values.

     What aptitudes are you proud of ? 

     Which would you like to strengthen?

     Choose one of your interests, what reasons do you enjoy this activity?

     What career may help you continue to develop this interest?

 

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