By
Bob
Raikes
National Certified Career
Counselor
As you make career and college
choices it is helpful to build a picture of yourself that can assist you in
making valid decisions. Answer the questions that you can and solicit help from
those who know you well in order to complete the picture.
1. Tasks and duties
I would enjoy doing for pay include:
______________________________ ___________________________
2. I have been told
that I would be good at the following jobs or career fields:
______________________________ ___________________________
3. Although I have
never done it, I have always dreamed I could be:
______________________________ or
___________________________
4. My most
successful accomplishments include:
______________________________ and
___________________________
List the skills used in achieving them: ______________________________
______________________________ and
___________________________
5. If I could create
an ideal job for myself, it would be:
____________________
My work activities would include: _____________________________________
6. In my spare time
I like to do: (List hobbies, interests and activities.)
_______________________ ____________________ ___________________
_______________________ ____________________ ___________________
7. Career fields that my family
or relatives do that are considerations are:
_______________________
____________________
___________________
8. If I asked my family, friends
and relatives what they consider my best or most outstanding skills they would
tell me they are:
_______________________ ____________________ ___________________
9. If I could step through the
door ten seconds from now and choose any one
job
that existed I would choose to: ______________________________
My second choice would be:
______________________________________
10. Circle the following words
that best describe your interests and abilities;
Organizing people, Leading Others, Problem Solving, Music, Cooking, Public Speaking, Selling Ideas or Products, Writing/Editing, Researching, Athletics, Following Instructions, Working with Animals, Organizing Data, Working with Tools and Equipment, Working with Numbers, Arranging Social Events, Working with Computers, Designing/Creating, Creative Thinking, Advising/Counseling Others, Teaching or Training, Driving Vehicles, Drawing/Drafting, Interpreting Data, Writing, Flexible, Working with Electronics/Electricity, Repairing Using Tools & Equipment, Library and Related, Talking on the Phone, Mediating, Landscaping/Gardening, Other __________________________
11. Circle your strongest or best liked subjects.
Math, English, Art, Computers,
Social Studies, Industrial Arts/Shop, Business, Bookkeeping, Accounting., Home
Economics, Drama, Speech, Foreign language, Music, Physical Education,
Psychology, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Astronomy, Anatomy,
Distributive Education, Health, Drafting, Speech. Other
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NOW GO BACK AND STUDY THE
INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED YOURSELF. YOUR ANSWERS HAVE BUILT A PICTURE
OF YOU TO DATE IN TERMS OF INTERESTS, ABILITIES AND SKILLS.
LIST BELOW THE JOBS OR CAREER
FIELDS THAT WOULD MEET YOUR NEEDS AS YOU HAVE IDENTIIFIED THEM THROUGH THIS
SELF-ASSESSMENT.
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