Our Portfolio Workbook frames our studies with three essential questions:
Who am I?/ Please Understand Me: Personality Sorters are used in higher education, businesses, and workplaces for a range of reasons. Personality sorters can help identify who would make the best team members (and team leaders!), roomates, class projects, etc. Being able to speak about a "group" identity, such as personality/ or preferences helps individuals advocate for themselves while at the same time remaining professional. Meyers Briggs- 16 Personality Types [Used at Middlebury College] DISC Personality Sorter: https://www.123test.com/disc-personality-test/ [Used in Mr. Atwood's Industrial Design and Fabrication class] Kiersey Personality Types https://www.keirsey.com/ [Used at Community College of Vermont] What do I want? Career Plan Assignment The first step to creating a career portfolio is establishing a goal and a plan. To do this, you first need to learn a little bit about the career(s) that you are interested in. During a portfolio session Penelope Wade will work with your class to help you collect info and use it to create a plan.
Step 1: Open and save your career plan .docx
Scroll down this page to find the career plan template. Click the arrow to the right to download. Be sure to save it in your My Documents folder.
Step 2: Select a career and collect data
Use the US Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook to locate your career and begin collecting info requested on the career plan. Information from the VT Department of Labor is available here: http://www.vtlmi.info/occupation.cfm
Step 3: PRINT THE INFO SHEET FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO.
Print your career plan when it is complete.
Common Problems: HELP! I can't find my career!
First consult the resources to the right of this column. If you still can't find the info you need, ask for help!
How do I get it?- Career Exploration Assignment/ A Day in the Life Link to TED Videos: Daniel Pink- Motivation Amy MacLeod- Career Advice to Teenagers, "Value your values" Highschooler Lawrence Lewars "Questions every teenager needs to be asked" |
Education and Career Planning Video: Certification: Work Ethic student test https://patricia-hannaford.mycareertech.com/s/97/468 General Resources for all: One Stop Career: https://www.careeronestop.org/ Occupational Outlook Handbook: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/ Bridges Career Info via VSAC.org (Please note: you will need to create an account to access this resource.)
Resources by Program:
Forestry
Culinary
Medical Professions
Specific Trainings by Program: Computer Languages Certification from My Career Tech Instructional Video (8 Minutes): https://patricia-hannaford.mycareertech.com/video/567508656 Graphic Design Certification from My Career Tech Instructional Video (18 Minutes): https://patricia-hannaford.mycareertech.com/video/557676704 Interesting Side Bar: A positive outlook toward your work and job can take you far. Congratulate yourself on the research and planning you are putting into career exploration. Here is a Business Insider article about 17 Disturbing Facts About Your Job.
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