Composition 1

Career Center

Fully envisioning a future in order to make today's coursework more meaningful
These assessments are meant to focus a discussion concerning your career, not emphatically state what career you should pursue.

Complete the Career Interest Inventory
Complete the Skills Profiler
Complete the Values Test
Complete an Appointment with Career Center Coordinator
- **ONLY the three assessments must be completed before you can submit level 2. Appointments must be completed before the end of the term.

Go to My Plan website
Click "Create Free Account" button in the middle of the screen.
Fill in the Form.
- Use your B# for your username
- Use your EFSC Titans email for the account:
  lastname.firstname@titans.easternflorida.edu
On the second page, use this license code
- You must insert the license code so you can take the test for free
Click "Submit"
Take the Interest Inventory
- Screenshot of results are needed; see Proof
Take the Skills Profiler – Student Version
- Screenshot of results are needed; see Proof
Take the Values Assessment
- Screenshot of results are needed; see Proof
Submit proof document to Dr. Jones
- All three proofs need to be emailed in one word document
- Name the document file as LastnameCareerproofs.docx
Schedule an appointment to discuss the results with a Career Center Coordinator.
- Choose in-person, online via Teams, or on phone
During the appointment, ask for proof
- Ask the coordinator to email to Dr. Jones that you have fulfilled your appointment time.

~25 Minutes; Online

Discover how your interests relate to a career
Your answers to the 75 questions are compared with others' interests n 739 career fields
The CareerMatch™ scoring system will rank-order all 739 careers according to how well they align with your personal interests.

The curriculum Vita does not need to be done as part of this assignment
However, we will be doing this part in class, as you SHOULD have a CV as well as a resume.
See the Curriculum Vita page

~15 Minutes; Online

Not an aptitude test
It's aim is to objectively profile your skills, compare those skills to various careers, and generate a list of most compatible careers.

~15 Minutes; Online

Not a test
Knowing your work values can help you decide what kinds of jobs and careers you might want to explore.
Generates a list of 739 occupations that are rank-ordered in regards to your six clusters of personal work values.
The more a job agrees with your work values, the more likely you are to be satisfied in that job.

The above is all you need to know for this side quest; below is further information concerning the three assessments

Realistic
- Activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
- Interacting with plants, animals, and real-world materials, like wood, tools, and machinery.
- Often outside and/or nature work.
  - paperwork or working closely with others.
Investigative
- Ideas and thinking more than with physical activity.
- Search for facts
- Solve problems intellectually and abstractly
  - persuading or leading people.
Artistic
- Artistic areas, such as forms, designs, and patterns.
- Self-expression in their activities.
  - sets of rules and procedures.
Social
- Assist others and promote learning and personal development.
- To teach, to give advice, to help, or otherwise be of service to people.
- Communicate and connect with people
  - focused interactions with objects, machines, or data.
Enterprising
- Start up and carry out projects, especially business ventures.
- Convincing and leading people and making decisions.
- Prefer action rather than thought.
  - abtract pondering for its own sake
Conventional
- Set procedures and routines.
- Details more than with ideas
- Precise standards
- Lines of authority are clear
  - self-expression and creative self-selected options

Assesses various skill sets, each with a variety of sub-skill sets

Basic Skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Speaking
- Mathematics
- Science
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
- Monitoring
Social Skills
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
- Persuasion
- Negotiation
- Instructing
- Service Orientation
Problem Solving Skills
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgement & Decision Making
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Evaluation
Technical Skills
- Operations Analysis
- Technology Design
- Equipment Selection
- Installation
- Programming
- Quality Control Analysis
- Operations Monitoring
- Operation & Control
- Equipment Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Repairing
Resource Management Skills
- Time Management
- Management of Financial Resources
- Management of Material Resources
- Management of Personnel Resources

Assesses values and Associated Needs

Achievement
- Needs: Ability Utilization, Accomplishment
Independence
- Needs: Creativity, Responsibility, Autonomy
Recognition
- Advancement, Recognition, Authority
Relationships
- Needs: Co-Workers, Social Service, Moral Values
Support
- Needs: Company Policies & Practices (i.e, Supervision such as Human Resources or Technical)
Value: Working Conditions
- Needs: Activity, Independence, Variety, Compensation, Security, Working Conditions