Principles of Business,
Marketing, and Finance
CAREER PLAN
GOALS AND INTERESTS
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Choosing a Career
The Six Step Process
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6.
Define your lifestyle goals
Conduct a self –assessment
Identify possible career choices
Evaluate your choices
Make you decisions
Plan how you will reach your goal.
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LIFESTYLE-How a person spends
their time, energy, and money
O What type of
lifestyle do you
live?
O What type of
lifestyle would you
like to have?
O What changes
have to be made?
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Lifestyle Influences
O Where you live
O Your cultural
environment
O Your mode of
transportation
O Your relationships
with your family and
friends
O The work you do to
earn a living
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ValuesBeliefs that guide the way we live
O Identify your
values
O Focus on
beliefs and
actions that
are important
to you
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APTITUDE
An ability or natural talent, or the
potential to learn a new skill.
Determine Your Aptitude by:
O Your Personality
O Your Work
Environment
Preferences
O Your Relationship
Preferences
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Multiple Intelligences-What
are Yours?
O Verbal-Word Smart
O Logical- Logic Smart
O Visual- Image Smart
O Interpersonal- People Smart
O Intrapersonal- Self Smart
O Bodily-Body Smart
O Musical- Music Smart
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