Name: __________________________________ Date: _______________ Career Center Assignment A Cross‐Curriculum Assignment using the Fullerton College Career Planning System (FCCPS) powered by Kuder http://fullerton.kuder.com By completing this assignment, you will identify a career based on your assessment results and learn how to research a career. This is Step 1 of the three‐step Career/Life Planning Process. This activity will help you focus on information such as identifying why you have chosen a particular occupation, how it will bring you satisfaction, as well as strategizing your next move in pursuit of your career goal. Note: To provide our students with the best possible service, we kindly ask that you give us your feedback once you have completed this assignment. Please click the following link to complete a short survey: Feedback or type the URL address http://goo.gl/dtXi7 into your internet browser. We appreciate your feedback. Part I. MY KUDER RESULTS A. List the five career pathways from results of the Kuder Career Interest Assessment and the Kuder Skills Confidence Assessment. Highlight or circle the pathways that appear in both your top interests and skills, if any. Highest Interest Career Pathways Highest Skills Confidence Career Pathways B. Based from results of the Kuder Work Values Assessment, list the two highest work values and their definitions by rolling your mouse over the work value on your screen: Work Value : : Definition The three other work values are: Career Center Assignment ● Career & Life Planning Center ● careercenter.fullcoll.edu ● 714.992.7121 ● Page 1 Part II. OCCUPATION/CAREER RESEARCH For this part of the Career Center Assignment, you will research an occupation. Once you click the Occupations tab in the FCCPS, you will be able to search the database in several ways. For this assignment, select “Occupations Suggested by Assessment Results.” On the page is a list of occupations. To narrow the list, use the filtering tool by selecting an educational level, cluster, expected job growth and/or median annual salary—which ever you’d prefer. A. Occupational title: ______________________________________________________________________ B. List five tasks that appeal to you: C. List five skills that you have or are willing to learn: D. List the corresponding work values: ________________________________________________________ Do these work values match your two highest work values based from your results of the Kuder Work Values Assessment? Yes No E. Education needed: □ Certificate □ AA/AS □ BA/BS □ MA/MS □ Doctorate/Professional Degree F. Majors/Instructional Programs: Suggested Major(s) Suggested Instructional Program(s) G. State Licensure and/or Certification required (if any): __________________________________________ H. Salary/Outlook: Salary1: California United States Median (Yearly) Outlook1: California United States Percent Change2
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If data is not available in the FCCPS, please log onto www.acinet.org. 2Average job growth is 7‐13%. Is the outlook/job growth in California at least average? Yes No (Average job growth is 7‐13%) Career Center Assignment ● Career & Life Planning Center ● careercenter.fullcoll.edu ● 714.992.7121 ● Page 2 Do you think the salary will be sufficient for your future living expenses? Yes No I. List three related occupations: J. List Professional Associations related to this occupation: Name Website Student Membership Yes No Yes No Membership Fee $ Part III. CAREER SYNTHESIS Fill in the blanks based from the previous parts (Parts I & II) of this assignment by inserting the information as indicated in each of the parentheses. This part allows you to bring together your findings in this career research to bring together all of the career‐related information in to this synthesized paragraph. I have conducted research because I may be interested in pursuing a career in (Part II‐A) _________ ______________________________________. This occupation relates to my interests and/or skills in (Part I‐A) ________________________________________________________________________________ and I will enjoy the work tasks such as (Part II‐B)________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ since these will be the tasks that I will be performing on a regular basis in this occupation. I look forward to using the skills that I have or I am willing to learn in this career. My highest work values include (Part I‐B), _____________________________ _____________________while the corresponding work values for this occupation are (Part II‐D) _______________________________________________________________________. It’s important that I choose an occupation where my values are aligned with the occupation of my choice because it will bring me much more satisfaction in the work that I will be doing. For this occupation, I will need to pursue a (Part II‐E) ____________ in (Part II‐F)_________________________________. In California, the median salary is (Part II‐H) ____________________. This may/may not (circle one) accommodate my future living expenses, however related occupations include (Part II‐I) _________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________which are careers that I can research further and possibly consider in my future as well. I can even join (Part II‐J) __________________ ____________________________________ as a student and start to network as a strategy before my first job in my career. I can now continue onto Step 2 of the Career/Life Planning Process to further explore my career goals. By following these steps, I will develop the knowledge necessary in order to make a sound career decision. Career Center Assignment ● Career & Life Planning Center ● careercenter.fullcoll.edu ● 714.992.7121 ● Page 3