Objective 01 Competency 00: Create a career plan that leads to the achievement of career goals

Objective 5.01

• Competency 5.00: Create a career plan that leads to the achievement of career goals.

• Objective 5.01: Understand the decision-making process as a component of career planning.

• Essential Question: What are my educational and career decisions?

Vocabulary - Objective 5.01

Vocabulary (continued)

• Decision making process: The process of choosing between two or more alternatives or options; most logical way to make a decision.

• Decision making style: The typical manner in which a person makes a decision.

• Environment: The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded.

• Evaluation: Comparing and contrasting sets of data to rank them and make a choice to develop a plan.

• Flextime: A schedule that allows workers to choose work hours that fit their particular needs.

• Human resource: That skill, knowledge, experience, and/or time that a person has inside himself or herself that can be used to help reach a goal.

• Impulsive decision: Choices you make quickly.

• Intuitive: Using a hunch to help make a decision.

Essential Question

• What are my educational and career decisions?

• Assignment:

• #1: Write down 2 educational decisions you will have to make (within the next 3-4 years). (college, major, career, etc.)

• #2: Write down 2 career decisions someone you know has had to make (it needs to be only one person). (example, moved because of better pay)

Types of Decisions

• 1. Importance

• a. Routine

• b. Major

• 2. Categories

• a. Personal

• b. Work

• c. Career

• d. Consumer

• e. Lifestyle

Decision Making Styles

• 1. Agonizer

• 2. Mystic

• 3. Fatalist

• 4. Evader

• 5. Plunger

• 6. Submissive

• 7. Planner

Which one are you?

• 1. Agonizer (Spends a lot of time making decisions)

• 2. Mystic (Makes decision based on intuition)

• 3. Fatalist (Feels that he/she has no control over decisions)

• 4. Evader (“ostrich style” – Ignores the decision)

• 5. Plunger (Makes “impulsive” decisions)

• 6. Submissive (Lets an authority figure make a decision)

• 7. Planner (Thoughtful decision maker – Makes decisions using the Decision Making Process)

The Decision Making Process

1. Determine Needs/Wants

2. Analyze Personal Resources

3. Identify Career Choices

4. Gather Information

5. Evaluate Options/Make a Decision

6. Plan to Reach Your Goal

The Decision Making Process

• 1. Determine needs/wants.

• 2. Analyze personal resources.

• 3. Identify your choices.

• 4. Gather information.

• 5. Evaluate options

• 6. Make a decision

• 7. Plan to reach goals

Benefits (of using the Decision Making Process)

• 1. Increases chance of reaching personal and career goals.

• 2. Increases opportunity to gain related knowledge and experience.

• 3. Increases chance of personal satisfaction/fulfillment

• 4. Affirms the difference between a series of jobs versus the career development process.

• 5. Can easily recognize the need to redirect goals as needed.

• 6. Provides a direct course of action for reaching personal and career goals.

Question…

• Give me a few examples of dangers of making decisions without using the decision making process.

The importance of the Career Development Process in making career decisions.

• 1. Steps of the career development cycle.

• a. Awareness

• b. Exploration

• c. Planning

Career decision-making

• a. Determine needs/wants.

• 1). Options for career

• 2). Options for educational experiences

Personal Resources

• 1). Time

• 2). Money

• 3). Material

• 4). Information

• 5). Facilities

• 6). People

Gather Information

• 1). Self information

• a.) Lifestyle goals

• b.) Personality

• c.) Family/Marriage

• d.) Roles

• e.) Structure for living

• 1.) Geographic location

• 2.) Rural vs. urban

• 3.) Housing

• 4.) Neighborhood

• f.) Preference for meeting educational requirements

Career Information

• a.) Environment

• b.) Education/training requirements

• c.) Salary (benefits)

• d.) Work values

• e.) Duties (responsibilities)

• f.) Aptitude (skill, ability) requirements

• g.) Career outlook

• h.) Working schedule

• i.) Lifestyle goals

• j.) Interests

• k.) Values

Evaluate options/make a decision

• 1). Options for career

• 2). Options for education - College/training - program/major

Examples?

• Understand the importance of flexibility and contingency (incident, possibility, emergency) planning.

• What are some examples?

Factors that affect decision making

• 1. Personal priorities

• a. Lifestyle considerations

• b. Health

• c. Relationships

• d. Family upbringing

• e. Resources – assets, funds, property, wealth

• f. Education

• g. Religion

• 2. Culture

• 3. Beliefs – idea, thinking, way of life

• 4. Values – moral, ethics

• 5. Biases/Stereotypes

• 6. Environment

• a. Home

• b. School

• c. Community

The impact of education, work, and family on career decision-making

• 1. Trade-offs/Compromises

• 2. Impact of Education

• a. Pre-requisite acquisition
• b. Financial aid
• c. Location of programs
• d. Time

• 3. Impact of Work

• a. Overtime hours
• b. Schedule
• c. Travel
• d. Benefits
• e. Location

Continued…

• Impact of Family

• a. Family work history

• b. Influence of parents on career development

• c. Family issues impacted by career decisions

• 1.) Childcare
• 2.) Eldercare

• d. Impact of family friendly programs

• 1.) On-site childcare
• 2.) On-site services (banking, uniforms, etc.)
• 3.) Schedule
• a.) Flex time
• b.) Job sharing
• c.) Telecommuting
• 4.) Flexible spending accounts
• 5.) Counseling/Employee assistance program
• e. Stay at home vs. working parents
• f. Family Medical Leave Act

Any questions?

• Any questions?

Individual Writing Assignment

• Identify the trade-offs/compromises in various situations and discuss. More than 125 words! 

• Being a stay at home mom/dad.
• Living in one county and working in another. (commuting)
• Working at home.
• Working shift work.

Group Activity

• Divide into groups of 3-4 students.

• Plan and present a decision-making skit depicting someone making a major decision using one of the various decision-making styles.

• As a class, try to identify the style of decision making being demonstrated.

• Discuss the possible consequences/benefits of each method.

Symbols

• Analyze the various decision-making styles through choosing a symbol or graphic representing each style. Use the symbols to create a bulletin board/visual display for educating peers about the importance of decision making.

Family Job Tree Essay

• Draw your family job tree and write a one page essay.

• Your essay can either be handwritten using ink or word processed with a computer.

• The essay should answer the following question: In what ways do you think your family history of jobs/careers might affect your career choices?

Journal Entry

• Imagine you have just won $10,000 in a contest. You can buy anything you want with the money. Using each step in the decision-making process, write a summary explaining your purchases.