Career Exploration Final BYU 2024, Exams of Advanced Education

Download Career Exploration Final BYU 2024 and more Exams Advanced Education in PDF only on Docsity! CAREER EXPLORATION FINAL BYU Skills most valued by employers - Strong work ethic, Honesty/dependability, critical thinking skills, Internships BYU Mission Statement - Assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life On-campus resources - Wilk: 1. Career Studio (career exploration) 2. University Advisement Center (majors, classes, etc.) 3. PreProfessional Advisement (law, medical schools) 4. University Career Services (connecting majors to careers) Other: 1. College Advisement Center (like UAC once you've chosen a major) 2. Internship Office (in the library) Online resources - 1. Vault (online career resources through hbll website) 2. O*Net (BoL website with self assessments, info) 3. Typefocus (personality matching with careers) 4. Occupational Outlook Handbook (how a specific career is looking) 5. BYU websites (syllabi, majors/minors, faculty, etc.) The Deep Dive - Career Myths - 1. Only one right career for me 2. Everyone else has a plan/has known since childhood 3. Someone else will tell me what to do 4. Once I decide I can't go back 5. Having a good career/one that makes money is more important than having one I enjoy 6. If you're interested in something, you're good at it 7. I have to find the perfect career 8. I have to know all aspects of my decision 9. If I wait longer, I'll choose better. 10. The world changes so quickly there's no point in having a plan 11. I'm going to be married, not have a job 12. If everything doesn't go according to plan, I'm a failure 13. Life is always fair/unfair Ophelia Syndrome-definition - Ophelia has no thoughts or opinions of her own-goes along with popular opinion/what teachers tell her. Likes being a parrot because it's safe. But if there's a person and a clone, one of them is unnecessary. Ophelia Syndrome: Treatment - 1. Find great teachers who inspire & challenge you to learn and think for themselves. (Students discuss with other students, have debates, learn by discovering rather than lectures) 2. Dare to know and trust yourself (personality tests, journaling, letters) 3. Learn to live with uncertainty (not everything can be explained, no one has the answers) 4. Practice opposite thinking (counterarguments, other points of view) 5. Foster idle thinking (free your mind) 6. Plan to step out of bounds (think outside the box that Polonius gave you, go against advice of people you love, try something outside of the ordinary) Ophelia: Major ideas - Ophelia Syndrome in own life: Are universities rendering students vulnerable to the Ophelia Syndrome? How does it affect career selection? How can you minimize it's influence in your own life? Hafen Uncertainty - -What we expected isn't what we got -brings doubts, criticism, unwillingness to participate in usual events -(justice and mercy not "aligning" like we think they should) Level 1. Optimists, see only good, bad can't exist Level 2. Pessimists-realists (see only bad, good is a facade) Level 3. Eyes and hearts wide open-big hopes but a back up plan Planned Happenstance - Component of Social Learning Theory: individuals need to take advantage of unpredictable social, educational, and occupational conditions. --- >open-mindedness, increased career options, and opportunities. Counselors implement by: 1. Normalizing planned happenstance in client's past 2. Transform curiosity into opportunities 3. Teach clients to produce desirable chance events 4. Teach clients to overcome blocks in action Majors/Minors - Factors to consider? Credit hours, limited enrollment, difficulty What do you need to choose? 1) True understanding of yourself and your desires 2) Understanding of requirements and aspects of work 3) Finding relation between those What hours in major? Psychology (52) Neuroscience (65-69) . Resumes/Cover Letters - Resume: Branding, white/dark space 70/30, Reverse chronological order, Active verbs Cover Letter: Same branding, specific contact name, 1st paragraph: your connections, value you will add to specific company