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Focus 2 Portfolio

San Jacinto College

David Vasquez

04/07/2018

My Career Planning Readiness Completion Date July 12, 2017

Self Assessment Score 4.33

Self Assessment is the first and most important step in career planning and is used to identify occupations and major study areas compatible with your personal attributes. Your high self assessment score indicates that you are very involved in examining your interests, values, personality, and skills. It is important that you stay actively involved in self assessment because finding a satisfying career path begins with knowing yourself.

Career Exploration Score 4.67

Career Exploration is important because learning about types of jobs, educational requirements, and job functions will help you to identify occupations that appeal to you. Your high score indicates that you are very involved in career exploration. It is important that you continue your high involvement in career exploration because it will help you narrow down your options and map out your career goals. Exploration should be ongoing because new career paths are constantly unfolding, traditional ones are changing and shifts may be taking place in skills and educational requirements.

Career Planning Satisfaction Score 4.33

Career Planning Satisfaction measures the extent to which you are satisfied with the results of your career planning activities and your ability to resolve problems that can interfere with your decision making. Your high score suggests you are not experiencing any problems with your career planning. If at any time you do encounter any problems, you should consider discussing them with your career counselor.

My Academic Strengths Completion Date July 12, 2017

"I do very well" in the following: Foreign Languages; Life Science (Biology, Environmental Sciences,

Ecology); Mathematics; Skilled Trades/Vocational;

"I do alright" in the following: Art (Fine, Visual, Studio, Design); Business (Management, Marketing, Economics); Engineering; English and Language Arts; Physical Education; Physical Sciences (Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Astronomy); Social Sciences (Psychology, Philosophy, Religion); Social Studies (History, Global Studies, Government); Technology (Computer Science, Web Design, Media Technology);

"I never took this subject" in the following:

Family and Consumer Science (Food Science, Hospitality, Child Care); Literature; Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, Music);

Work Interest Assessment Completion Date September 26, 2017

Realistic The Doers

Prefer to work with objects and things. Enjoy being physically active, repairing equipment, rebuilding cars, fixing electrical things, solving mechanical problems, playing sports, and working outdoors. Enjoy creating things with their hands and using tools and machines. May enjoy working with large, powerful machines like tractors. Prefer precision machinery such as X-ray or electronic equipment.

Investigative The Thinkers

Have a strong desire to understand cause and effect and solve puzzles and problems. Often work in jobs that are scientific in nature. Their work often involves the analysis of data, using formulas, graphs and numbers. Enjoy using computers, solving math problems, interpreting formulas, and thinking abstractly. Prefer to work independently with minimum supervision.

Conventional The Organizers

Prefer orderly, systematic work such as keeping records, and organizing written and numerical materials according to a plan. Like to see things run efficiently and smoothly. Pay attention to administrative details. Enjoy working with numbers, using a computer, keeping accurate records, and organizing.

Values Assessment Completion Date April 7, 2018

Personality Assessment Completion Date September 26, 2017

Your Personality Type Your approach to work is to think ahead, organize plans, be analytical and use logic to

R Realistic The Doers

I Investigative The Thinkers

C Conventional The Organizers

Income Having a level of income that will afford you with luxuries, and which will allow you to become financially independent.

Independence Being able to decide on how to get something done without significant direction from someone else.

Stability Having a routine job where the duties are very predictable and not likely to change over a long period of time.

Your Personality Type Your approach to work is to think ahead, organize plans, be analytical and use logic to make decisions. You prefer to focus on ideas, work with complex problems and consider the "big picture" before you take action. You are good at setting goals, organizing tasks systematically and get the job done. You are intellectually curious and like exploring new ideas. You prefer to work with people who think and approach work the same way as you.

Choosing Your Career:

People with your personality type can be attracted to a wide range of occupations in a variety of fields in which you can explore and experiment with new ideas. Examples of such occupations are found in fields such as physical sciences, information systems, mathematics, engineering, technology, management, business administration, and law.

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