Name: Date: Your Personal Profile. Self-Assessment Quizzes Assignment

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1 GLC 20 Career Studies Mr. Johnson Name: Date: Your Personal Profile Self-Assessment Quizzes Assignment Self-assessment quizzes are designed to help you with your job search. They will help you rate yourself in various areas as well as give you some ideas about what you might try. Go to Mr. Johnson s web page Click on GLC 20 Career Studies and you will find each of the self-assessment quiz links in the Unit Two: What is Self-Assessment? section. As you complete your on-line self-assessment quizzes, neatly record your full results onto this worksheet. Upon Completion of your self-assessment Quizzes carefully analyze your results and complete your Personal Concept Map and Written Reflection on a separate sheets of paper. Staple your Personal Concept Map and Written Reflection to the back of this booklet and hand in to be marked. Place this item in your portfolio upon return. Congratulations! You are about to begin your own personal self-assessment. Find out what you enjoy, and point your career in that direction. You ll have a happier, more satisfying future. Part A - Self-Assessment Quizzes (There are eight quizzes) Hand-written (may be typed later) Part B - Who Am I? Personal Concept Map (typed or hand-written) Part C - Written Reflection (typed or hand-written) There are eight quizzes. Approximate completion time: 85 minutes

2 1. Career Cluster Interest Quiz Contains 24 questions. Approximate completion time: 15 minutes It s all about you! This 15-minute quiz about your interests can help you identify which career areas (called clusters) might be the best fit for you. Based on activities you enjoy, your personal qualities, and school subjects you like, the quiz ranks which career clusters you might find most fulfilling. It s really simple! Check the items that best describe you in each of the 16 boxes. You can check as many or as few items as you like. At the end of the quiz, you will receive a list ranking all the career clusters with scores based on your answers. The higher the score, the more likely you are to enjoy a career in that cluster. A. Your Top 3 Clusters B. Cluster Descriptions C. Five occupations that might interest you: (click on a cluster then click The Job You ll Get. )

3 2. Abilities Quiz Contains 39 questions. Approximate completion time: 10 minutes How easy or difficult is it for you to do the activities in this list? Everyone has activities that they find easier to perform than others. Occupations have different sets of activities that use various levels and combinations of aptitudes or abilities. Assess your abilities using the following quiz; identify on the scale of 'very easy to very difficult' the level of your ability for each category. You will get a list of occupations to explore that matches your abilities profile. A. Top Three Abilities B. Ability Descriptions C. Five occupations of interest that match your results:

4 3. Data, People AND Things Quiz This quiz contains three sections, one for each DPT category. Approximate completion time: 5 minutes. All occupations combine working with data/information (D), people (P) and things (T) in different ways and to varying degrees. Every job needs workers who are able to deal with all three categories. Take this quiz to find out how you see yourself working with these three components. The questions are arranged to help you identify responsibilities that you seek out in each of the three areas. Choose ONE answer for each category which best corresponds to how you see yourself working. At the end of the quiz you will get a list of occupations that matches your answers. A. Method Descriptions B. Five occupations of interest that match your results:

5 4. Work Preference Quiz Contains 50 questions. Approximate completion time: 15 minutes. The results of your Work Preference Quiz shows your relative interest in different ways of working. Your interests and the way you like to work are an important aspect to consider in deciding on a career direction. A. Top 3 Preferred Methods B. Definitions of your Top 3 Preferred Methods B. Five occupations of interest that match your results:

6 5. Work Values Quiz Contains 33 questions. Approximate completion time: 20 minutes Your values are important clues to what kind of work and work conditions you would like. The Work Values Quiz can help you determine your work motivations, your preferred work setting, how you like to interact with others, and your work style. A. Your top five Important Values (examples) B. Your top five Somewhat Important Values (examples)

7 6. Multiple Intelligence Quiz /choose_lang.cfm Contains 40 questions. Approximate completion time: 10 minutes Research shows that people have eight different types of intelligence, usually with strength in three or four. Use this quiz to find out about your unique style of thinking and understanding. A. Top 3 Types of Intelligence B. Multiple Intelligence Descriptions (Click What are Multiple Intelligences? ) C. You may print (and colour) or draw your Multiple Intelligence pie chart and staple it to this sheet.

8 7. Seeing, Hearing, and Doing Quiz Contains 24 questions. Approximate completion time: 5 minutes This quiz is a good first step in exploring learning styles. It will help you determine whether you tend learning by seeing (visual), hearing (auditory) or doing (tactile). A. Learning Styles Quiz Results B. Learning Style Descriptions

9 8. Workplace Skills/Traits Quiz Contains 20 questions. Approximate completion time: 5 minutes What are Employers Looking For? Employers need your specific work skills: what you're qualified to do such as build houses, translate text, or provide service to customers. But, they are also looking for other kinds of workplace skills. For example, are you a good listener, great at organizing events, or a terrific problem-solver? Or, perhaps, you're enthusiastic, give 110% all of the time, and never give up? Then you have the kind of skills/traits that employers are seeking. How do people develop these skills/traits? Through experiences: in the family with friends in their community as a volunteer as a worker in their leisure activities A. Strengths (choose 3-5) B. Areas I Need To Work On (choose 3-5)

10 Part B - Who am I? Personal Concept Map Design a concept map (visual) that combines together all that you have learned about yourself through completing your on-line self-assessment quizzes. Review your results and create a unique one-page concept map to summarize your results. The concept map may either be created electronically (Microsoft Publisher 2002 or other word processing program) or with a pencil, paper and ruler. See Figure 1. The following headings should be included (in point form): Career Clusters list your top three clusters, words that describe each cluster, occupational suggestions Abilities list your top three abilities, words that describe each ability, occupational suggestions People, Data and Things list your method descriptions, words that describe each ability, occupational suggestions Work Preferences list your top three methods, words that describe each method, occupational suggestions Values list your top five values Multiple Intelligences list your top three Multiple Intelligences, words that describe each intelligence, examples from your life that demonstrate each intelligence Learning Styles Quiz - Seeing, Hearing, Doing rank your learning styles 1,2,3, and give examples from your life that demonstrate each learning style Workplace Skills/Traits list three strengths and three areas to work on List of 5 occupations generated from online assessments choose and rank your top five suggestions from all quizzes Any other information that you think is important/unique about yourself (optional) Sample Concept Map Template: Multiple Intelligences 1. Kinaesthetic (Body Smart) Plays basketball and hockey Moves, taps, fidgets while sitting Well coordinated 2. Musical (Music Smart) Plays guitar Teaches guitar lessons Proud of musical accomplishments Figure 1 3. Interpersonal (People Smart) Enjoys team sports Prefers group activities at school Being around people energizes me

11 Part C - Written Reflection Self-assessment quizzes are designed to help you with your job search. They will help you rate yourself in various areas as well as give you some ideas about what you might try. Write a 3- paragraph reflection analyzing the results of your Self-Assessment Personal Profile. Do you agree or disagree with the results? Why or why not? Have you considered any of the suggested occupations? Why or why not? Explain how you can use the results to help you find a job that suits your interests, abilities, work preferences, values, multiple intelligences, learning styles, skills and personality. Paragraph 1: What did you learn about yourself? What did you confirm about yourself that you already knew? Which results did you disagree with and why? Refer to specific quizzes to support your answer. Paragraph 2: What reoccurring patterns did you see throughout the Who Am I? unit (i.e. things about yourself or suggested occupations)? From the suggested occupations, which would you consider? Paragraph 3: Name and describe at least one career that was suggested that you would never have considered before. What appeals to you about this career and why? Based on everything we ve learned to date, which pathway(s) (University, College, Workplace, Apprenticeship) are you currently considering and why?