The experience of being able to take several personal assessments about our career interests was remarkable. I discovered many aspects about myself that were clearly under my nose this whole time. I greatly appreciate being able to take these exams at various times throughout the past weeks because it allowed me to enter every new assessment with a clear thought process. When we started this segment of the class by taking the True Colors assessment, I already came into it knowing I was an orange. I had taken the true True Colors assessment in a previous class, however, I wanted to learn more about what constituted a person with an ‘Orange’ personality. As I saw with my Myers-Briggs type, it was no coincidence that I was an Orange. I tend to
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The way counseling is done can truly be the difference maker when talking to students. Another imperative concept that I noticed was the importance of tools used when talking to students. During my observations at El Camino, I notice the counselors always talking to students about their various interest. In one instance, one of the counselors introduced the Holland’s assessment to a student who was still unsure which career path he wanted to pursue. Being able to see the application of what I read was a great learning experience for me, as it was for the …show more content…
I did not assume a role because I saw that my group’s points aligned with my own. We all saw the importance of health, and why it was necessary for society to practice it. However, the one value that I wanted and was not choosen was ‘Power.’ I believed that ‘Power’ was necessary because without power, the utopian society we had build would quickly crumble because there would not be a system of check and balances. Yet, I compromise with the group and the decision was made for other values. Values are important in the career planning because they constitute how we may act or react in certain situations. In addition, as a current employer, values are important because we are seeking advisers who value education and first-generation student success the same way we
The way counseling is done can truly be the difference maker when talking to students. Another imperative concept that I noticed was the importance of tools used when talking to students. During my observations at El Camino, I notice the counselors always talking to students about their various interest. In one instance, one of the counselors introduced the Holland’s assessment to a student who was still unsure which career path he wanted to pursue. Being able to see the application of what I read was a great learning experience for me, as it was for the …show more content…
I did not assume a role because I saw that my group’s points aligned with my own. We all saw the importance of health, and why it was necessary for society to practice it. However, the one value that I wanted and was not choosen was ‘Power.’ I believed that ‘Power’ was necessary because without power, the utopian society we had build would quickly crumble because there would not be a system of check and balances. Yet, I compromise with the group and the decision was made for other values. Values are important in the career planning because they constitute how we may act or react in certain situations. In addition, as a current employer, values are important because we are seeking advisers who value education and first-generation student success the same way we