Career Assessment Reflection

One of the first topics we covered in class was the W curve. The W curve consists of a predictable pattern in which occurs when a person experiences culture shock. Personally, I thought I went through the W curve quickly. One thing I did not experience as described on the W curve was homesickness. As much as I thought being in a new environment on my own would be uncomforting, I surprised myself and was able to adjust just fine. I didn’t feel the need to go home soon or every weekend which made things a lot easier. My biggest relation to the W curve was feeling if I made the right choice in choosing a college. Also, my mind was going back and forth with what I wanted to do with my life and what my major should be. As I got to know Duluth more …show more content…
A career assessment is a process of assessing your interests, skills, personality traits, and values. By conducting career assessments in these four areas, I would likely to discover which careers best fit me. We did something similar in our seminar called self assessment. Each assessment asked us a variety of questions and basing them off of something such as how well we liked to do something or how well we thought we were at doing it. The assessment ended up showing us our weaknesses and strengths in which we could further look into the careers that would pertain to those …show more content…
The first couple weeks were pretty easy, not a lot of homework, no papers to write or tests to study for. Therefore, I had quiet a bit of free time. It was mainly getting us adjusted to how the next couple years were going to be. It really hit me when I had five tests in one week which was probably at the end of the first month. My impressions have defiantly changed from the first couple weeks to the last couple weeks of the first semester. It’s a lot harder then how the first couple weeks perceived it to be. I now have a test every week or every other week. Papers to write, outside activities to attend, and there are always tests that I could be studying for. I now have a better idea how college will be for the next four