Upside Down Career Fair Reflection Paper

Recently my class did a Upside Down Career Fair. The process before the Upside Down Career Fair included formulating answers to the questions the audience would ask, creating an I Am page, and making a poster to use as a display. Having the UDCF, I am happy knowing that I have the ability to speak in front of people. After my presentation, I felt more relaxed actually I don’t think I was nervous. I liked the feeling of being over-prepared for things. My overall experience of the UDCF is that it gave me an understanding of my career choice, it also made me think, if this career is best for me in addition to reconsidering my life goals.
My personal life goal is to make other people happy and in return be happy. According to 16Personalities, my strengths are passion driven and my weaknesses are that I am introverted. As an INFJ, the best fit for me is doing something for people. However, doing the job I do I become too focused on my task and end up …show more content…
In the process of doing research, I found information that helped me decide what field of psychology I wanted to be in. For example, the fact that counseling psychologist work with other people from this field. Giving us this assignment it helped us realize how tedious our jobs are going to be. I found that dealing with people’s minds everyday is a tough job to have because there are obstacles that can hinder the relationship. For instance, working with other people’s minds can cause a mixed message between patient and doctor or there could end up being an emotional connection between patient and doctor meaning that the doctor would feel guilty for events in the patient’s life. Overall, it seems like it would be the best fit because I want to help people, but difficult in so many ways. However, I am up for the challenge. Looking back at the UDCF, I found that I would enjoy becoming a counseling