Personal Narrative: My Kuder Results

This self-assessment test was something that narrowed down possible interest and helped the participants open their mind to new careers. In-fact when I finished my test I was able to view the different careers that feel in my interest category. Taking a survey and calculating the different likes each field had accumulated determined my test outcome. After gathering the likes that had accumulated I was able to determine which inventory category was strongest. My top inventory was conventional which states, I am one who likes to follow set rules and procedures, and prefers detail and clear lines of authority (Self-Assessment, n.d.). My second strongest inventory category was Social, which states, I like work activities that promote learning and development (Self-Assessment, n.d.). Not only did I learn what my strongest inventory was I also had the ability to learn which jobs fell under those categories. Out of each category within the level 5-education requirement, I had one job that stood out over the others; category one conventional had Math Professor. This job is something that would be interesting, but I am not sure if I would want this job as a career. The social category had one job that also caught my eye, health educator. After all the research and looking at each one of the categories and the possible job opportunities I have come to the realization that the test are estimates. I personally do not think I would want to

Both assessments were accurate in the description of my strengths and leadership style. The test results offered me tools to reinforce the strong aspects of my style without negative feedback. I will use the positive results of both assessments to align my job and goals with my natural talents. Sharing this plan with those around me will help me develop their strengths and lead to a more positive and productive environment (Rath, 2007).

I received a score of four on the Realistic scale, a score of eleven on the Investigative scale, and a score of nineteen on the artistic scale. I got a score of twenty-six on both the Social and Enterprising scale and a score of two on the Conventional scale. I was slightly surprised by the results because I did not think I would receive such a high score on the artistic scale. I have never viewed myself as a creative person before so it was interesting to see myself receive that result. I anticipated the Social, Enterprising, and Investigative scale would have been my highest three scales. I chose the future job zone, within that I chose an extensive job preparation. My reason for choosing an extensive job preparation is because I wanted to make the exercise/activity as realistic as possible. I see myself going into a graduate program after graduating from the University of Maryland and I wanted to observe potential careers and examine the results.

With the results of the Profile Scores, I do agree that it identified me accurately. My top three scores were conventional, investigative, and social. When someone is conventional, that person likes to follow set guidelines and routines. Also, they prefer working with information and paying attention to details instead of coming up with ideas. Investigative people like to search for facts or figure out problems. They like to think rather than doing physical work and typically work well with a leader. Lastly, people with social interest like to work with people more than working with objects or by themselves. They typically like to give advice, teach, or even be of service to people. Although I feel I do not completely identify with each score, I can attest that all three of these scores does identify me

One theme is that leadership and extraversion. These are common throughout all my tests, which shows me that it is not something that was a one-time outcome, it is obviously a large part of who I am and what I want my career to be like. There are a few mis-matched preferences for example being a leader and working individually. Looking at all my results, there are a few themes that appear consistent. For one, they all show that I am an outgoing, and a leader. As I stated earlier this is obviously a large part of who I am so it is something that I should be looking out for in a career. They also showed that I should work in some sort of social or human resources job. This also ties into education, which is something that I was considering for a long time. One part of my initial Holland Code that I do not see throughout my other assessments is Enterprising. I feel like this is not something I see in myself and I’m not sure what careers in this category I would

My score is 2. Since I did not get a chance to discuss the result with the class. I am not quite sure if my score mean it is a good score or score that means I am not good at changing. I like how the textbook mentioned about what actions need to take to reduce resistance to change. For example, communication and education help a person to make the transition. This is also the reason why I decided to pursue further education rather than to work in the field. The first reason is my two children are still young, I want to wait until at least my younger one starts to go to school. By the time I finish my master degree, both my children will be in school. Therefore, I do not need to worry about babysitting. The only worry I have is the lack of experience I have in the emergency management and homeland security field. That is why I hope to be able to land some interviews that I can communicate with the employees. I want them to know what kind of person I am and be able to give me a chance to learn and grow in the

From the Survey we took, most of my scores were similar. I had a few low scores, a couple average scores and 3 higher score. My highest score in Agriculture, Food and natural resources which was an 11, is actually what I expected. I have always wanted to be a wildlife biologist and work with nature and animals, because

I did not have access to all of the needed information, but my assessment produced the following scores: Leadership 60; Strategic Planning 43; Customer and Market Focus 55; Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management 59; Human Resource Focus

My results were social work, criminal justice, sports, kinesiology, health science, recreation administration, early childhood education.

In my success profiler my two strongest areas are time management and physical wellness. I can also prove that by the fact that I turn in most of my homework’s on time and if I don’t they are probably because not understanding them and asking my teacher to turn them in late. Also I can prove that my physical wellness is one of my strongest ones by outlining my schedule of every day. Even though those are my two strongest points I have others that are strong too, such as stress management. In my success profiler my strongest area is time management. Before they giving me the scores I knew that was going to be my strongest area. I know that because every day I take a time to do the things that I have to get done. In my physical wellness

The Kuder Occupational Interest Survey used predictive validity. Using predictive validity, they proved that over 43 percent of the sample were in occupations corresponding to their five highest ranked scales. The reported reliability ranged between .40 and .80.

This activity was a very fair assessment of me. Math has always been my strongest suit and it showed through the report as well. The writing portion showed that there is somethings that I do need to work on. I always use “http://www.paperrater.com/free_paper_grader “ when writing papers and even these discussion board posts. It helps me immensely with my writing mechanics and becoming a better writer.

I rated myself between competent and expert in the three areas of career planning. I understand my role in my current job and I have a full understanding of where I want to be in the future. My career path has me staying at my present employer. I love working for my state’s Quality Improvement Organization. I am surrounded by people who are striving to better health care for all residents in Wisconsin and I am thrilled to be part of this team!

Put the gun down! Put the gun down! Pow Pow Pow. The gun shots cracked into the air as loud as thunder. One after another. We live day by day not knowing our end. In the blink of an eye our lives can be changed forever. Its life, yet even in knowing this we never expect tragedy to find us. We never expect it to affect our lives and the people we know and love. I’m going to share with you the day tragedy found my life.

The sunrise starts to make its present known through the black bandit mask of night, its yellow belly and flashes of warm reddish brown brighten the sky as the morning first light.