Self-Assessment Of My Career

It is important to remember that, as with any personality inventory, this is only an approximation, and the information that is gathered from this exercise should be used in conjunction with the additional information that is covered in this course. Your Holland Code is only one piece of the puzzle.

Becoming a high school teacher had always been the goal. As a young child and growing up with a multitude of siblings, children were my life. The aspiration stemmed from a desire to teach the next generation, to be a leader for the mind and guide them onto the next phase of their lives. I saw my favorite teachers do it with the kind of patience and discipline that only a teacher could have and after job shadowing Scott Hatfield, the social studies and current events teacher at Summit Academy North Muddle School, I realized that I am not fit for that lifestyle like I thought.

When I was little some of my closest family members were educators, so naturally I wanted to become a teacher when I grew up. Although, as I grew older I changed my mind about what I wanted as my profession a lot. I went from wanting to become a teacher to wanting to pursuing a career in the fashion industry as a fashion designer, and then I wanted to become a FBI Agent. I probably changed my mind a million times, before I realized that I wanted to become a teacher. I arrived at this decision in high school, more specifically during the first semester of eleventh grade.

Growing up, I had such big hopes and dreams for myself. As a child, I always aspired to be a teacher because I loved telling people what to do and taking charge. I am the oldest child and would always have to help my brother with his homework and teach him how to do things around the house. I remember how I enjoy quizzing him for his spelling tests. Unfortunately, life did not go as planned and I ended up taking the wrong path in life. However, 13 years and 3 kids later I decided to return to college.

My name is Elana Sanguigni, and I am a sophomore student at Pine-Richland Senior High School in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. My interest in the Health Career Academy is immense, and I exhibit a profound interest in a future career in the health industry. The Health Career Academy, would provide enlightening educating opportunities to gain valuable knowledge, pertaining to various health careers. Though I have conducted some research and analyzed various health career fields, I truly aspire to explore and learn more in order to academically prepare for a future in the health industry. My academic love for Biology, Chemistry and all science courses, in addition to my love and care for people have led me to inquire a path of future health careers to utilize my desire to help people.

The college career survey is a tool used to unlock a student’s potential for possible career and college majors based on their interest and abilities. My survey revealed a career in fields such as law, medicine, and media. Suggested careers in these fields were, Administrative Law Judge, Audiologist, and Newscaster, respectively. While, I am currently going to school with the goal of becoming a Medical Doctor, I can see how certain qualities in each career field/suggested careers would play a part in my current goal.

I selected career assessments because an employment or career change can happen to any client at any point during their lives. Drummond, Sheperis, & Jones (2015) state that individuals may benefit from vocational tests after high school, after college, or during a career change. Additionally, Drummond, Sheperis, & Jones (2015) state that some advantages of career assessments are helping a client discover new occupational interests that match their personality, as well as measuring their skillsets for varying occupations. There are several approaches to career assessments that include interest, beliefs, and capability types of inventories. Interest inventories have been available as early as 1914 and have continued to evolve over the decades (Harrington & Long, 2013). Currently, The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (2013) has a section on their website allocated for K-12

My desire to become a teacher began while I was in junior high school however; my family, friends, and coaches basically turned me against it. They said it was a jobless market with no future. At that age, those people were very impressionable on my decisions, and because of this I became disillusioned about my career, and at that point I just knew I wanted to attend college.

When I first started school, I had no idea what I was doing. I knew I wanted to work with kids but I just didn’t know what. After taking so many education classes I started to believe I wanted to work as a teacher’s assistant. But finally, after this semester I would like to continue to become a teacher. I have learned so much and have can’t wait to learn more as I continue with more school. I have a passion of helping children, seeing them learn and having fun truly makes me

Flashing back to when I was in high school I came up with an idea as far as what I wanted to do with my life; I decided that teaching was in my cards, that was until I had my first job hosting children's birthday parties at an indoor inflatable

The career I chose was a Elementary School Teacher.I chosen that career because I really like teaching people and help them understand more.Some

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

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

In recent years, there has been growing pressure for school districts to ensure that students graduate college and career ready. Moreover, educational laws now require schools to offer career guidance to their students. As a result, school leaders are utilizing a series of assessment tools to identify students’ interest and prepare them for a global society. According to Timmons, Podmostko, Bremer, Lavin, and Wills (2004), career interest inventories are designed to assist students in recognizing their predominant interests and preferences. In addition, they allow students to identify areas of strength as well as areas that may need improvement. Hulleman and Harackiewicz (2009) maintain that career assessments help low-performing students achieve

Do any of you know what you are going to do with your life yet? I do, my goal is to become a manager is the Osseo Area school district. This is my goal because when I was employed in the district back in September 2015, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. That changed from that point in time to now. My first job was at Saint Therese at Oxbow Lake in the dining services department. Saint Therese is a nursing home and I worked in the care suites. I was there for about a year, but I wanted more experience than just in the food industry. I resigned my position and began looking elsewhere. That is when I took an interest in education. I applied for an assistant preschool teacher position in the Osseo district and I was hired. This is when I started to develop my plan for the future.