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Marshall J. Karp MA NCC LPC 11/3/2011
Career Counselor

HELPING CLAIMANTS MAKE
EDUCATED CAREER AND
JOB TARGET DECISIONS

PRESENTED BY:
MARSHALL J. KARP, MA NCC LPC
CAREER COUNSELOR

Career & Job Target Workshop
 Why do career assessment?
 What is a good assessment?
 How to do basic assessment?
 How to make educated career decisions

Why do assessment?
 Improvement
 Accountability
 Goals and Plans

www.marshalljkarp.com (330) 364-55571

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Improvement
 Determine where they are at
 Set timeframes
 Achievement

Sun Tzu
 If you know the enemy and know yourself, you
need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

 If you know yourself but not the enemy, for
every victory gained you will also suffer a
defeat.

 If you know neither the enemy nor yourself,
you will succumb in every battle”

Accountability

 Meeting Expectations
 Clear and Understandable Guidelines


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What is assessment?
Assessment is a systematic process of looking
at client achievement by gathering, interpreting
and using information for improvement.

Basic Vocational Assessment

 Verbal
 Written

Verbal Assessment

 What do you want to do?
 Describe your
background/experience/training?
 Why aren’t you doing this?
 Set objectives
 If a realistic and feasible job target, no
need for written assessment
 Set this as a goal


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Written Assessments

 Identify potential client goals
 Collect, analyze and interpret data
 Develop a direction in writing
 People are enamored with assessments

The 3 Laws of Unemployotics

A term coined in late 2010 to describe the
study of the reasons for the long term
unemployed.

I coined it

The 3 Laws of Unemployotics

 Improper Job Search Technique
 Element of Choice
 Long, Nasty Job Hunt


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Job Search Technique

 Traditional Versus Non-Traditional
 Waiting for Rescue
 Why Bother?

Element of Choice

 Voluntary
 Non-Voluntary

Long, Nasty Job Hunt

 Doing Everything Correctly
 Really Trying
 Encourage Along


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Basic Vocational Assessments

 Interest Inventory
 Transferable Skills

Interest Inventory

 Holland Self-Directed Search
 Matches Interest Areas to Job Titles
 Generates Ideas
 Generates Discussion
 Taking a Step
 People are enamored with assessments

Transferable Skills

 Skills that Move from Environment to
Environment
 Often Referred to as “The Basics”


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Transferable Skills Scale

 Breaks Skills Areas Into Categories
 Matches Categories with Job Titles
 Useful with Interview Skills
 Useful with Resume

O*Net Career Interest
Inventory

 U.S. Department of Labor Occupational
Information Network
 Matches interests to job titles

Assessment Goals

 Consistency
 Ideas
 Discussion
 Self-Direction
 Self-Motivation
 Realistic and Feasible Goals


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Ultimate Goal

 Develop a Written Ideal Job Description
 Interests
 Transferable Skills
 Physician’s Restrictions
 What is it?

 Car  Great
 Test  Single
 Green  Jelly
 Zero  Season
 Paper  Tree
 Up  Window
 Gross  Lion
 Search  Share
 Down  Purple


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 Car  Great
 Test  Single
 Green  Jelly
 Zero  Season
 Paper  Tree
 Up  Window
 Gross  Lion
 Down  Purple


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 Car  Great
 Test  Single
 Green  Jelly
 Zero  Season
 Paper  Tree
 Up  Window
 Gross  Lion
 Down  Purple

What If No Realistic Goal?

 Indicator of Possible Field
 Look for Patterns
 Need to Find Entry Level Position
 Ask for Ideas
 Post Job Description on Internet Forums
 Beyond the Basic Level of this Workshop
 Referral to Career/Vocational Specialist

Career Exploration

 Books
 Internet
 Information Interviews


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Books

 Occupational Outlook Handbook
 Dictionary of Occupational Titles
 O*NET
 Career Books

Internet

 Google Searches
 www.bls.gov/oco
 Occupational Outlook Handbook
 LinkedIn
 U.S. Department of Labor
 http://lmi.state.oh.us
 ODJFS Labor Market Information

Caution

 Never base a career or training decision on
book or internet labor market information


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Employment Projection Limitations

 The projections model also assumes an
unemployment rate of 5.1 percent in 2018.

http://http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco2006.htm

Employment Projection Limitations

 As with all forecasts and projections, Labor
Market Projections are subject to error,
especially if events negate underlying
assumptions.

http://lmi.state.oh.us/proj/projections.htm

Never Base Career Decision on
Trends
 1960s – Math, Science, Engineering
 1970’s – Solar, Wind, Gasohol
 1980s – Teaching
 1990s – Computers, Y2K
 2000s – Internet, Telecommute, Security
 20--s – Healthcare, Green Energy


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Information Interviews

 Talking to people to research the job or
career
 Always have questions prepared in
advance
 Stress this will help make a career/training
decision
 Get names of two other people
 Always send a thank you note

Questions

 What skills are important?
 What personality traits are important?
 What training/school would you suggest?
 How many employees do you have?
 How often do you hire here?
 Is this industry expected to grow?
 Starting salary and after one year?
 What are the physical requirements?
 Names of two other people?

Look for Consensus
 People in the field are considered subject
matter experts
 Do five information interviews and look for
consistency
 Continue to do information interviews until a
trend develops
 Verify!


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Making Educated Decisions
 Labor market information is crucial
 Need to know what to expect when done
 Get subject matter experts to lay out the
training/school

Effective Performance Documentation

 Relate to goals
 Focus on the vital few elements to measure
 Foster improvement
 Are well communicated and measurable
 Are reviewed as often as appropriate
 Provide information on level, trend and
comparative/competitive data
 Focus on the long-term well-being of the client

Achievement Blockers

 Fuzzy goals or action strategies
 Incorrect focus
 No agreement on priorities


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Assessment
Reveals the Gap

Client Start Point

Bridgeing the Gap

Client Goal

Effective Career Planning
Closes the Gap

Client Start Point

Client Goal

Identify Strategies for Change

 What will you do to reach goal?
 Which program elements could assist?


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Remember

 Be flexible, adaptive and prepared to
adjust to change
 There will always be problems
 Things always change (mandates,
circumstance, personal priorities)
 View assessment and goals as an
evolutionary process

Bibliography

 Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational
Outlook Handbook, 2009-10 Edition
 The O*Net Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Jist Works, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN. 1998
 U.S. Department of Labor, Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Jist
Works, Inc, Indianapolis, IN. 1991
 What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job Hunters
and Career Changers, Richard N. Bolles, 2010
 JIST Inc. – (800) 648-JIST
 Handouts are at www.marshalljkarp.com
 Handouts are at www.slideshare.net/marshallkarp


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Marshall J. Karp MA NCC LPC
Career Counselor

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