2. What are We Up Against?
Injured Workers Pain
No Job Medication
No Money Depression
Financial Worries System
Losing Possessions Concentration
Relationships Going Fear
3. Career & Job Target Workshop
Why do career assessment?
What is a good assessment?
How to do basic assessment?
How to make educated career decisions
5. Improvement
Determine where they are at
Set timeframes
Achievement
6. 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.
7. Accountability
Meeting Expectations
Clear and Understandable Guidelines
8. Goals and Plan
Need to Know Where the Finish Line Is
Plan Out the Work
Work the Plan
9. What is assessment?
Assessment is a systematic process of looking at
client achievement by gathering, interpreting and
using information for improvement.
11. 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
12. Written Assessments
Identify potential client goals
Collect, analyze and interpret data
Develop a direction in writing
People are enamored with assessments
13. The 3 Laws of Unemployotics
A term coined in late 2010 to describe the
study of the reasons for the long term
unemployed.
14. 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
15. The 3 Laws of Unemployotics
Improper Job Search Technique
Element of Choice
Long, Nasty Job Hunt
16. Job Search Technique
Lack of Job Hunting Fundamentals
Traditional Versus Non-Traditional
Good Economy Versus Bad Economy
Waiting for Rescue
Why Bother?
20. Interest Inventory
Holland Self-Directed Search
Matches Interest Areas to Job Titles
Generates Ideas
Generates Discussion
Taking a Step
People are enamored with assessments
21. Transferable Skills
Portable Traits and Characteristics that Move
from Environment to Environment
Often Referred to as “The Basics”
22. Transferable Skills Scale
Breaks Skills Areas Into Categories
Matches Categories with Job Titles
Useful with Interview Skills
Useful with Resume
23. O*NET Career Interest Inventory
U.S. Department of Labor Occupational
Information Network
Matches interests to job titles
25. Ultimate Goal
Develop a Written Ideal Job Description
Interests
Transferable Skills
Physician’s Restrictions
What is it?
26.
27. Car Great
Test Single
Green Jelly
Zero Season
Paper Tree
Up Window
Gross Lion
Search Share
Down Purple
28.
29. Car Great
Test Single
Green Jelly
Zero Season
Paper Tree
Up Window
Gross Lion
Search Share
Down Purple
30.
31. Car Great
Test Single
Green Jelly
Zero Season
Paper Tree
Up Window
Gross Lion
Search Share
Down Purple
32. What If No Realistic Goal?
Indicator of Possible Field
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
34. Books
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
O*NET
Career Books
Reference USA
35. O*NET
U.S. Department of Labor Occupational
Information Network
http://www.onetonline.org/
Hundreds of Occupation Descriptions
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Replaced Dictionary of Occupational Titles
36. 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
37. Caution
Never base a career or training decision on book
or internet labor market information
38. Employment Projection Limitations
Employment projections are based on assumptions
about economic and labor force growth. These
assumptions reflect long-term trends, but because the
economy is affected by unforeseeable events,
assumptions and projections are subject to error.
Assumption - The projected U.S. economy will be at
approximately full employment
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch13.htm
39. Employment Projection Limitations
Updated biennially
As with all forecasts and projections, Labor Market
Projections are subject to error, especially if events
negate underlying assumptions.
http://ohiolmi.com/proj/projections.htm
40. 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, Fracking
41. Never Base Career Decision on Trends
Trends Come and Trends Go
The Winds of Politics Blow Hot and Cold
Timing is Everything
Those Finishing are in the Drivers Seat
Those Starting Out are in the Back Seat
Multiple Education and Degrees Symptom
43. Information Interviewing
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
44. 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?
45. 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!
46. 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
47. 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
48. Achievement Blockers
Fuzzy goals or action strategies
Incorrect focus
No agreement on priorities
51. Identify Strategies for Change
What will you do to reach goal?
Which program elements could assist?
52. 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
53.
54. 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
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