1. Career Project
By Nick Contess

2. Part 1: All About Me
Subjects discussed in this part:
 Life Style Choice
 Learning Style
 Work Values
 Unique Qualities
 My Foundation blocks

3. Part 1: All About Me
Life Style Choice:
My Goals represent my life style choices
for my future. By completing high school
by taking business and communications
classes, I hope to go to college for
teaching and minor in business and
eventually have a job teaching on long
island.

4. Part 1: All About Me
Learning Style:
To figure out my learning style I took a
survey and answered questions based
on how I learn. After completing the
survey I came to the conclusion that I
am a stronger auditory listener then a
visual and kinesthetic learner.

5. Part 1: All About Me
Work Values:
Work Values are important in
determining what career you wish to
pursue. My 3 most important work
values were “On my ideal job it is
important that… ‘I could do things for
other people,’ ‘I could give direction and
instruction to others,’ and ‘I would
receive recognition for the work I do.’”

6. Part 1: All About Me
Unique Qualities:
What makes me is my unique ability to speak in front
of a crowd. Thanks to teaching karate and DECA my
public speaking skills are stronger then others. Also
my ability to take charge and lead is a quality that I am
proud to have. I want to use these qualities and put
them to good use by finding a career in teaching. The
best would for me would be to become a business
teacher because of my skill and interest in my
business classes that I have taken.

7. Part 1: All About Me
My Foundation Blocks:
The Foundation Blocks I believe I currently
have are:
 Leadership
 Sociability
 Negotiation
 Integrity/Honesty
 Listening
 Communication

8. Part 1: All About Me
My Foundation Blocks (continued):
The Building Blocks I wish to acquire are:
 Self-Esteem
 Self-Management
 Knowing How to Learn
 Arithmetic/Math
 Computers
 Mental Visualization

9. Part 2: Career Assessment
The Holland Code:
The Holland Code is a way figuring out a
career that would be the best for someone
based upon 3 words that best describe who
you are. The 6 personality traits you pick from
are Realistic, Artistic, Enterprising,
Investigative, Social, and Conventional. The 3
I picked were Social, Enterprising, and
Investigative. From these 3 I picked 3 Careers
that I would be interested in researching.

10. Part 2: Career Assessment
The Holland Code:
1st Career: Vocational Education Teacher
I picked this because it matched my 3 choices
in order perfectly. Teaching is a career I
wanted to peruse my whole life because I
have experiences teaching and the feeling I
get after helping a child is better then winning
any award in the world. To know I made a
difference and I was a leader in their life is
enough for me.

11. Part 2: Career Assessment
The Holland Code:
2nd Career: Agent and Business Manager
This career involves protecting people such as
athletes, famous stars, performers, artists and
other people of interest when it comes to
signing contracts and making decisions with
business. This relates to me because I want
to help people and I can be a person who
makes a decision when necessary.

12. Part 2 Career Assessment
The Holland Code
3rd Career: School Psychologist
When I saw this pop up under careers that
might interest me I got excited. This seemed
so interesting and it caught my eye. I started
reading and I felt this would be perfect cause
it’s the next best thing to teaching. I would be
able to help students work through a rough
time in their life and let them to a path of
success and a bright future.

13. Part 2: Career Assessment
The Birkman Code:
The Birkman Code is another test or
survey that you take with questions that
involve what you would like to do as
work. Things that you would prefer to do
over others. Then the test gives you 2
colors that describe you my two are:

14. Part 2: Career Assessment
The Birkman Code:
1st Career: Stockbroker
A Stockbroker is someone who works on wall
street and executes trades for his/her clients.
Famous for its high stress, a lot of people
avoid this ad an occupation. This career
connects with me because of my interest in
finance and my desire to help and take care of
people. The one thing I love more then money
is helping people.

15. Part 2: Career Assessment
The Birkman Code
2nd Career: Advertising Executive
This career is someone who runs the
marketing board. This career requires hard
work and creativity. This appeals to me
because of my business interest and the
chance to incorporate my creativity.
It takes a lot of work to reach the position of
Advertising Executive and you need to “climb
the ladder” but this job fits perfectly with my
ability to lead.

16. Part 2: Career Assessment
The Birkman Code:
3rd Career: Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
This is someone who travels and finds
pharmaceutical products to sell. The
necessity of an open mind to learn about new
products and treatments is apparent. This
possession requires a lot of hard work
involving selling products and opening up
inventory for new ones. The motto is “Sell,
Learn, Sell, Repeat.” I love to learn and
interact with people and sales so this caught
my interest.

17. Part 3: Reflection
I learned a lot from this project, not only
careers, but I learned about myself. How
something as insignificant as what I used to
watch when I was kid can affect my interest
and what I would want to pursue as a career. I
learned about careers I never heard of before
and something I might find as something I
want to fallow. I am happy that I kept an open
mind and now I learned so much.

18. Part 3: Reflection
I believe the importance of doing
something like this requires an open
mind. The ability to open yourself up
and be honest to yourself allows the rare
opportunity to find a path to a bright
future and a the perfect career for you.
Your life will revolve around your family
and career, make it worth living.