27 Sep BENCHMARK: CAREER SELF-ASSESSMENT AND EXPLORATION

BENCHMARK: CAREER SELF-ASSESSMENT AND EXPLORATION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS 

OVERVIEW

The purpose of this assignment is to experience the complexities of the career counseling and planning process and to complete an individual career counseling and planning cycle.  This assignment provides an opportunity to administer, score, and interpret career assessment results. This assignment will also provide students with an opportunity to engage in an occupational exploration process using career technology information and resources. This process will introduce students to a process that can assist future clients with their career exploration. 

INSTRUCTIONS

Divide your paper using the headings located in the Benchmark: Career Self-Assessment and Exploration Template (without Roman numerals) and follow these guidelines:

• Write a 10-12 page paper (not including title page, abstract, or references)

• Include a title page, abstract, and a minimum of 3 sources including the O*Net

• Please follow current APA formatting

• Your paper may be written in first person. 

• Save your paper in Microsoft Word format as: Last name_First initial_Career_Self-assessment_ Paper (e.g., Doe_J_ Career_Self-Assessment_ Paper).

Part I: Career Self-Assessment 

For this part of your paper, you will use the results obtained from Steps I-III of the Career Inventory Activity. The Career Inventory Activity Instructions can be found in Module 2 in Canvas. You will use the results of the Decision-Making Factors Survey (Horton, 2009), O*Net Interest Profiler and the Value Sort from The Career Inventory Activity to conceptualize your own career development. Part I will be 4-6 pages. Please cite your sources.

Part II: Occupational Exploration

After reviewing the results of the Decision-Making Factors Survey, O*NET Interest Profiler and Value Sort, select one potential career that you want to further explore based on your top Holland scores and/or identified values. Please gather information about the career and report that information in this paper. Part II will be approximately 3 pages. Please cite your sources.

Part III: Practical Application

For this part of your paper, you will respond to a career counseling scenario. Use relevant ethical codes and ethical decision-making models to demonstrate how you will navigate a client who has differing values from your own. Part III will be approximately 3 pages. Please cite your sources.

Note: Submit your paper to the course assignment link and to Tevera/LiveText:

• If you are a School Counseling student, please submit to LiveText.

• If you are a Clinical Mental Health/Professional Counseling student, please submit to Tevera.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.