Personal Career Development: Course Review

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Placing information in context is benefit when making a decision. It is helpful to review the historical events and available information to create a picture of where to go next. The purpose of this paper is to review the personal information from the career assessments taken in HS 585 Career Counseling at Bellevue University. The review will focus on this author’s personal results. This paper will combine the assessments with the author’s personal history to provide a context for future career goals.

Assessment Summary

The primary assessment performed and examined within the HS 585 course was the Strong Interest Inventory (SII). This assessment provided a profile of this author’s interests and values. Throughout the class, several assignments required informal online assessments and career theory application. Having personally taken the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and StrengthFinder (SF) assessment allowed this author to incorporate those assessment results into the self-analysis exercises. The next two sections review how these assessments and exercises reflect this author’s career choices.

Strong Interest Inventory

The results of this author’s SII suggested a wide range of occupational themes and career matches. The themes of highest personal interest were Artistic, Social, and Conventional (Prince, 2010). Through the analysis of the SII results, this author made two interesting conclusions. One, the wide variety of interests is a reflection of personal philosophy of keeping career opportunities open. Two, the Personal Style Scales outcomes suggest a preference for balance when working with others, leading others, and risk taking (Prince, 2010). Based on these conclusions, this author plans to thoroughly research ...

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...any different business models and career paths. The key to achieving the ultimate goal of owning a business to develop these assessed qualities into functioning skills. This author plans to pursue additional education and certifications to develop these skills. Continued personal growth is this author’s ultimate goal, and the HS 585 Career Counseling course has heavily into reaching that goal.

Works Cited

Briggs, K.C., & Briggs-Meyers, I.B., July, 2010. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator for D. Ryan McCann, Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc.

Buckingham, M., & Clifton, D.O., (2001). Now, Discover Your Strengths New York, NY: The Free Press.

Prince, Jeffrey P., December, 2010. Strong Interest Inventory for D. Ryan McCann, CPP Inc, www.cpp.com.

Sharf, R.S. (2006). Applying career development theory to counseling. 5thed. Belmont

CA: Thomson.

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