Career Activities Parents as Partners By: William P. Breitsprecher Helping Your Son or Daughter with Career Discovery

Career Planning 1. Self-Assessment Interests, values, skills 2. Identifying and Exploring Options Research, experience, Informational interviewing Job shadows

1. Self-Assessment

Interests, values, skills

2. Identifying and Exploring Options

Research, experience,

Informational interviewing

Job shadows

Career Planning (cont) 3. Goal Setting and Planning Identify goals Pinpoint actions Create a plan 4. Taking Action Graduating from school Job hunting Resume writing Continue education & training

3. Goal Setting and Planning

Identify goals

Pinpoint actions

Create a plan

4. Taking Action

Graduating from school

Job hunting

Resume writing

Continue education & training

Supporting Roles Self Assessment – Clarifier Identifying & Exploring – Connecter Goal Setting & Planning – Challenger Taking Action - Motivator

Self Assessment – Clarifier

Identifying & Exploring – Connecter

Goal Setting & Planning – Challenger

Taking Action - Motivator

Parent as Clarifier Support interests and abilities Ask questions, expand thinking Provide variety of experiences Work with teachers, counselors on career project

Support interests and abilities

Ask questions, expand thinking

Provide variety of experiences

Work with teachers, counselors on career project

Parent as Connecter Connect self-assessments with options Suggest books and reading Introduce to your working friends Encourage activities for experience and perspectives

Connect self-assessments with options

Suggest books and reading

Introduce to your working friends

Encourage activities for experience and perspectives

Parent as Challenger Help create goals from self-assessments Review workforce trends & viability of goals Help form realistic, flexible goals

Help create goals from self-assessments

Review workforce trends & viability of goals

Help form realistic, flexible goals

Parent as Motivator Explore education and job options Visit colleges or tech schools Review resumes Practice interviewing Identify mentors

Explore education and job options

Visit colleges or tech schools

Review resumes

Practice interviewing

Identify mentors

Remember… Students achieve more when they see connections between learning and careers More parent involvement means higher the student achievement Talk to teachers, monitor progress and get ideas to help your child

Students achieve more when they see connections between learning and careers

More parent involvement means higher the student achievement

Talk to teachers, monitor progress and get ideas to help your child