Career Consulting Techniques: Life Role Analysis: Part 2

Resources: Redekopp, D., B. Day and K. Magnussen. Creating Self-Portraits Guidelines for Creating Self- Portraits (Online Notes from Lesson 8) Sample Client Portraits (Online Notes from Lesson 8) What to Look for in a Life Role Portrait (Online Notes) Life Role Template (An optional resource for you)

Redekopp, D., B. Day and K. Magnussen. Creating Self-Portraits

Guidelines for Creating Self- Portraits (Online Notes from Lesson 8)

Sample Client Portraits (Online Notes from Lesson 8)

What to Look for in a Life Role Portrait (Online Notes)

Life Role Template (An optional resource for you)

Opening Discussion Let’s take some time to talk about your experience working with your learning partner. What is working? Where are you stuck?

Let’s take some time to talk about your experience working with your learning partner.

What is working?

Where are you stuck?

What to look for in a portrait Preferred Future Activities: "Making it happen", working with printers, helping to get the product developed, seeing the finished product, knowing the impact A mixture of on the road and on the phone activity - variety through the day is important Connecting and networking in the community and getting to know the people, knowing the layout of the community - who's who Creating my own daily agenda rather than having it imposed Doing design work - problem solving, aesthetic design, marketing and promotion, helping the client to reach their target population

Preferred Future Activities:

"Making it happen", working with printers, helping to get the product developed, seeing the finished product, knowing the impact

A mixture of on the road and on the phone activity - variety through the day is important

Connecting and networking in the community and getting to know the people, knowing the layout of the community - who's who

Creating my own daily agenda rather than having it imposed

Doing design work - problem solving, aesthetic design, marketing and promotion, helping the client to reach their target population

What to look for in a portrait Past Activities That Were Personally Rewarding Acting as a team leader during the Summer Tech program Being creative, funny and weird with my friends Completing drawing for aunt & uncle Creative expression through reading literature, writing, poetry, drama and acting Doing what ever I can to please the customer and get the sale Enjoy meeting deadlines Going the extra mile for each customer

Past Activities That Were Personally Rewarding

Acting as a team leader during the Summer Tech program

Being creative, funny and weird with my friends

Completing drawing for aunt & uncle

Creative expression through reading literature, writing, poetry, drama and acting

Doing what ever I can to please the customer and get the sale

Enjoy meeting deadlines

Going the extra mile for each customer

What to look for in a portrait Needed / Career Building Activities: Conduct information interviews with individuals in the fields of: public relations, occupational therapy, physical therapy and social work Develop communications skills by taking 10 Steps to Community Action & other courses Develop family/children relations: Review STEP program and take workshop Develop personal financial skills, beginning with reading the "Wealthy Barber" Exploring options for work roles (eg. Safe Homes for Youth) and the various educational paths needed to attain these roles Join Toastmasters to develop my presentation skills

Needed / Career Building Activities:

Conduct information interviews with individuals in the fields of: public relations, occupational therapy, physical therapy and social work

Develop communications skills by taking 10 Steps to Community Action & other courses

Develop family/children relations: Review STEP program and take workshop

Develop personal financial skills, beginning with reading the "Wealthy Barber"

Exploring options for work roles (eg. Safe Homes for Youth) and the various educational paths needed to attain these roles

Join Toastmasters to develop my presentation skills

What to look for in a portrait Tools & Techniques (a.k.a. Skills & Knowledge) Able to relate personally to customers, find their interests and develop this as a foundation for an on-going professional relationship Always learning from customers Analysing, monitoring, classifying and testing Budgeting and money management Create internal vision of final product and then set about to produce the results Creating, writing, editing and publishing newsletters Dealing with feelings Designing and creating events and things

Tools & Techniques (a.k.a. Skills & Knowledge)

Able to relate personally to customers, find their interests and develop this as a foundation for an on-going professional relationship

Always learning from customers

Analysing, monitoring, classifying and testing

Budgeting and money management

Create internal vision of final product and then set about to produce the results

Creating, writing, editing and publishing newsletters

Dealing with feelings

Designing and creating events and things

Next Steps Determining Preferred, Past and Needed Activities Determining Skills & Knowledge

Determining Preferred, Past and Needed Activities

Determining Skills & Knowledge

ALL #7: Life Role Analysis You are to continue working with your learning partner on the creation of your self-portrait. Write an analysis stating your thoughts and feelings that you experienced using the process of activities and skills analysis (both as a client and a counsellor). What did you like/dislike about it? What did you learn about yourself from this process? How would you change or modify this method?

You are to continue working with your learning partner on the creation of your self-portrait. Write an analysis stating your thoughts and feelings that you experienced using the process of activities and skills analysis (both as a client and a counsellor).

What did you like/dislike about it?

What did you learn about yourself from this process?

How would you change or modify this method?

Final Thoughts Any questions or concerns about the material presented tonight? "You cannot teach people anything. You can only help them discover it within themselves." Galileo

Any questions or concerns about the material presented tonight?

"You cannot teach people anything. You can only help them discover it within themselves."

Galileo