How to choosing the right career to follow

‘ Needful’ things for Careers Stephanie Morgan, BSc, MSc, PhD Chartered Psychologist [email_address]

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Is your career a plan or a succession of jobs in hindsight? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Research suggests careers are often random rather than planned but – you can take some control!

So many choices! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Developing your Career what is important? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Knowing what you want ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Career Objectives ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Try to put these in order of importance for you – rank 1-5

Personal Review ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Be honest – problems with over-selling yourself!

What sort of personality do you have?

There are many ways to assess personality ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],See: http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =kHF0VXPanU8 But consider the validity of this?

Consider the Currency of Life Work Friends Sport Studies Religion Money People Status Power Location Travel Environment Family Options?

Knowing the labour market ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Know what recruiters expect from you ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Options, Choices and Actions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Goal Setting in Career Management ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Decision Making and Risk ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why look at decision making style? ,[object Object],[object Object],'... our society has largely neglected the fact that sound judgement and decision making are the crux of many professions' (Smith et al 2004) Problem solving Decision making Task switching Planning Controlling action Directed mental action

So What is wrong with our decision-making? Anchoring Stereotypes Halo effects Over-confidence Poor use heuristics Risk blindness Recency Bias Poor Estimating Biases Illusory correlations Conjunction fallacies Self Correcting chance Satisficing

DASA is a test of the following process Goals Options Choice Sequence Action Feedback Executive Function People differ in where they pay attention

Summary of DASA factors and component scales Proactive Cognition Action Deciding Decision flow Organisation Attention & Persistence Resources trivial decisions Intuition Thought engaged choice Resources important decisions Decisional resource regulation Opportunity scanning Creating new options Decisional confidence

Example actions from DASA scores ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Attention and Persistence. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Attention and Persistence ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Assess your DASA profiles ,[object Object],[object Object]

Where are we? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Personal action planning ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Continuing your development ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

For those doing manual DASA 5.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 4.0 5.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 4.0 Decisional confidence Creating new Options Opportunity Scanning Creating new options Opportunity scanning Resources imp decisions Intuition Thought engaged choice Resources trivial decisions Attention & persistence Organisation Decisional resource regulation Decision flow = Sub A DC CO OS RI RT IN TE DR DF AP OR Proactive Cognition Deciding Action 25% ‘tile 25%-75% ‘tile 75% ‘tile

Further Reading ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Consider this - Intuition ,[object Object]

Websites to try out tests ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

And free psychometric tests too, e.g. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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How to choosing the right career to follow

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