The document discusses how to choose a satisfying career path by getting to know yourself. It emphasizes answering the questions "What do I want to do?" and "What am I suited to do?". To do this, one must be aware of their aptitudes, abilities, interests, values, attitudes, and physical abilities. Choosing a career involves personal feelings, needs, and insights. Key factors to consider include aptitudes, abilities, interests assessed through inventories, values, temperament, and attitudes. Understanding these about yourself through tests and counselling can provide career direction insights.

1. UNIT 1 CHAPTER 2.3
Career Direction – Getting to Know Yourself
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2. Career Direction – Getting to Know
Yourself
Know
Yourself
The key to finding a satisfying career path
is answering these two questions:
• What do I want to do?
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• What am I suited to do?

3. You must be aware
of your:
• Aptitudes
• Abilities
• Interests
• Values
• Attitudes
• Physical abilities
Choosing a career involves your feelings,
your personal needs, and your insights into
yourself.
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4. Insight
The ability to grasp a hidden or
inward truth
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5. Two questions that will help you
choose your career direction are
“What do I want to do?” and “What am
I _______ to do?”
A. encouraged
B. suited
C. asked
D. trained
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6. Two questions that will help you
choose your career direction are
“What do I want to do?” and “What am
I _______ to do?”
A. encouraged
B. suited
C. asked
D. trained
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7. Aptitudes and Abilities
Aptitudes are
talents or skills
that you have or
can develop with
practice or
training.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
What subjects do you like most at school?
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8. Aptitudes
Inherent abilities or talents
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9. Your physical abilities – strength, stamina,
good eyesight, good hand-eye coordination,
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for instance – are important too.

10. Ability
Mental or physical powers to
do certain things
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11. If you like to take things apart, your
niche might be as an auto mechanic or
an engineer.
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12. If you enjoy solving puzzles, you might be a
good program analyst or accountant.
Good writing skill is a much needed talent
in the business world.
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13. What term refers to a natural ability or
talent?
A. Aptitude
B. Assessment
C. Tendency
D. Insight
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14. What term refers to a natural ability or
talent?
A. Aptitude
B. Assessment
C. Tendency
D. Insight
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15. Work gives you experiences that are
different from school.
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16. Do you like dealing with the public as a
sales clerk, or maybe you are more
interested in the products you are
selling – electronics, clothing, books – or
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17. Interests
Your likes, dislikes, hopes, and wishes are
part of your interests.
Special tests of interests (called
inventories) can tell you how your
interests match those of people in
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the field you are considering.

18. Interest
Those subjects or activities
that capture someone’s
attention, curiosity, or
concern
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19. You need both interest and aptitude to
succeed in a career.
To be a good graphic artist, you not only
have to like to draw, you have to be good
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at it.

20. What name is given to tests that show
how your interests compare to the
interests of people who work in the
field you are considering?
A. Inventories
B. Qualifications
C. Aptitudes
D. Surveys
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21. What name is given to tests that show
how your interests compare to the
interests of people who work in the
field you are considering?
A. Inventories
B. Qualifications
C. Aptitudes
D. Surveys
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22. Values
Values give your life meaning – they help
you to be the person you want to be.
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23. Values
Principles, standards, or
qualities considered worthwhile
or desirable
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24. People express their values in terms of
their moral, religious, or political beliefs.
If service to others is an important value to
you, you might find a satisfying career in
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25. True or False: Values usually relate to
a person’s moral, religious, or political
beliefs.
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26. True or False: Values usually relate to
a person’s moral, religious, or political
beliefs.
True
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27. Attitudes
Some jobs and careers require certain
kinds of temperaments.
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28. Temperament
A person’s typical way of
thinking, behaving, or reacting
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29. Unflappable
calm is a good
attitude for a
police officer.
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30. Attitude
A person’s feelings or state of
mind
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31. Air traffic controllers need to be able to
handle stress.
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32. Traveling sales reps need to create their own
energy. They need to keep their spirits up
facing clients who can all too easily say no.
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33. Firefighters need immense physical courage
and energy as they rush to fight the fire.
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34. A shy person may win You may work hard to
an election to public develop the courage to
office. work in public safety.
Remember, some people overcome
personality limitations and find success
in a field they care deeply about.
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35. Which of these attributes is an
example of an aptitude?
A. Learning foreign languages easily
B. Being tall and strong
C. Having good eyesight
D. Being outdoors
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36. Which of these attributes is an
example of an aptitude?
A. Learning foreign languages easily
B. Being tall and strong
C. Having good eyesight
D. Being outdoors
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37. True or False: If your temperament is
not naturally suitable for a career, you
will not be able to be successful in it.
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38. True or False: If your temperament is
not naturally suitable for a career, you
will not be able to be successful in it.
False
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39. A guidance counselor at school can give
you a reading on your own temperament
with something called an “attitude
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inventory.”

40. An “attitude inventory” may identify
qualities to develop or overcome. It can
help you to know yourself.
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41. What term refers to the ability to
understand a hidden or inward
truth?
A. Aptitude
B. Empathy
C. Insight
D. Inspiration
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42. What term refers to the ability to
understand a hidden or inward
truth?
A. Aptitude
B. Empathy
C. Insight
D. Inspiration
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43. A natural ability or talent is an
_______.
A. inclination
B. artistry
C. aptitude
D. insight
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44. A natural ability or talent is an
_______.
A. inclination
B. artistry
C. aptitude
D. insight
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45. Physical or mental powers to do
certain things are _______.
A. abilities
B. assessments
C. aptitudes
D. achievements
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46. Physical or mental powers to do
certain things are _______.
A. abilities
B. assessments
C. aptitudes
D. achievements
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47. Activities or subjects that
capture someone’s attention are
known as _______.
A. abilities
B. interests
C. insights
D. aptitudes
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48. Activities or subjects that
capture someone’s attention are
known as _______.
A. abilities
B. interests
C. insights
D. aptitudes
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49. The principles, standards, or
qualities that someone
considers worthwhile or
desirable are known as
_______.
A. temperaments
B. insights
C. attitudes
D. values
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50. The principles, standards, or
qualities that someone
considers worthwhile or
desirable are known as
_______.
A. temperaments
B. insights
C. attitudes
D. values
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51. What term is used to refer to a
person’s normal reaction,
behavior, or thought
processes?
A. Aptitude
B. Attitude
C. Temperament
D. Values
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52. What term is used to refer to a
person’s normal reaction,
behavior, or thought
processes?
A. Aptitude
B. Attitude
C. Temperament
D. Values
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53. A person’s _______ is his/her
state of mind and feelings about
subjects and events.
A. aptitude
B. attitude
C. insight
D. temperament
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54. A person’s _______ is his/her
state of mind and feelings about
subjects and events.
A. aptitude
B. attitude
C. insight
D. temperament
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