By: Ripley Ahlborn
On Wednesday, July 10, Dr. Jeffrey Reed, Dean of the School
of Business and Public Safety, gave students the first of his presentations on
career exploration. This included a review of a traditional career model,
Holland’s Career Codes, and several self-assessments used to identify
personal skills, interests, and values.
The career model showed how numerous components go into choosing a career in which professionals
will perform to the best of their abilities, be satisfied with their jobs, and
receive rewards and recognition for their accomplishments. Reed stressed the
importance of job satisfaction; it is imperative that students choose jobs they
want to do. If one chooses a career that doesn't appeal to their interests, they will become unhappy; unhappiness causes him to perform less and, in turn, to receive less recognition.
John Holland’s Career Code model identifies six themes that
are used to classify individuals so they can match their personal profiles to occupational profiles. The themes are: realistic, investigative, artistic,
social, enterprising, and conventional. Reed led the students through a series
of assessments offered by Rutgers University which measured their interests and
skills on the Holland Codes scale.
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At the end, students were able to identify which themes
matched them the best. They can now use these themes to identify careers which
match their true skills, interests, and values. To aid in this process, Reed
prepared a follow-up presentation in which the students looked for career ideas
online. The American Job Center Network has identified thousands of occupations
and categorizes them using the same criteria that Holland used in his model,
which makes it simple for students to search for occupations based on their top
themes.
Lastly, Reed showed a short video
that showed the benefits and recent developments in “STEM” careers. STEM stands
for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and it encompasses the careers
that many UBMS students will have in the future. Amazingly, fifteen out of twenty of the
top-paying jobs in the world and six
out of ten of the most popular careers in the world are in STEM fields!
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