Career Coaching for Selina Russel

Click on the following link for your: Vocational Style & Career Assessment for Students (VoSCA-St) Click on the following link for the: O*Net Online Career Research Tool

Career Coaching Session #1: Monday 8 September 2014

- Selina uses her mother's E-mail address, which is sabrinapeters1965@gmail.com - Selina is 12 years old, and has two sisters and two brothers. - She attends secondary school at San Fernando East Secondary School, and just commenced Form 1. She is taking the following subjects: Maths, Visual Arts, Dance, PE, Tech. Ed., Integrated Science, Spanish. - She has considered the following careers from the time she was younger to now: #1 Teaching (before Standard 3) #2 Social Work (like her mother) #3 Hair Dressing - Selina also said that financial stability is important to her, and that she has a dream of building a 12-storey home for her and her family. This home could also act as a type of resort where other people pay to stay. - I discussed the results of the VoSCA-St assessment with Selina, specifically her scores in the various categories of Interests, Intelligence Types, Values, and Work Styles. Her scores can be reviewed in the report itself. - Here are the careers that the VoSCA-St assessment recommended for Selina and how she rated them in terms of her passion level (1 is no passion and 10 is the highest passion): #1 Survey Researchers (6/10) #2 Librarians (7/10) #3 Management Analysts (5/10) #4 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (6/10) #5 Computer Systems Analysts (6/10) #6 Art Directors (7/10) #7 Software Developers, Applications (2/10) #8 Computer and Information Systems Managers (5/10) #9 Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers (4/10) #10 Broadcast News Analysts (0/10) #11 Network and Computer Systems Administrators (4/10) #12 Audio-Visual and Multimedia Collections Specialists (7/10) #13 Editors (6/10) #14 Web Developers (6/10) #15 Residential Advisors (7/10) #16 Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers (6/10) #17 Software Developers, Systems Software (2/10) #18 Social and Human Service Assistants (10/10) #19 Human Resources Specialists (5/10) #20 Computer User Support Specialists (4/10) #21 Web Administrators (4/10) #22 Human Resources Managers (2/10) #23 Soil and Water Conservationists (4/10) #24 Radio and Television Announcers (4/10) #25 Clergy (7/10) #26 First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers (4/10) #27 Public Relations and Fundraising Managers (3/10) #28 Computer Programmers (3/10) #29 Information Security Analysts (3/10) #30 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers (6/10) - Selina seems to lean more toward a career in the field of Social Work. - I asked Selina about her spirituality, and she said that she is a practicing Christian. She said that she prays regularly, and is probably more spiritual than most people her age. Acknowledgements from Session #1: - I acknowledged Selina for completing the VoSCA-St assessment. - I also acknowledged her for coming to these Career Coaching sessions to get a better understanding of what career path she would like to pursue as she moves through secondary school. Takeaways from Session #1: - Selina liked the process of doing the assessment she feels a little clearer about the process of career discovery. Action Plan from Session #1: - Selina agreed to review the VoSCA report in more detail. - She also agreed to research on the Internet using the O*Net Online Career Research Tool (www.onetonline.org) the recommended careers which she scored 6 or more out of 10, and document her research in this password-protected blog under the section at the end called "Leave a Reply". The careers on her shortlist are: #1 Social and Human Service Assistants (10/10) #2 Librarians (7/10) #3 Art Directors (7/10) #4 Audio-Visual and Multimedia Collections Specialists (7/10) #5 Residential Advisors (7/10) #6 Clergy (7/10) #7 Survey Researchers (6/10) #8 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (6/10) #9 Computer Systems Analysts (6/10) #10 Editors (6/10) #11 Web Developers (6/10) #12 Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers (6/10) #13 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers (6/10) - She also agreed to see if any of the careers in the Related section under each of his recommended careers in the report catch her interest, and to put those in the blog as well. In particular, she should at least copy and paste the following sections from the O*Net site into the blog: Tasks, Knowledge, Related Careers, and Wages & Employment Trends. - The next session will be scheduled when Selina completes her action plan tasks, and will be done possibly over Skype.

Career Coaching Session #2:

- - - - The following careers from the VoSCA-St assessment still interest Selina: #1 Career 1 (a/10) #2 Career 2 (b/10) #3 Career 3 (c/10) #4 Career 4 (d/10) Acknowledgements from Session #2: - - Takeaways from Session #2: - Action Plan from Session #2: - Selina will continue researching the careers on the VoSCA-St shortlist. - The next session schedule was scheduled for ...

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