Career Coaching for Asha Singh

Click on the following link for your: Vocational Style and Career Assessment - Revised (VoSCA-R) Click on the following link for the: O*Net Online Career Research Tool

Career Coaching Session #1: Friday 28 April 2017

- Asha's E-mail address is ashas4756@gmail.com - She has two children and is a single mother. - Asha went to Providence up to Form 5 in 1997. For CXC, she took the following: POA (+), POB (+), English, Math, Typing, Art (+) - She stayed in Form 6 for two years until 1999, and took MOB, GP, and other subjects. - She then went to England for two years, and studied Early Childhood Education (Maria Montesory course). She stayed in the programme for 1 year. - She has worked at Republic Bank (Customer Service and Admin), Econo Car rentals (payroll), and a US company for a short while. - She then worked as the Admin Assistant to head academic at TTHTI for over 6 years. - She registered to start a degree in Psychology at COSTTAAT in September 2014, but because of all that she had going on her life, she didn't start the degree. She really enjoys helping others. Because there were a lot of issues in her childhood, Asha has a lot of empathy and insight into the emotional problems that other people are ging through. - The she went to Guardian Life and worked as a Sales Rep for 2 years. She left recently becasue there was no base salary. - She has considered being an entrepreneur because she likes the flexibility. - When she was younger, she considered the following careers:

Liked Art: Textiles, Print Making, Graphics Design (by hand)
Flight Attendent (service and travel)
Lawyer (likes the investiagtive aspect)
She likes ineracting with children
Primary school art teacher

- I then discussed the results of the VoSCA-R assessment with Asha, 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-R assessment recommended for Asha and how she rated them in terms of her passion level (1 is no passion and 10 is the highest passion): #1 Recreation Workers (6/10) #2 Physical Therapist Assistants (7/10) #3 Surgical Technologists (0/10) #4 Residential Advisors (6/10) #5 Occupational Therapy Aides (5/10) #6 Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers (0/10) #7 Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists (*): (8/10) #8 Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs (5/10) #9 Tour Guides and Escorts (8/10) #10 Skincare Specialists (7.5/10) #11 Cooks, Private Household (0/10) #12 Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners (8/10) #13 Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (1/10) #14 Veterinary Technologists and Technicians (0/10) #15 Tax Preparers (1/10) #16 Radiologic Technicians (1/10) #17 Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance (1/10) #18 Costume Attendants (1/10) #19 Storage and Distribution Managers (1/10) #20 Purchasing Agents for Clothing (8/10) #21 Non-Destructive Testing Specialists (1/10) #22 Real Estate Agent (8/10) #23 Insurance Policy Processing Clerks (1/10) #24 Precision Agriculture Technicians (7/10) #25 Endoscopy Technicians (1/10) #26 Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage (1/10) #27 Medical Equipment Preparers (1/10) #28 Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters (1/10) #29 Precious Metal Workers (8/10) #31 Self-Enrichment Education Teachers (9.5/10) #32 Fashion Designer (8/10) [side career] #33 Business Psychologist (8/10) #34 Art/Music Therapist (7/10) Acknowledgements from Session #1: - I acknowledged Asha for completing the VoSCA-R 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. Takeaways from Session #1: - Asha liked the process of doing the assessment, and she feels a little clearer about the process of career discovery. Action Plan from Session #1: - You agreed to review the VoSCA-R report in more detail. - You also agreed research on the Internet using the O*Net Online Career Research Tool (www.onetonline.org) the recommended careers above which you scored 7 or more out of 10, and document your research in this password-protected blog under the section at the end called “Leave a Reply”. The careers on your list are: #1 Self-Enrichment Education Teachers (9.5/10) #2 Business Psychologist (8/10) #3 Cosmetologists (8/10) #4 Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners (8/10) #5 Purchasing Agents for Clothing (8/10) #6 Real Estate Agent (8/10) #7 Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers (8/10) #8 Fashion Designer (8/10) [side career] #9 Tour Guides and Escorts (8/10) #10 Skincare Specialists (7.5/10) #11 Precision Agriculture Technicians (7/10) #12 Physical Therapist Assistants (7/10) #13 Art/Music Therapist (7/10) - You also agreed to see if any of the careers in the Related section of the O*Net Online website catch her interest, and to put those in the blog as well. In particular, you should at least copy and paste the following sections from the O*Net site into the blog: Tasks, Knowledge, Related Careers, and Wages and Employment Trends. - The next session will be scheduled as needed.

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