Career Coaching for Eric Grant-Wilson

Click on the following link for your 2013 version of: Vocational Style & Career Assessment for Students (VoSCA-St) Click on the following link for your 2015 version of: Vocational Style & Career Assessment for Students (VoSCA-St) Click on the following link for the: List of Questions for Interview Process Click on the following link for the: O*Net Online Career Research Tool

Career Coaching Session #1: Thursday May 23, 2013

- Eric's E-mail address is wwilson146@yahoo.com - Eric is 16 years old - He attends secondary school at St. Mary's College and is currently in Form 3 - I discussed the results of the VoSCA assessment with Eric, specifically his scores in the various categories of Interests, Intelligence Types, Values, and Work Styles. His scores can be reviewed in the report itself. - Here are the careers that the VoSCA assessment recommended for Eric and how he rated them in terms of his passion level (1 is no passion and 10 is the highest passion): #1 Lawyers #2 Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators #3 Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers #4 Counseling Psychologists #5 Marriage and Family Therapists #6 Clinical Psychologists #7 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers #8 Healthcare Social Workers #9 Mental Health Counselors #10 Sociologists #11 Social Science Research Assistants #12 City and Regional Planning Aides - Eric seems to lean more toward a career in the field of business and law. - Eric discussed his strong leadership qualities at school and could see himself being self-employed one day and maybe even owning his own business. - Eric decided to take the following subjects for Form 4 which would leave him open to his top choices of careers above:

Math
English Language
English Literature
Spanish
History
Principles of Business
Economics
Accounting
Physical Education (PE)

Acknowledgements from Session #1: - I acknowledged Eric for completing the VoSCA-St assessment. - I also acknowledged him for coming to this Career Coaching session to get a better understanding of what career path he would like to pursue. Takeaways from Session #1: - Eric liked the process of doing the assessment he feels clearer about the process of career discovery. Action Plan from Session #1: - Eric agreed to review the VoSCA report in more detail and research on the Internet using the O*Net Online Career Research Tool (www.onetonline.org) the recommended careers below which he scored 6 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 his shortlist from the main ones recommended shown below. However, there may a few from the "Additional Matches" list and from the "Related Careers" section under each career that Christian may choose to add to the shortlist below. For any of these additional careers, he should list them in the blog and for each such career he 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: #1 Lawyers (9/10) #2 Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators (7/10) #3 Counseling Psychologists (7/10) #4 Marriage and Family Therapists (6/10)

Career Coaching Session #2: Friday 4 September 2015

- Eric's E-mail address is ericg30.wilson@gmail.com - Eric is 18 years old - He attends secondary school at St. Mary's College and is currently in Form 6. - He completed his CXC exams at St. Mary's College, and his results were as follows:

Math: 2 but he expected a 1
English A: 1 and he expected a 1
English B: 2 but he expected a 1
Spanish: 2 but he expected a 1
HSB: 3 but he expected a 1
Economics: 2 and he expected a 2
Principles of Accounting (POA): 2 and he expected a 1
Physical Education (PE): 2 and he expected a 2

- I discussed the results of the VoSCA-St assessment with Eric, specifically his scores in the various categories of Interests, Intelligence Types, Values, and Work Styles. His scores can be reviewed in the report itself. - Here are the careers that the VoSCA-St assessment recommended for Eric and how he rated them in terms of his passion level (1 is no passion and 10 is the highest passion): #1 Human Resources Specialists (7/10) #2 Talent Directors (2/10) #3 Clergy (3/10) #4 Compensation and Benefits Managers (5/10) #5 Human Resources Managers (7/10) #6 Recreation Workers (2/10) #7 General and Operations Managers (8/10) #8 Residential Advisors (1/10) #9 Interpreters and Translators (2/10) #10 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers (4/10) #11 Librarians (1/10) #12 Tour Guides and Escorts (3/10) #13 Administrative Services Managers (5/10) #14 Social and Human Service Assistants (5.5/10) #15 Spa Managers (1/10) #16 Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists (2/10) #17 Teacher Assistants (1/10) #18 Survey Researchers (2/10) #19 Library Technicians (1/10) #20 Storage and Distribution Managers (2/10) #21 Quality Control Systems Managers (5/10) #22 Technical Writers (2/10) #23 Insurance Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators (5.5/10) #24 Web Administrators (5/10) #25 First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand (2/10) #26 Claims Examiners, Property and Casualty Insurance (5/10) #27 Credit Authorizers (2/10) #28 Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products (4/10) #29 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (6/10) #30 Tax Preparers (2/10) #31 Lawyers (8/10) - Eric seems to lean more toward a career in the fields of either Business or Law. - Eric discussed his strong leadership qualities at school and could see himself being self-employed one day and maybe even owning his own business. Acknowledgements from Session #2: - I acknowledged Eric for completing the second VoSCA-St assessment two years after he completed the first one. - I also acknowledged him for coming to this Career Coaching session to get a better understanding of what career path he would like to pursue. Takeaways from Session #2: - Eric liked the process of doing the assessment the second time, and he feels clearer about the process of career discovery. Action Plan from Session #2: - Eric agreed to review the new VoSCA-St report in more detail and research on the Internet using the O*Net Online Career Research Tool (www.onetonline.org) the recommended careers below which he scored 6 or more out of 10, and document your research in this password-protected blog under the section at the end called “Leave a Reply”. #1 General and Operations Managers (8/10) #2 Lawyers (8/10) #3 Human Resources Specialists (7/10) #4 Human Resources Managers (7/10) #5 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (6/10) - The following was Eric's shortlist of careers from two years ago (2013): #1 Lawyers (9/10) #2 Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators (7/10) #3 Counseling Psychologists (7/10) #4 Marriage and Family Therapists (6/10) - So his combined shortlist from 2013 and 2015 is as follows (focusing on common careers): #1 General and Operations Managers (8/10) #2 Lawyers (8/10) #3 Human Resources Specialists (7/10) #4 Human Resources Managers (7/10) #5 Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators (7/10) #6 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (6/10) - The careers on his shortlist from the main ones recommended shown below. However, there may a few from the "Additional Matches" list and from the "Related Careers" section under each career that Eric may choose to add to the shortlist below. For any of these additional careers, he should list them in the blog and for each such career he 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. - Eric also agreed to interview professionals from his consolidated career shortlist using the Microsoft Word interview template provided to him at the top of this blog, and to record the answers to the interview questions for each interview on a separate sheet. Below are all of the contacts that Eric would need to conduct his interviews: #1 General and Operations Managers John Hadad of Hadco Limited Mobile: 680-6832 E-mail: johnh@hadcoltd.com #2 Lawyers Renee Johncilla Mobile: 389-7751 E-mail: reneejohncilla@ymail.com #3 Human Resources Managers and Specialists Lily Akien of Hadco Limited Mobile: 684-4431 E-mail: lilya@hadcoltd.com #5 Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators Anthony Hadeed Tel.: 474-1198 E-mail: ahadeed@yourlifepurpose.com #6 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists Chantal Lefevre of Blue Waters Limited Mobile: 327-0083 E-mail: clefevre@bluewaterstt.com

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