Module 6:Finding Your Personal Compass Points

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ObjectivesAt the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Identify the career clusters of your highest interests and skills.

• Describe what your personal profile of interests and skills means.

• State occupations filled by others who have very similar results.

• State the names of clusters where both interests and skills are high.

• List occupations that you want to explore in depth.

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Your Kuder® Career Search Report

• Your areas of interest in the 16 Career Clusters in rank order.

• List of persons who answered the questions like you did and their occupations.

• Lists of possible occupations (by education level) and access to their descriptions.

• Sample education plans for clusters of your highest interest.

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Your Kuder® Career Search Report

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Person Match

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List of Occupations• Your reports include an extensive list of

occupations for the top five clusters of your interest.

• The occupations are organized by the amount of education needed to enter them.

• Use the system to learn about the occupations suggested through descriptions and a video.

• Save the titles of those occupations that appeal to you in your portfolio.

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Kuder® Skills Assessment Report

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Composite Report

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Composite Report

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Middle School Homework for Next Session

• Complete Activity 12: Self-Assessment Summary Sheet:

– List the five career clusters of your highest interests.– List the five career clusters of your highest skills.– Write down the titles of occupations in each of these

clusters that you want to explore.

• Complete Activity 13: Your Dream Job, and bring it to the next class session.

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High School Homework for Next Session• Complete Activity 12: Self-Assessment Summary

Sheet:

– List the five career clusters of your highest interests.– List the five career clusters of your highest skills.– Write down the titles of occupations in each of these

clusters that you want to explore.

• Use Handout 5 to take the assessment in Kuder®

Navigator titled Super’s Work Values Inventory-revised. Print your results and bring them to the next session.

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