Week+5

__**Chapter 4.**__ Read Chapter 4, "Do An Inner You Workout: Assessing Your Personality and Interests," pp. 53-75.

Do the following exercises; 4.1-4.8 should be written up in a document and uploaded in Assignments, and 4.9 is a Discussion Board post.

4.1 Your Personality Type (p. 58, based on the information described on pp. 55-58). (4 points) (The Keirsey Temperament Sorter you'll take in a few weeks is a fast and free version of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator that is mentioned in this exercise.)

4.2 Your Holland Interest Environment (p. 68, based on information described on pp. 61-67). Answer all 4 questions. (4 points) (You'll be doing the Self-Directed Search soon, which is the official assessment to figure out your Holland code.)

4.3 Identifying Career Interest Areas (pp. 69-72). Please note that question 1 skips from p. 69 to 72. (3 points)
 * **After** doing questions 1, 2, and 3, then go back to the first question on p. 69 (above #1) and answer that--the answer to this question is all you have to write/type for 4.3.

4.4 Your Career Interest Areas (p. 73)--your answer should be the things you checked off in questions Exercise 4.3, questions 1 and 2, as being interest areas for you. (2 points)

4.5 ACT Career Clusters (p. 73)--Your answer should be Career Clusters (A through Z) listed on page 70, or jobs within those clusters, that interest you. (3 points)
 * Study the information on pp. 70-71--the World of Work Map integrates several categories of information together--ACT Career Clusters (6, on the outer ring of the map), ACT Career Areas (A through Z, described on p. 70 and mapped on p. 71), the Holland code (RIASEC letters in the notched outer area of the map), and in the center, the axis of the four primary work tasks (described below the map).
 * The DISCOVER assessment you'll do in a few weeks is an interactive way to explore these areas and clusters and the occupations within them, so you will see this again.

4.6 Interest Inventories (p. 73)--if you have taken any interest inventories recently and have results, you can share that here. Otherwise skip this question.

4.8 College Catalogs (p. 74)--browse program and course descriptions for KCTCS or a four-year college or university to which you think you are going to transfer, to do this exercise. Most college catalogs are online now, and it's hard to get printed copies! Here's the link to the KCTCS Catalog. Click on "Programs and Curricula" and "Course Descriptions." List the programs and classes that interest you. (3 points)

__Discussion Board post:__ 4.9 Dream/Ideal Job (p. 74)--so far, based on results so far. (It's okay if you change your mind later.) (5 points) Read others' posts.

24 total points (19 written assignment + 5 discussion board post, graded separately). Due Sunday, February 13, 2011, 11:59 p.m.

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