Career Cruising

My short term goals are just to try and do well in all my courses and preferebly work towards my career such as getting volunteer jobs towards the job I want. My long term goals are to get into a a good University that offers the program that I want. At this point, I'm not sure where I want to go but I do know that I would want to go somewhere that actually teaches me things I need to know. I also want to get a job that helps me get closer to my career. I know I wont be able to get a career right away after school so I would atleast try to have a stable job that allows me to pay for living and studies. The education I need to achieve my goals come from both highschool and post secondary. I need to know how draft and use the computer effectively. I will also need math and physics. Other than that, it would be really useful to take a class that is more creative so that I can have a more broad education. As of now I'm not sure what school I want to go to and I don't mind whether it is out of the country or not as I am able to adapt. Like I've said before, it doesn't bother me what school I go to as long as they can provide a good program. In grade 11 and 12, I'm planning on taking Pre-Calculus and Drafting and Design as this will help me a lot. I'm also considering taking an arts class and a science. To help me even more, I've decided to take a trades program for Drafting. For volunteer options, there is not much for me wanting to be an Interior Decorator, although I will try working and volunteering anywhere I can, preferebly in an office so that I can understand how it feels to be at a desk and organize things. To achieve my goals I will need to save up a lot of money for University, get a job or volunteer and study hard! Some potential challenges I may face in achieving my goals, are not doing well in studies, not getting into the University I want or having trouble finding a job but I'll never stop trying to achieve my goal in the end. Too meet these challenges, I'd try working even harder at school, my job or whatever else I will need to continue achieving my goal. As of now, I know that I want to start post-secondary right after high school because I don't want to wait to long and miss out on opportunites. Depending on how long post-secondary is I might go for farther studies and hopefully get a great job that I can turn into my career someday. Over the next few years I will monitor my success by paying attention to my studies and actually being more mature about what I want to do and hopefully this will help me plan out my future! 

Quizes

LEARNING STYLES QUIZ:

Visual: 10

Aural: 10

Read/Write: 11

Kinesthetic: 11

  

After doing the learning styles quiz, I feel that it was quite accurate considering I like learning when I see something practical happening right in front of me other than just reading some notes. Nothing really surprised me because I was kind of expecting these kind of results. 

WORK VALUES QUIZ:

Social: 80%                                             

Methodical: 65%

Directive: 78%

Objective: 33%

Innovative:  50%

 Driving Instructors,  Modelling and Finishing School Instructors, Sewing Instructors, Community Health Nurses, Gambling Casino Supervisors, Gambling Casino Workers, General Duty Registered Nurses, Independent Paralegals,  Nursing Consultants, Nursing Researchers

  After doing the work values quiz, I feel that it was 70% accurate. I do find myself really sociable and directive but the jobs is where it throws it off. I don't see myself being an instructor let alone being a driving instructor. I also don't see myself becoming anything close to a nurse or doctor considering science is one of my weakest subjects. I was surprised when 'Objective' was the lowest because I do find myself quite objective. I think the fact that it said I was sociable and directive was spot on. These results do steer me towards the "instructor" jobs, but I don't think that it is the best direction for me, because I'd rather do something where I worked alone.

CAREERS QUIZ:

Realistic: 13 Investigative: 11 *lowestArtistic: 18 *highest

Social: 18 *highestEnterprising: 17 Conventional: 15

  After doing the careers quiz, I think it was spot on! I know I wouldn't do a job that includes machinery and such but rather something that involves me being in a social and creative setting. It definitely surprised me that it was quite my personality but I don't think I would do any of the jobs that were listed, since I've already found something that interests me. My results do steer me in a more arts field and I think this accurate. I know I wouldn't do anything involving sciences or math and this quiz definitely confirmed it!

  I think the quizzes were really different and all had different outcomes and weren't really similar. They all kind of had the same knowledge of me but I find that their results were completely different. 

Holland's Personality Test

I feel like the Holland's Personality Test was very accurate considering that all the results were what I see in myself and all the jobs were something that I would actually consider doing. What surprised me was that some of the jobs that were offered were to my liking and things I would see myself enjoying. Some insights that were 'bang on' were the fact that I'm sociable and like interacting with others. it also said that I am very artistic and not much of a handy person which I thought were also spot on. 

My Golden Future

After high school I would like to see myself pursuing with school and furthering my knowledge. I would like to be accepted into a University of my choice and into the field that I want. As of now I'm not exactly sure which University I would like to go to, but I know that University is definitely an option. I personally don't mind what University I go to as long as the school offers the program that I want and one that is known for being good. The program I would like to be in is Interior Decorating. I feel like I would do well in this field and enjoy myself as well. I've looked into some schools that offer this program and I think the program at BCIT seems really fun and interesting. I've also heard many good things about it. I also see myself maybe living on campus or near my school so that I can be more responsible and independent. I would also like to hve a job on the side. I know it would be hard to find a job that doesn't work well with school, but I would try finding a part-time job that would pay me well.