Discover Your Dream Job with the Flower Diagram
Uncover your ideal career path through the innovative Flower Diagram method. This PowerPoint project, adapted from "What Color is Your Parachute?", guides you through identifying your values, transferable skills, favorite knowledge areas, preferred working environments, desired level of responsibility, ideal geography, and ultimately assists in making informed career choices. By following the 7 structured steps outlined in the presentation, you will gain valuable insights into yourself and the type of work environment where you will truly thrive and excel.
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THE FLOWER A PICTURE OF THE JOB OF YOUR DREAMS ADAPTED FROM WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? PowerPoint Project
INTRODUCTION Like a flower, you will flourish in some job environments and wither in others. The flower diagram of yourself is to help you identify what kind of work environment you will flourish in, and thus where you will do your best work. Your goals should be to be as happy you can be at your job, while at the same time doing your most effective work.
Step 1- values- goals-purposes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Favorite Transferable Skills: 1st ____________ 2nd ____________ 3rd ____________ 4th ____________ 5th ____________ 6th ____________ THE FLOWER Step 6- geography: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Step 2- special knowledges: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Step 5- level of responsibility and salary: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Step 3- people environments: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Step 4: working conditions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
STEPS TO TAKE Identify Transferable Skills Step 1: Favorite Values Step 2: Favorite Special Knowledges Step 3: Favorite People-Environments Step 4: Favorite Working Conditions Step 5: Level of Responsibility Step 6: Favorite Geography Step 7: Your Career Choice
YOUR POWERPOINT Create a PowerPoint with all 7 Steps to describe yourself and the job of your dreams. Include a Title Slide, Introductory Slide, the 7 Steps, and a Closing Slide. Put in animations, clipart, and slide transitions. Print handouts, 3 per page. Do not print if you do not know how to print handouts!!
STEP 1: VALUES How do you want to be remembered? Served or helped others Mastered a skill Great listener Good decision maker Worked to bring beauty to world Developed or built something Able to acquire possessions or money Began a new project or business Improved something, made it better Influenced people Fixed something broken Began a new project Was a good decision maker Brought people closer to God Develop or build something Able to acquire possessions or money Began a new project or business Was in the spotlight gained recognition.
IDENTIFY TRANSFERABLE SKILLS KNOWLEDGE OR SUBJECT SKILLS-Nouns Computers digital design dance math language drawing fashion tools plants animals FUNCTIONAL OR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS-Verbs Cooking analyzing planning mentoring gathering info inventing organizing problem solving adapting evaluating retrieving info SELF MANAGING SKILLS/TRAITS-Adjectives or Adverbs Systematic thorough calm persistent creative resourceful accurate cooperative dependable realistic self-motivated unique Think of your life story when you gained skills Divide into: Physical, Mental, or Interpersonal Skills
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF TO IDENTIFY YOUR TRAITS How do you deal with time and promptness? How do you deal with people and emotions? How do you deal with authority and being told what to do? How do you deal with supervision and being told how to do? How do you deal with crises or problems? Traits describe how you perform your transferable skills
CHECKLIST OF TRAITS-PICK AND INCLUDE A FEW ON ONE SLIDE Accurate Economical Persistent Achievement-oriented Effective Practical Adaptable Energetic Professional Adept Enthusiastic Protective Adventurous Exceptional Punctual Alert Expert Quick Appreciative Firm Rational Assertive Flexible Realistic Calm Fun-loving Reliable Cautious Impulsive Resourceful Charismatic Independent Responsible Competent Innovative Self-motivated Consistent Knowledgeable Self-reliant Cooperative Loyal Sensitive Courageous Open-minded Strong Creative Outgoing Supportive Decisive Outstanding Thorough Deliberate Patient Unique Discreet Perceptive Versatile
STEP 2: FAVORITE KNOWLEDGES Studied in H.S. Computers Spanish Psychology Wood Learned @home History Gardening Childcare Cooking Make-up/hair Learned on Job Operate machines Computer graphics Vehicle Repair Learned in free time Camping Landscaping Electrical Sewing Collecting
STEP 2: FIELDS OF FASCINATION 3 BASIC KINDS OF FIELDS Subjects Studied in high school Learned@home Learned on job Learned in free time Things, Tools, or Products Do you love to deal with handle, construct, operate, market, or repair: Bicycles, clothing, computers, gardens, machines, phones, toys, trains, planes, wood People Problems What problems or needs do you like to help people with? Clothing, food, housing, languages, personal services, family and consumer economics, auto/retail sales, medicine/health, physical fitness, child development, entertainment, training, animals or plants
STEP 3: FAVORITE PEOPLE- ENVIRONMENTS Realistic R=like nature, athletics, or tools and machinery Artistic A= artistic, imaginative, and creative Social S=bent on trying to help, teach, or serve people. Investigative I= curious, like to investigate or analyze data or people or how things work Enterprising E=start up projects or organizations, and/or be upfront as to entertain, influence, persuade, or sell to people Conventional C= detailed work, and like to complete tasks or projects
STEP 4: FAVORITE WORKING ENVIRONMENTS Under what circumstances do you do your most effective work? Distasteful working conditions Too noisy Too much supervision No windows Working at 6 am Working at night Earn commission No people around With sick people Keys to my effectiveness Some noise, but not too quiet Moderate amount of supervision Outdoors part of the day Work from 9-5 am Steady paycheck People around sometimes Healthy people
STEP 5: LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY At what level would you like to work? Boss, CEO, Owner Manager Head of a team Member of a team Work with a partner Works alone as an employee or consultant What salary would you like to be aiming for? Minimum, barely getting by Maximum Figure out expenses from budget and how much you need to make to survive
STEP 5: OTHER REWARDS Adventure Challenge Respect Influence Popularity Fame Power Intellectual stimulation Chance to exercise leadership Chance to be creative Chance to make decisions Chance to use my expertise Chance to help others
STEP 6: GEOGRAPHY Where would you like to live and work, if you had a choice (besides where you are now)? Geographical Factors important to you Compile a list of positive and negatives of places you ve lived in or visited in the past and where you live now. Google the city of your choice s Chamber of Commerce to find out more information. Include a picture of the place on your slide.
STEP 7: CHOOSE A CAREER Take two career assessments and report results Myers-Briggs- http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp Holland Code- http://www.roguecc.edu/Counseling/HollandCodes/test.asp Career Test- http://123test.com/career-test/ (15 PICTURE Questions) Keirsey Temperament Sorter- http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/instruments2.aspx Self assessment on Coin3.com (40 Questions) User: Student ID#, PW: dob (052894), Site id: CA15275 Take an IQ Test- http://www.123test.com/iq-test/ (10 Questions) Research careers on Coin3 or Occupational Outlook Handbook Pick A Career!! Include a picture of the career on this slide.
