Centerpoint Career Group

Session One:  Life Transitions and Values Exploration

• anticipating upcoming life transitions (group discussion)

• end of high school

• future

• drawing ideal life/career

• values exploration 

  • defining values (short presentation)

    • assessing personal lifestyle values 

      • (worksheet and group processing)

    • work values 

      • (worksheet and group processing)

Session Two:  Personality and Interests

4 dimensions of personality

• Extroversion – introversion

• Sensing – Intuition

• Thinking – Feeling

• Judging – Perceiving

The Holland Code

• Realistic, Artistic, Investigative, Social, Enterprising, Conventional.

• Matching Work Interests and Personality

Session Three:   Skills

• Identifying your Motivated Skills :

  • skills we use repeatedly and with success

  • (competing, negotiating, protecting others etc.)

• Identifying your Adaptive Skills

  • Personal attributes: some learned and some you are born with

  • (assertive, flexible,warm etc.)

• Assessing your skills

  • Worksheet: Leadership, Social, Creative, Business, Mechanical

Session Four:  Career Exploration and Goal Setting

• Researching Careers

• Steps towards your goal

Session Five: Communication Skills

• Effective Communicators

• Poor Communicators

• Understanding the Differences between passive and active listening

• Verbal and Non-verbal Listening Skills

Session Six:  Effective Decision Making

• Explore Personal style of decision making

• Four decision making styles

• Decision Making Model

Session Seven: Interviews

• Things to Do Before, During and After an Interview

• Sample Interview Questions

• Role Plays