Visualizations
Find a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed. You can be in a chair or lying down. Guided Visualization to plan for a meaningful future.
Environment & Personality Intuitive Card Sort
Find a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed. You can be in a chair or lying down. Guided Visualization to plan for a meaningful future.
Right-brained Activities like goal boards and guided visualizations are provided for you to go to the next intuitive level when exploring career and interest paths. Are you ready to make a goal board but not quite sure what it, click the link to get started!Supplies: Paper, magazines, scissors & glue stick!
It will help organize your potential when looking for a career path, deciding on what to specialize in, what type of degree, certificate or program to take to enhance your present career.
Finding the right environment to suit your needs is very important in order to have meaning in your work. People who take a job just to make money are less likely to be satisfied, and enjoy an ideal balance between quality of life, personal values and their career/occupation.
Several motivators drive many of us at a time. These motivators often identify what is important to us, and then help shape our goals and desires. There are five common motivators known as CLAMS. This acronym stands for CHALLENGE, LOCATION, ADVANCEMENT, MONEY and SECURITY.
Challenge is what keeps many people engaged, invested and stimulated. It makes us use all our resources and inspires us to learn more and go farther.
Location refers to the actual environment and the distance between work and home. It can be a blended concept taking in where you work (physical location), your job environment (RAISEC themes) and the actual time it takes to travel from point A to B.
Advancement can be referring to status (climbing the “corporate” ladder), gaining recognition in their field (Academics…), learning new skill sets or a combination of these.
Money is our salary that we use to sustain our quality of life (pay bills, feed our families, provides entertainment…). We need a minimum amount to meet our daily and financial obligations.
Security refers to one’s job and how it relates to predictability in the future. Having job security means ongoing employment, meeting your basic needs, and hopefully, maintaining a quality of life for yourself and family.
Rank the motivators in order of importance, the first being the most important to you.. Take some time to write down what each of the motivators means to you.
My ideal job would be _________________________.
Below is a list of work values. Decide what is most important and what is the least important to you when you work. Again, rate the work value using the numbers 1=Most Important, 2= Somewhat Important, and 3= Least Important. When making a career choice, remember that what you value directly impacts your working conditions, feeling satisfied and meaning in your work.
Being Around Interesting People |
Benefits |
Blending of Family and Career |
Clear Expectations |
Clear Rules |
Competition |
Cultural Diversity in the Workplace |
Flexible Work Schedule |
Freedom from Pressure/Stress |
Independence |
Involvement in Decision-Making |
Leisure Time |
Mental Challenge |
Power and Influence |
Public Contact |
Quality of Product |
Recognition |
Regular 40-hour Work Week |
Salary |
Security |
Status and Prestige |
Travel Opportunities |
Variety and Change in WorkOther |
If you had unlimited resources, you could not fail, had a great support team at work and at home, what would you do?