Semester journey
According to Harriet Tubman, “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” At the end of this semester, I am clear that my special strengths, values, interests which all can help me reach my suitable major and career.
Back to August, I didn’t have any specific idea in choosing my future career which could strongly encouraged me to forward it.If you ask me what kind of job you want to do or what do you think your future career in that time, uncertainly answer I would give you to hide my awkward. Confused, I stood in the beginning of my career journey. Although I have already decided some possible careers in future, I still didn’t know on which one I had enough passions,which one is better suitable for me. The two areas are including management and social work which both need me to weigh the pros and cons in the following semester.
Throughout this semester, we have done a lot of inventories,which are the MBTI inventory, Strong Interest Inventory, FFI, Strengths Finder, and Self Direct Search. Besides that, we have done plenty of tasks like career interview, student interview, genogram, GS119 report and so on. According to the results from those inventories and the tasks during whole semester, I had chance to discover and conclude myself, major, future career and the scale of fitness of potential job. Nowadays, i become more clear in who I am and what I will doing in future than before.
As for myself, I learned a lot in my personality type, stong interests, strengths, values and the influence from my family in this semester. In the report of strong interest inventory, i knew my general preference occupational themes are S(Social) E(Enterprising) C(Conventional) which are totally same with my SDS code even the sequence of the themes. By combining these two results, I concluded that I am interested in being around other people, helping others with their problems, influence others, giving a public speech and organize things. Therefore, social careers, enterprising career and conventional careers are my interest careers.
The results of test of my values also gave me a similar conclusion. Before i begin to discuss the results of test, the simple game we played in class need me to narrate a great detail cause it gave me a lot of thoughts. It was a game which require us auction 30 values in the total money of 5000 dollars. Eventually, I decided to spend 1200 dollars in a value named “the opportunity to contribute to society in some significant way”. After doing that game, I noticed that having ability in contributing the society i purchased just now and the top value named “helping other people” from the results of the test all proved that i enjoyed helping others as I can. Besides this value, I also valued in Pleasure, Self-Confidence, Recognition and Prestige which values both reflect what kind of person i want to be and which kinds of job i want to pursue.
According to the results of MBTI test which measure your preferences in four separate categories to describe your own personality type and FFI which stands the meaning of the five factor model in giving you different levels of your five basic traits in determining human personality, I have concluded that positive, sociable,openness with conventional,cooperative and flexibility are most suitable words they tested out in describing my personality. Based on those professional tests’ conclusions and my behavior in daily life, I founded that those results were true in each sides, all summary words describe a real me accurately. I always towards everything in my life in an optimistic perspective. I am an outgoing and talkative person cause I like to work with group where I can find more energy and cheerful than alone. Furthermore, as I like to work with person and present more sociable than others, I think I have good abilities in cooperating with others and understanding what the other’s thought or just readily can stand in different view of points to give others help. Additionally, I am a person who lived in a flexibility, spontaneous and relaxable lifestyle instead of highly focusing on ones attention in purpose and well organized plan.
Besides my own characteristics and values, when i decide to choose one occupation, the influence of my family members do a huge influence as well. After i did my Genogram assignments, it was surprisingly that how similar in my relatives’ occupation. Firstly, the common Holland codes among my family’s occupations are E and S which both are two highest score i got when i did Holland code test. Secondly, they are more involved in competitive career like sales manager or doing their own business. Third, they are more involved in people oriented work. This kind of feature strongly influence me in choosing career as i am more prefer to work with people rather than data or machine. What’s more, the value of occupation or the definition of success also impress me in choosing one job which needs willing to contribute one’s whole effort, being enjoyable in one’s work but also with high scale of authority and prestige.
As for the majors, by doing the Academic Major Presentation, Students interview, GS 119 report and so on, we discussed lots of majors in detail in clouding the CODO requirements, sample courses, unique opportunities, relate careers and so forth. Throughout whole semester, when I have some ideas in considering one major, I searched information in that majors’ college/school and departments website to learn what this major’s general outlook and what the needs in becoming one students in this major. Moreover, after interview some of current students who have already chosen this major, I learned more knowledge in this major in details and subjective. From the view as a student can better help me to understand what will doing in this major in order to help me find one both fit me and attracted me.
As i have already learned so much about my self, it certainly do influence the choice of my possible major. At first, i will more consider such of major do not need strong ability in since or mathematic cause i am not interested and have strength in such area. Then i will more focus on the major which could help me in using my strength of communication, win others, developer and so on. Besides consider my interests, strength i will also focus on the suitableness of my SDS code and that major. For example,my SDS code is SEC, i will do not choose a major which code is RIC.
As for considering the major depend on the my personality and interests so forth, at the first, I will choose the major which I like,which I have strong passion on it. Then I think the majors which are are more suitable for me.
During doing the project of Academic Major Presentation which assignment needed us to discuss one primary major in detail and compare to another one you interested, I decided to reject my first choice in majoring Sociology. Cause after I did lots of researched, I founded that I am not suit for this major as the differences between imagination of this major in my mind and actual description I founded through professional websites ,and not fit matched SDS code between this major and myself as well. Therefore, till now, after I have done lots if researched and interviewed, I still consider in major of management since the beginning of semester.
Not only lots of information I know in major, but I get plenty of resources of career. According to the the knowledge I learned in this semester by doing some assignments and browsing some websites in computer lab class, I learned a lot in some specific careers’ outlook, salaries, requirements of person’s abilities and sorts of detail in specific majors which I interested in like Human Resources Manager. I also learned a lot in if I am suitable for this major by reading the results of inventories and comparing some career’s description and requirements. If I want to explore possible careers which I have strong interest, I would still browse some website to help me get general information, beside that, I will do some interview like one assignment in this class to help me better understand the real feeling and actual works of one career in personal.
When I learned more about myself in several ways, I think person’s personality, values and interests have a significant influence in choosing one career. Actually, as i decided put the Human Resources Manager as one of my possible careers, after knowing more about myself in depth really intensify the wants in being one Human Resources Manager. The fitness between the career which I want to pursue and the founds about myself towards lots of area, make it possible for me to follow my heart. So i do exclude the some fields of careers like science, agricultural, liberal arts, some actual technologies and engineering based on my personal interests and strengths, sounds like almost all areas i will do not take into account except business & management and education. I will talk more about in how the decision I made in rejecting the careers of education a little while.
Honestly, I do not have too much of consideration in several possible careers, I just with a highly interest in one career"Human Resources Manager", so I spend most of my time in discovering these career. However, as the requirements of assignments of career Q&A worksheet which need us filling the empty space by asking some specific question and answered it from the information we got in two websites, I have to choose another career which I interested in as well, I made a choice towards Market Research Analysts between too many of different kinds of specific career. When I finished those worksheet, I got confused in whether I should choose this one as one of my possible careers. I do not good at analyzing and using the mathematics ways to solve problem. I prefer to work with people, use my communication skills and personal impaction to influence others, but which skills or strength I have, do not put as priority roles in the requirements of this kind of occupation. So I just treat Market Research Analysts in the waiting list of my choices. Besides that, at the beginning of this semester when I wrote my career journey paper assignments, I have already decide to reject a career in being a teacher or pursuing the area of education after I had a real experience in teaching children in china as a volunteer before I went to America, even it is suitable for me to become a teacher(according to the scale of fitness toward the values and SDS code by doing inventories). Cause I don't think I will keep have enough passion to repeat something simple knowledges and playing the games with the children day after a day during my whole career life. I like to take a risk or challenge towards working place, the results from my strong interests inventories proved that as well. Moreover, it will reduce my self-requirements and restrict the circle of friends apparently, even the level of people especially in China. Although this job will make one person feel his or her values in society, and it was true that i enjoy in being around with children or young guys, one thing each person must to concern was the salaries of one occupation. Due to i will go back to China when I finish my college education or graduate school, seeking kind of job which will have good employment situation, higher salaries and good working conditions in China has to become one of the important role when I consider the major and career even I know the passion and interests of yours works maybe are more important than other conditions cause it will directly reflect if you are happiness and satisfied. The reason why i still consider the career of Human Resources Manager is it comes up with the keeping balance of both sides--having enough passion and with not too much low salaries.
From the inventories of FFI which stands the meaning of the five factor model which give you different levels of your five basic traits which determined human personality. Low score of Neuroticism and Conscientiousness person like me do not mind stressful work situations, tend to work in people-oriented occupations, tend to pursue an occupation in which can get more relax , freedom and flexibility. I also got a high scale of Extraversion and Agreeableness which person prefer the types of career in socially-oriented, have more chance in team work rather than finish one task alone and peaceful work style in stead of competing with each other.
After I discovered myself, my possible major and career in deep, the next step on my journey will be going on to study the materials in the requirement of my possible major asked and becoming one of a real students in majoring the management as I wanted. In the next semester I will still learn more about my possible major, get a good grade in the MAI courses to meet the requirements of major of management and discover which concentration in the management I will go into and if I need or have enough abilities to minor or have double majors in relating areas. In the long run, I want to have more experiences, activities and internships to help me do better in my major and future career.
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” Any one have their special strengths, values, interests, both them have strong influence in doing some decision. Take advantages of those personalities and your own characteristics, you can reach everywhere as you want. For me I will try my best to use my strength in academic and daily life, using my values and interest toward choosing the majors and careers.
Back to August, I didn’t have any specific idea in choosing my future career which could strongly encouraged me to forward it.If you ask me what kind of job you want to do or what do you think your future career in that time, uncertainly answer I would give you to hide my awkward. Confused, I stood in the beginning of my career journey. Although I have already decided some possible careers in future, I still didn’t know on which one I had enough passions,which one is better suitable for me. The two areas are including management and social work which both need me to weigh the pros and cons in the following semester.
Throughout this semester, we have done a lot of inventories,which are the MBTI inventory, Strong Interest Inventory, FFI, Strengths Finder, and Self Direct Search. Besides that, we have done plenty of tasks like career interview, student interview, genogram, GS119 report and so on. According to the results from those inventories and the tasks during whole semester, I had chance to discover and conclude myself, major, future career and the scale of fitness of potential job. Nowadays, i become more clear in who I am and what I will doing in future than before.
As for myself, I learned a lot in my personality type, stong interests, strengths, values and the influence from my family in this semester. In the report of strong interest inventory, i knew my general preference occupational themes are S(Social) E(Enterprising) C(Conventional) which are totally same with my SDS code even the sequence of the themes. By combining these two results, I concluded that I am interested in being around other people, helping others with their problems, influence others, giving a public speech and organize things. Therefore, social careers, enterprising career and conventional careers are my interest careers.
The results of test of my values also gave me a similar conclusion. Before i begin to discuss the results of test, the simple game we played in class need me to narrate a great detail cause it gave me a lot of thoughts. It was a game which require us auction 30 values in the total money of 5000 dollars. Eventually, I decided to spend 1200 dollars in a value named “the opportunity to contribute to society in some significant way”. After doing that game, I noticed that having ability in contributing the society i purchased just now and the top value named “helping other people” from the results of the test all proved that i enjoyed helping others as I can. Besides this value, I also valued in Pleasure, Self-Confidence, Recognition and Prestige which values both reflect what kind of person i want to be and which kinds of job i want to pursue.
According to the results of MBTI test which measure your preferences in four separate categories to describe your own personality type and FFI which stands the meaning of the five factor model in giving you different levels of your five basic traits in determining human personality, I have concluded that positive, sociable,openness with conventional,cooperative and flexibility are most suitable words they tested out in describing my personality. Based on those professional tests’ conclusions and my behavior in daily life, I founded that those results were true in each sides, all summary words describe a real me accurately. I always towards everything in my life in an optimistic perspective. I am an outgoing and talkative person cause I like to work with group where I can find more energy and cheerful than alone. Furthermore, as I like to work with person and present more sociable than others, I think I have good abilities in cooperating with others and understanding what the other’s thought or just readily can stand in different view of points to give others help. Additionally, I am a person who lived in a flexibility, spontaneous and relaxable lifestyle instead of highly focusing on ones attention in purpose and well organized plan.
Besides my own characteristics and values, when i decide to choose one occupation, the influence of my family members do a huge influence as well. After i did my Genogram assignments, it was surprisingly that how similar in my relatives’ occupation. Firstly, the common Holland codes among my family’s occupations are E and S which both are two highest score i got when i did Holland code test. Secondly, they are more involved in competitive career like sales manager or doing their own business. Third, they are more involved in people oriented work. This kind of feature strongly influence me in choosing career as i am more prefer to work with people rather than data or machine. What’s more, the value of occupation or the definition of success also impress me in choosing one job which needs willing to contribute one’s whole effort, being enjoyable in one’s work but also with high scale of authority and prestige.
As for the majors, by doing the Academic Major Presentation, Students interview, GS 119 report and so on, we discussed lots of majors in detail in clouding the CODO requirements, sample courses, unique opportunities, relate careers and so forth. Throughout whole semester, when I have some ideas in considering one major, I searched information in that majors’ college/school and departments website to learn what this major’s general outlook and what the needs in becoming one students in this major. Moreover, after interview some of current students who have already chosen this major, I learned more knowledge in this major in details and subjective. From the view as a student can better help me to understand what will doing in this major in order to help me find one both fit me and attracted me.
As i have already learned so much about my self, it certainly do influence the choice of my possible major. At first, i will more consider such of major do not need strong ability in since or mathematic cause i am not interested and have strength in such area. Then i will more focus on the major which could help me in using my strength of communication, win others, developer and so on. Besides consider my interests, strength i will also focus on the suitableness of my SDS code and that major. For example,my SDS code is SEC, i will do not choose a major which code is RIC.
As for considering the major depend on the my personality and interests so forth, at the first, I will choose the major which I like,which I have strong passion on it. Then I think the majors which are are more suitable for me.
During doing the project of Academic Major Presentation which assignment needed us to discuss one primary major in detail and compare to another one you interested, I decided to reject my first choice in majoring Sociology. Cause after I did lots of researched, I founded that I am not suit for this major as the differences between imagination of this major in my mind and actual description I founded through professional websites ,and not fit matched SDS code between this major and myself as well. Therefore, till now, after I have done lots if researched and interviewed, I still consider in major of management since the beginning of semester.
Not only lots of information I know in major, but I get plenty of resources of career. According to the the knowledge I learned in this semester by doing some assignments and browsing some websites in computer lab class, I learned a lot in some specific careers’ outlook, salaries, requirements of person’s abilities and sorts of detail in specific majors which I interested in like Human Resources Manager. I also learned a lot in if I am suitable for this major by reading the results of inventories and comparing some career’s description and requirements. If I want to explore possible careers which I have strong interest, I would still browse some website to help me get general information, beside that, I will do some interview like one assignment in this class to help me better understand the real feeling and actual works of one career in personal.
When I learned more about myself in several ways, I think person’s personality, values and interests have a significant influence in choosing one career. Actually, as i decided put the Human Resources Manager as one of my possible careers, after knowing more about myself in depth really intensify the wants in being one Human Resources Manager. The fitness between the career which I want to pursue and the founds about myself towards lots of area, make it possible for me to follow my heart. So i do exclude the some fields of careers like science, agricultural, liberal arts, some actual technologies and engineering based on my personal interests and strengths, sounds like almost all areas i will do not take into account except business & management and education. I will talk more about in how the decision I made in rejecting the careers of education a little while.
Honestly, I do not have too much of consideration in several possible careers, I just with a highly interest in one career"Human Resources Manager", so I spend most of my time in discovering these career. However, as the requirements of assignments of career Q&A worksheet which need us filling the empty space by asking some specific question and answered it from the information we got in two websites, I have to choose another career which I interested in as well, I made a choice towards Market Research Analysts between too many of different kinds of specific career. When I finished those worksheet, I got confused in whether I should choose this one as one of my possible careers. I do not good at analyzing and using the mathematics ways to solve problem. I prefer to work with people, use my communication skills and personal impaction to influence others, but which skills or strength I have, do not put as priority roles in the requirements of this kind of occupation. So I just treat Market Research Analysts in the waiting list of my choices. Besides that, at the beginning of this semester when I wrote my career journey paper assignments, I have already decide to reject a career in being a teacher or pursuing the area of education after I had a real experience in teaching children in china as a volunteer before I went to America, even it is suitable for me to become a teacher(according to the scale of fitness toward the values and SDS code by doing inventories). Cause I don't think I will keep have enough passion to repeat something simple knowledges and playing the games with the children day after a day during my whole career life. I like to take a risk or challenge towards working place, the results from my strong interests inventories proved that as well. Moreover, it will reduce my self-requirements and restrict the circle of friends apparently, even the level of people especially in China. Although this job will make one person feel his or her values in society, and it was true that i enjoy in being around with children or young guys, one thing each person must to concern was the salaries of one occupation. Due to i will go back to China when I finish my college education or graduate school, seeking kind of job which will have good employment situation, higher salaries and good working conditions in China has to become one of the important role when I consider the major and career even I know the passion and interests of yours works maybe are more important than other conditions cause it will directly reflect if you are happiness and satisfied. The reason why i still consider the career of Human Resources Manager is it comes up with the keeping balance of both sides--having enough passion and with not too much low salaries.
From the inventories of FFI which stands the meaning of the five factor model which give you different levels of your five basic traits which determined human personality. Low score of Neuroticism and Conscientiousness person like me do not mind stressful work situations, tend to work in people-oriented occupations, tend to pursue an occupation in which can get more relax , freedom and flexibility. I also got a high scale of Extraversion and Agreeableness which person prefer the types of career in socially-oriented, have more chance in team work rather than finish one task alone and peaceful work style in stead of competing with each other.
After I discovered myself, my possible major and career in deep, the next step on my journey will be going on to study the materials in the requirement of my possible major asked and becoming one of a real students in majoring the management as I wanted. In the next semester I will still learn more about my possible major, get a good grade in the MAI courses to meet the requirements of major of management and discover which concentration in the management I will go into and if I need or have enough abilities to minor or have double majors in relating areas. In the long run, I want to have more experiences, activities and internships to help me do better in my major and future career.
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” Any one have their special strengths, values, interests, both them have strong influence in doing some decision. Take advantages of those personalities and your own characteristics, you can reach everywhere as you want. For me I will try my best to use my strength in academic and daily life, using my values and interest toward choosing the majors and careers.