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Self-Assessment for Career Planning Exercise 4 - Personal & Professional Interests |
| Interests
are activities that you usually don't have to force yourself to do and
that make you feel good about yourself while you are doing them.
In this exercise you will learn to identify your interests. You can
probably think of a number of things that fit this description, so perhaps
we should define interests a little more clearly. You might really
enjoy watching sitcoms on TV, but for the purposes of this exercise, we
define interests as active pursuits that involve you doing, creating, or
learning about something.
The more you do an activity, the better you get at doing it, or the more you learn about it. And being good at something or being knowledgeable about a topic can really boost your self-concept. The better you understand your interests the better it allows you to analyze the relationship between your interests and your career choice. The more closely there is a match between interests and career choice, the more satisfying will be your work. In this exercise, list some
of your most important interests in the left column, then list the most
satisfying aspects of each interest. Lastly list the skills needed
to pursue that interest.
When you have completed the
table above, write a paragraph about your interests and how you might choose
a career that will allow you to enjoy some of your interests. Comment
on how you might make this happen.
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| Assignment Format: | When
you have completed all of this assignment and saved it in your file folder
or electronic file, you may continue with the fourth exercise in this chapter,
Skill
Inventory, or return to the Chapter
Index page.
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