CG 54—CAREER PLANNING                                                                                  Cabrillo College— Fall 2011

Phil Van Loon ­— 429-1958, pvanloon@cabrillo.edu              Wednesdays, October 12–December 7, 6:30–8:35 pm

Home page for class: www.cabrillo.edu/~pvanloon/cg54.htm

 

 

READING ASSIGNMENTS

 

4/12       Why Plan?

For a provocative look at career (and life) planning, read the article "What Should I Do with my Life?". Find it at: www.fastcompany.com/magazine/66/mylife.html

 

4/19       Personality Types

After you take the Myers-Briggs, read the following articles to get an interesting description of the personality types from the developers of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter. Go to www.advisorteam.org/the_four-temperaments/ and read the page "Keirsey's Four Temperaments", plus the four articles listed as links at the bottom of the web page: Guardians, Artisans, Idealists, and Rationals. (NOTE: The Four Temperaments are based on just two of the four letters that identify each Myers-Briggs personality type.)

 

4/26       Information Interviewing

In preparation for Information Interview assignment that is due on May 13, read the excellent Informational Interviewing Tutorial at www.quintcareers.com/informational_interviewing.html . You can click on the button at the bottom of each page to proceed to the next one. Read the whole thing— there are 27 "pages" but many of them are only one short paragraph. Not all of the information will apply to our class assignment, but this is a technique you can use throughout your life.

 

5/3         Alternatives to 9-5 Careers

There are two readings this week (read both):

1.       Read about a different way of looking at careers in a provocative article, "Land of the Free," at www.fastcompany.com/magazine/46/freeagent.html .

2.       Read about "portfolio careers" at www.quintcareers.com/portfolio_careers.html .

 

5/10       Future Trends

1.    Read career predictions at www.careerplanner.com/Career-Articles/Top_Jobs.htm . (Skip the ads.)

2.    Also read: money.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2011/08/09/6-ways-the-world-of-work-is-changing

 

5/17       Decisions & Problem Solving

Read more about this process of making career decisions in the following two articles:

1.       "Make Decisions" - www.counseling.ilstu.edu/career/Careerdecisonhandout.shtml

2.       "Six Thinking Hats" at www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_07.htm is a powerful decision -making technique. (See even more ideas under the "Decision-Making" menu above the article.)