Knowing
your career self involves understanding your
personal needs, wants, abilities, characteristics
and identifying your interests, values and
skills. The know yourself exercises that follow
are a good place to start your self-assessment.
They are designed to help you implement the
career planning process. Through exploration,
you begin to crystallize important information
about yourself and your options that will
help you make informed, satisfying choices
about your life. These exercises are not intended
to provide complete information, however,
University Career Services offers many resources
to assist you in your process.
- Identifying your INTERESTS
exercise.
- Clarifying and prioritizing your work
and personal VALUES
exercise.
- Recognizing your SKILLS.
Summarize:
What do you know about yourself that will
help you make satisfying career/major decisions?
Mason Students and Alumni:
Schedule an appointment to meet
with a Career
Counselor to discuss your interests,
values and skills, and how they
relate to your choice of career
and/or major.
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ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES (to use on your own):
Visit
the Career
Library, located at University
Career Services, SUB I, Room
348, to obtain additional information.
-- Career assessment tool