PATHWAY PLANNERRoger L Harris

TABIC

Talent Assessment and Business

Improvement Consulting

What is Pathway Planner?

• Provides an overview of unique strengths, talents, and abilities

• It is an important link between career seekers and the occupation that best fits who they really are. – First time job– Career change

• Provides critical decision making information to help shape future

• Introduces a mechanism to validate career choices

First Time Job Seekers

• Key knowledge that drives a quality, core education– Assists students with selecting majors and degrees

matching their: • Thinking Style • Behavioral Traits • Interests

• Ascertains what career possibilities that are best suited

Career Change Seekers

• Assists adults in transitioning from one career to another

• Identifies career possibilities and provides insight into occupations for the highly-skilled, competitive workforce

• Directs transition to a better, happier career path

16 Career Categories (Clusters)

• Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

• Architecture & Construction• Arts, A/V Technology &

Communications• Business Management &

Administration• Education & Training• Finance• Government & Public

Administration• Health Science

• Hospitality & Tourism• Human Services• Information Technology• Law, Public Safety,

Corrections & Security• Manufacturing• Marketing• Science, Technology,

Engineering & Mathematics• Transportation, Distribution

& Logistics

The Report• Compares over 800 jobs from the

O-Net − Thinking Style− Interests− Behavioral Traits

• Reports on jobs with 80% or greater match– Based upon current education or

minimal training and education. – With continued formal education as

indicated by the participant*. *Exception participant does not intend to

continue their education beyond High School.

Results

• Pathway Planner Results– An overview of your characteristics based on

your responses to the assessment• Career Pathway

– List of possible career choices based on your characteristics and the things you find interesting

• Linking Pathway Planner to Your Future– Unique information relating to you.– Explains how to use O*NET, gather

information and maximize your network of people

Your Results

Job Match

Understanding & Using the O*Net &

Researching Your Career Choices

Thinking Style

Interests

Personality Traits

• Thinking Style– Describes your approach to the way you think

about things• Numerical and Verbal skills and abilities• Your knowledge and how you use numbers and words

in reasoning and problem solving

• Personality Traits– Reflects how you approach interacting with others

• Your perception of your personality

• Interests– Your interests in activities

• Including enjoyable activities in your work increase job satisfaction

Identifying Characteristics

Your abilities with vocabulary, calculations, reasoning and problem solving

Thinking Style

YOU

Energy Level

Assertiveness

Sociability

Manageability

Attitude

Decisiveness

Accommodating

Independence

Objective Judgment

Personality Traits

Nine personality traits discussed

Interests

Enterprising

Financial /

Administrative

People Service Technical Mechanic

al Creative

Top 3 Areas of Interest

Interests Definitions

• Enterprising– Indicates interest in activities associated with persuading others,

sales, and presenting ideas.• Financial/Administrative

– Activities such as organizing information or business procedures• People Service

– Activities such as helping people and promoting the welfare of others• Technical

– Scientific activities, technical data, and research• Mechanical

– Activities that involve working with tools, equipment, and machinery• Creative

– Activities using imagination, creativity, and original sales ideas.

Career Pathway

• Designed to match you with actual positions that currently available in today’s job market.– Matched against employer standards– Same characteristics as successful employees

• Provided with 3 tables from preselected career categories– No table is more

important than the other

– Jobs/careers in no particular order

– O*Net SOC Code links provided

Top 3 Career Categories

Good fit with additional education or training

Additional Education

Linking PWP to Your Future

• Understanding & Using O*NET– Find Occupations based on Career Clusters &

Industries– Conduct advance searches using specific tools or

software– Discover Crosswalks where you can research other

related Career Cluster

www.careerinfonet.org

www.onetonline.org

O*NET Occupational Summary

• Tasks• Knowledge• Skills• Abilities• Work Activity• Work Context• Job Zone

• Education• Interests• Work Styles• Work Values• Related

Occupations• Wages &

Employment Trends

Gather Information

• Additional resources– Video.profilesinternational.com/PWP.html– Your state’s workforce– Monster.com – www.monster.com/– Indeed.com – www.indeed.com/– Glassdoor.com – www.glassdoor.com– Salary.com – http: www.salary.com– Bureau of Labor & Statistics Occupational Outlook

Handbook – www.bls.gov/ooh/

Use Your Network

• Expand your thinking and widen your opportunities– Talk with friends and family– Utilize sites

• Facebook• LinkedIn

– Ask questions• What additional education/training is required?• What are the costs to prepare for this career?• How will I pay for my career preparation?• What types of benefits should I expect from this career?

For More Information on

Pathway Planner, contact:Roger L Harris

Managing Director

Talent Assessment and Business Improvement

Consulting (TABIC)rogerlharris@tabicpro.com

206-284-4387www.tabicpro.com

Take the next step in finding the

Great Job Fit that will help you succeed and

enjoy the work for which you are ideally suited.