Review and reflect on your results

What do they mean to you? What do they suggest to you about:

Careers Majors Learning Environments

Review THREE colleges in depth and examine each from the perspectives of the results from:

1. “Do What You Are” (DWYA) Personality Inventory (Naviance)

2. Career Interest Profiler (Naviance)

Copy and paste your results on one page for easy reference for an active comparison.

Use Naviance, online search tools, university websites, and books in the counseling department

when you do your research.

What You Need: The results from “Do What You Are” and Career Interest Profiler

1. Research and Evaluate a. Pick the most interesting career suggested in the Career Interest Profiler or

DWYA. i. Does your university offer a major/program that leads to this career?

ii. Is your university strong in this major/program? (Look for evidence on the career service page, department pages, student profiles, ranking lists, etc.)

b. Your strengths and Learning Style – to what degree does this university meet your approach to learning?

c. Pick 3 personal criteria such as location, size, cost, extracurricular activities, student life, close to family, etc.

i. Evaluate the college on its relative strength for each criterion d. What is one thing that surprised you about this university?

2. Repeat a. Do the same for University 2 and 3.

If you are researching universities in North-America only then you should choose:

One small residential liberal arts college One large research intensive university (public or private) Specialty school if you are thinking business, engineering, art or music

3. Reflect and Respond a. Now that you have completed researching 3 universities in detail, we would like you

to reflect on the process by completing the UniQuest Survey on Naviance. Reminders:

Answer all questions completely. Expect to spend approximately 5 hours on this assignment; 45-60 minutes per university. You must use the results of Do What You Are and Career Interest Profiler when you

evaluate the universities.

UniQuest Action Steps

EASY REFERENCE PAGE

People like you are usually imaginative, creative, and sensitive. You are a private person, and take your time to get to know people and to let others get to know you. You probably have a small group of close and trusted friends, and are generally cautious about jumping into new social situations. People describe you as thoughtful and empathetic, and you will try hard to please the people you care about. Outwardly quiet, you have strong feelings and opinions, especially about the way people should treat one another. You are very committed to your beliefs so you may have trouble backing down or compromising your ideals just to get other peoples' approval. You can be somewhat of a perfectionist. People sometimes disappoint you and since it's hard for you to stay objective, you may often get your feelings hurt.

You may love to fantasize about the future, and probably enjoy creative activities like writing, reading, music, and art. You tend to be organized, efficient, and inventive about getting your work done, and are a responsible and respectful person. Since you like to have a plan of action, you may get flustered by sudden changes and need plenty of time to adjust to or prepare for new experiences. You like spending time alone and while you may like doing things with your good friends, you are typically not the one who initiates social activities. Since you are a good listener, people trust you and are often amazed by the original insights you have about others. You naturally look below the surface to understand the deeper meaning in every experience and interaction.

Your strengths may include:

Impressing people with your thoughtfulness and integrity.

Developing and following a well laid out plan.

Using your creativity to suggest alternative approaches.

Being an attentive listener.

Being able to anticipate what will impress people.

For a career to be satisfying for you, it should:

Let you use your creativity to solve problems.

Be in harmony with your personal values.

Let you have control over and responsibility for your own projects.

Recognizes and appreciates your authorship and unique contributions.

Allow you to implement your good ideas in service to others.

Give you enough time to think things through and do a thorough job.

Be done in an environment that is free of tension and conflict.

Let you express your opinions and see the result of your work.

Your Preferred Learning Style:

While ALL individuals are unique, people of the same type often learn best in similar ways. The following summarizes what you need in order to maximize learning.

Finding ways to make lessons personally meaningful.

Adequate time to read, reflect, and prepare before responding.

A minimum of overwhelming facts and details.

A friendly, supportive environment that encourages small group work.

Enough, but not too much, structure.

Engagement and rewards for your creativity and originality.

Realistic: 6

Investigative: 11

Artistic: 3

Social: 25

Enterprising: 10

Conventional: 0

Investigative: Investigative

occupations frequently

involve working with ideas,

and require an extensive

amount of thinking. These

occupations can involve

searching for facts and

figuring out problems

mentally.

Social: Social occupations

frequently involve working

with, communicating with,

and teaching people. These

occupations often involve

helping or providing service

to others.

Enterprising: Enterprising

occupations frequently

involve starting up and

carrying out projects. These

occupations can involve

leading people and making

many decisions. Sometimes

they require risk taking and

often deal with business.

Career Interest Profiler

UniQuest Survey for Year 12 Students

To be completed on Naviance before December 2nd 2013

Personality Test Results

1. According to “Do What You Are” my personality type is:

2. I think my “Do What You Are” Profile is:

Very Accurate Somewhat Accurate I agree with some of I It doesn’t sound like me at all

3. The most relevant strengths that I got from DWYA are:

4. The most important aspects of learning style that I got from DWYA are:

5. The most interesting career suggested by DWYA and/or Career Interest Profiler is:

University Questions (completed for College 1, 2 and 3)

1. The name of this college is:

2. The following major(s) lead to my career and are offered at this college:

3. I know that this college is strong in this/these major(s) because:

4. The learning environment at this college matches my strengths, characteristics, values and

learning style because:

5. My three most important personal criteria (size, location, cost, minor, extracurricular activities,

etc.) are:

6. Rate your college on each criterion, and explain why you gave this score.

1: Poor 2: Satisfactory 3: Strong 4: Exceptional

7. One thing that surprised or impressed me about this college is:

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