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Career and Life Values “The relationship between students' values and daily choices is discussed in this video, which also connects values to career decisions. Students identify some of their key values and consider how personal background may have shaped them.”
Career Evaluation “This program illustrates how to relate interests, skills, education, training, values, and lifestyle to specific occupations in the world of work. Based on the common-sense notion that you do best at what you really like to do, this video shows viewers how to find an occupation with job requirements that closely match their interests. Nothing predicts high workplace satisfaction like a close match between job duties and the employee-to-be!”
The Changing Workplace: Technology and Globalization “This video focuses on how technology has changed work, and outlines basic concepts of how and where work can happen. Students are introduced to the principles of global business and the skills essential to stay employable in a global economy.”
Decision-Making Strategies “This video looks at rational-linear and intuitive decision-making techniques. Personal decision-making style is featured, showing how a person's values, willingness to take risks, and ability to be objective all influence the decision-making process.”
Evaluating Career Options “This video illustrates how to evaluate career options based on the Three C's: content, conditions, and compensation. It expands on the Personal Career Profile and explains how to use information gathered from occupational research.”
Generating Career Options “Techniques for generating a list of career possibilities are featured in this video. Students are encouraged to brainstorm ideas and emphasize quantity over quality of ideas at this stage of the process.”
Goal-Setting and Action-Planning “This video helps students establish criteria for attainable goals and objectives, and shows them how to evaluate goals on the basis of these criteria. Students begin to draft their own goal lists and....
Introduction to Career and Educational Exploration Changes in the world of work are examined in this video. It introduces three major areas of change-technology, globalization, and workforce demographics-as well as strategies for adapting, which are e...
Introduction to Career Planning and Implementation “Putting ideas into action is the focus of this overview video, which outlines steps expanded upon in subsequent episodes: making a career decision, creating an action plan, and launching the search for work opportunities.”
Overcoming Barriers to Employment “Legal issues related to hiring and workplace discrimination are outlined in this video, as well as techniques for confronting and challenging discrimination. Questions designed to gauge a company's corporate culture are presented.”
Personality and Interests “This video demonstrates the connections between personality, interests, and work preferences. Students get in touch with their primary interest patterns and aspects of their personality through various exercises.”
Researching Career Options: New Technologies and Current Techniques “This video focuses on finding career options using both print and electronic sources of occupational information. Using key information categories, students develop approaches that will lead to strong and thorough research efforts.”
The Right Job for Your Personality “This program shows viewers how to select a rewarding and satisfying career by engaging in a reflective self-assessment process-a process designed to help them gain insights into themselves by looking at different aspects of their lives including their interests, skills, education, training, values, and lifestyle. Shows how to identify and organize a variety of personal information into a form that's optimal for making informed career decisions!”
Self-Knowledge and Beliefs “This video presents simple methods for expanding self-awareness, and explores links between beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Students practice identifying personal beliefs about success, and begin to develop their Personal Career Profile.”
What Employers Want: Skills and Attitudes “Attitudes and characteristics essential for success are explored in this video. It shows students how to recognize their transferable skills and evaluate work readiness.”
What's Out There: How the World of Work is Organized “This video points out distinctions and similarities between industries and functions. Several primary industries and job functions are described, giving students insight into types of work that they might enjoy.”
Where Are You Now? ‘The concept of life roles is introduced in this video, as well as the importance of support. Students evaluate their roles-work, family, leisure, self-improvement, and community-and begin to identify key people in their personal support system.”