1. PowerPoint Project
Microsoft Office Intro
Ms. Erdmann

2.  Like a flower, you will flourish in some job
environments and wither in others.
 The flower diagram of yourself is to help you
identify what kind of work environment you
will flourish in, and thus where you will do
your best work.
 Your goals should be to be as happy you can
be at your job, while at the same time doing
your most effective work.

3. Step 1- values-
goals-purposes:
1.
2.
Step 6- 3. Step 2- special
geography: 4. knowledges:
1. 5. 1.
2. 6. 2.
Favorite
3. 3.
Transferable Skills:
4. 4.
1st ____________
5. 5.
2nd ____________
3rd ____________
Step 5- level of 4th ____________ Step 3- people
responsibility and 5th ____________ environments:
salary: 6th ____________ 1.
1. 2.
2. Step 4: working 3.
3. conditions: 4.
4. 1. 5.
5. 2.
3.
4.
5.

4.  Identify Transferable Skills
 Step 1: Favorite Values
 Step 2: Favorite Special Knowledges
 Step 3: Favorite People-Environments
 Step 4: Favorite Working Conditions
 Step 5: Level of Responsibility
 Step 6: Favorite Geography
 Step 7: Your Career Choice

5.  Create a PowerPoint with all 7 Steps to
describe yourself and the job of your
dreams.
 Include a Title Slide, Introductory Slide, the
7 Steps, and a Closing Slide.
 Put in animations, clipart, and slide
transitions.
 Print handouts, 3 per page. Do not print if
you do not know how to print handouts!!

6. How do you want to be remembered?
 Served or helped others  Influenced people
 Mastered a skill  Fixed something broken
 Great listener  Began a new project
 Good decision maker  Was a good decision
 Worked to bring beauty to maker
world  Brought people closer to
 Developed or built God
something  Develop or build
 Able to acquire possessions something
or money  Able to acquire
 Began a new project or possessions or money
business  Began a new project or
 Improved something, made business
it better  Was in the spotlight
gained recognition.

7.  KNOWLEDGE OR SUBJECT SKILLS-Nouns
 Computers—digital design—dance—math—language—
drawing—fashion—tools—plants—animals
 FUNCTIONAL OR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS-Verbs
 Cooking—analyzing—planning—mentoring—gathering
info—inventing—organizing—problem solving—
adapting—evaluating—retrieving info
 SELF MANAGING SKILLS/TRAITS-Adjectives or
Adverbs
 Systematic—thorough—calm—persistent— creative—
resourceful—accurate—cooperative—dependable—
realistic—self-motivated—unique
Think of your life story…when you gained skills
Divide into: Physical, Mental, or Interpersonal Skills

8.  How do you deal with time and
promptness?
 How do you deal with people and
emotions?
 How do you deal with authority and being
told what to do?
 How do you deal with supervision and
being told how to do?
 How do you deal with crises or problems?
Traits describe how you perform your transferable skills…

9.  Accurate  Economical  Persistent
 Achievement-oriented  Effective  Practical
 Adaptable  Energetic  Professional
 Adept  Enthusiastic  Protective
 Adventurous  Exceptional  Punctual
 Alert  Expert  Quick
 Appreciative  Firm  Rational
 Assertive  Flexible  Realistic
 Calm  Fun-loving  Reliable
 Cautious  Impulsive  Resourceful
 Charismatic  Independent  Responsible
 Competent  Innovative  Self-motivated
 Consistent  Knowledgeable  Self-reliant
 Cooperative  Loyal  Sensitive
 Courageous  Open-minded  Strong
 Creative  Outgoing  Supportive
 Decisive  Outstanding  Thorough
 Deliberate  Patient  Unique
 Discreet  Perceptive  Versatile

10.  Studied in H.S.  Learned on Job
 Computers  Operate machines
 Spanish  Computer graphics
 Psychology  Vehicle Repair
 Wood  Learned in free time
 Learned @home  Camping
 History  Landscaping
 Gardening  Electrical
 Childcare  Sewing
 Cooking  Collecting
 Make-up/hair

11.  Subjects  People Problems
 Studied in high school  What problems or
 Learned@home needs do you like to
 Learned on job help people with?
 Clothing, food, housin
 Learned in free time
g, languages, personal
 Things,
Tools, or services, family and
Products consumer
economics, auto/retai
 Do you love to deal with l
handle, construct, opera sales, medicine/healt
te, market, or repair: h, physical
 Bicycles, clothing, comp fitness, child
uters, gardens, machine development, enterta
s, phones, toys, trains, inment, training, ani
planes, wood mals or plants

12.  Realistic  Investigative
R=like I= curious, like to
nature, athletics, or investigate or analyze
tools and machinery
 Artistic data or people or how
things work
A=
artistic, imaginative, an
d creative
 Social  Enterprising
S=bent on trying to E=start up projects or
help, teach, or serve organizations, and/or
people. be upfront as to
 Conventional entertain, influence, pe
C= detailed work, and like rsuade, or sell to people
to complete tasks or
projects

13. Under what circumstances do you do your most effective work?
 Distasteful working  Keys to my
conditions effectiveness
 Too noisy  Some noise, but not too
 Too much supervision quiet
 No windows  Moderate amount of
 Working at 6 am supervision
 Working at night  Outdoors part of the day
 Work from 9-5 am
 Earn commission
 No people around  Steady paycheck
 With sick people  People around sometimes
 Healthy people

14.  At
what level  What salary would
would you like to you like to be
work? aiming for?
 Boss, CEO, Owner  Minimum, barely
 Manager getting by
 Head of a team  Maximum
 Member of a team  Figure out expenses
 Work with a partner
from budget and
how much you need
 Works alone as an
to make to survive
employee or
consultant

15.  Adventure  Chance to exercise
 Challenge leadership
 Respect  Chance to be
 Influence
creative
 Chance to make
 Popularity
decisions
 Fame
 Chance to use my
 Power
expertise
 Intellectual
 Chance to help
stimulation others

16.  Where would you like to live and work, if you had a
choice (besides where you are now)?
 Geographical Factors important to you
 Compile a list of positive and negatives of places you’ve
lived in or visited in the past and where you live now.
 Google the city of your choice’s Chamber of Commerce
to find out more information.
 Include a picture of the place on your slide.

17. Take two career assessments and report results
 Myers-Briggs- http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
 Holland Code-
http://www.roguecc.edu/Counseling/HollandCodes/test.asp
 Career Test- http://123test.com/career-test/ (15 PICTURE
Questions)
 Keirsey Temperament Sorter-
http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/instruments2.aspx
 Self assessment on Coin3.com (40 Questions)
 User: Student ID#, PW: dob (052894), Site id: CA15275
 Take an IQ Test- http://www.123test.com/iq-test/ (10 Questions)
 Research careers on Coin3 or Occupational Outlook Handbook
 Pick A Career!!
 Include a picture of the career on this slide.