What is Career Planning and Why Do I Care? 

Assuming that each of us is a bit different and wants different things from  the one life we get to lead:
  • It makes sense that we should come up with a plan built to cater to OUR preferences and to achieve OUR goals. ​ 
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Mae West once said, "You only live once but if you do it right, once is enough"

Bonus 
Garth and Sharla have ways to help you find your path 

How to Start Career Planning? 

Great Idea - do these surveys or quizzes provided by the government of BC 
ALIS (I always say Alice as in ask Alice) has some great personal quizzes and great information on occupations.  Click the logo to the left to go to the quizzes 

​More great quizzes 




Step 1 - Start Here 
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Step 2 - Meet with our Career Practitioner's Garth or Sharla 

If you have ever struggled with the BIG question, "What will I do with my life?", you may appreciate the smaller scope of this question instead, "What would I like to do first, after I graduate? 


For either question, your career practitioner would love to help! 

Career Assessments from the Career Practitioners 

Career assessment  are free to Horizon School Division students.  Email Garth at [email protected] and he will send Horizon School Division students a link.  After the assessment is completed the practitioner will go over the report with the student. 
career-decision-making-workbook.pdf
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Lethbridge College career practitioners will meet with students to discuss career topics that are related to one of their programs. 
5 Common Directions for Students after Graduation
1) Post-Secondary School
2) Apprenticeship
3) Armed Forces
4) Work and Entrepreneurship - Join the Work World
​5) GAP Year for Travel, Second Language or for Service. 

Extra Effort - Step 3 - Explore Career Interests with Holland Codes 

Holland Codes is a way of quickly understanding personality traits and matching them to a group of occupations. 
  • Take the assessment from Minnesota
  • Extra - Watch actors dramatize (or over dramatize) the personality types with the YouTube video
  • Extra - Watch the second video for a good overview of what the Holland Codes are, complete with reference to Big Bang Theory characters. 
This button gives you access to an online assessment 

For Fun, Step 4 - Watch some of these great videos that answer some key questions about making your career happen. 
Great Ideas 1 - Pragmatic Advice for Career Planners 
​Theme: Things to do when planning your career 
Duration: about 3 min 
How to Make Smart Career Decisions offers advice from an expert on arranging your career from a winning perspective.  
Great Ideas 2
Theme: Our modern times has given youth freedom to choose a career path 
Duration: about 4 min 
In the old order, life was planned out and you just took the prescribed steps to achieve your career.  This video shows you a different, potentially inspirational way to think about your progress.

This is a motivational production with a hokey ending but the main thoughts are worth consideration 
Great Ideas 3
Theme: Unlock your energy with a simple concept that will inspire your career path 
Duration: about 5 min 
​Just don't have the energy to get going on your career plans?  If this video is correct the act of creating something may well give you that energy. Watch this 5 min long video to find a key to unlocking your energy and enthusiasm. 
Great Ideas 4
Theme: Use these tools to plan your career 
Duration: about 2.5 min 
​Learning Clicks was an Alberta Government service that helps students with their transition from High School.  This video tells the story of a graduate who finds the experience of moving on to be overwhelming and not at all exciting and then we see how he resolves this issue.  
Great Idea 5 
Theme: Don't follow your passion follow opportunity to a great career 
Duration: about 5 min 
Mike Row tells us we should not follow passion in our careers but  follow opportunity instead.  Is he speaking truth or is he pragmatic or is he a sell-out to the establishment? 
Great Ideas 6 
Theme: Straight forward career planning methods in an awesome Irish accent 
Duration: about 4 min but when she talks about the university you can stop 
University College Dublin walks you through a career process.  There handouts will not work but I have some Canadian resources for you.  
Great Idea 7 
Theme: The KEY to living a Perfect Life 
Duration: about 25 min 
Frank says he has experienced "A Perfect Life" but he has experienced more difficulty then most people will have to face.  Could Frank's perception be clear, even though he is old and has been through it? Could you live a perfect life. 

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