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Chapter 7 Learning About Yourself
Which do you enjoy most? Interacting with people,
working with information, or using tools? In other words, do
you prefer to work with people, data (ideas), or objects (things)?
You may want to complete a self-assessment inventory. A
self-assessment inventory evaluates personal information to
help you make career decisions. Your guidance counselor may
be able to help you with various self-assessments for career
planning.
People
Are you a person who prefers to be around others? Do you
like to talk with people? Do you make friends easily? Are you
outgoing?
Students who are people-oriented prefer socializing to
reading a book or watching TV. These students are usually
active in many school functions and clubs. They like to assist
others. They volunteer to help with community functions.
They like to solve conflicts between others.
Data
Are you an information seeker? Do you enjoy gathering
information from books, magazines, newspapers, TV, or the
Internet? Do you know all the football scores and statistics?
Do you like to read and research information?
People interested in data like to discover facts. Some enjoy
working with figures. They are comfortable spending time
alone and often prefer that to socializing with others.
Objects
Do you like to repair broken objects or assemble things?
Do you enjoy working on a car, sewing a new outfit, or
cooking a special meal?
People who like to work with tools and instruments enjoy
making items with their hands, 7-3. They like to take objects
apart and put them back together.
Sometimes they enjoy working with others on a hands-on
project, but often they enjoy working alone.
Few jobs focus exclusively on people, data (ideas), or objects
(things). Most jobs involve more than one interest area. Many
self-assessment inventory
Evaluates personal information
to help you make career
decisions.