Course Syllabus

Course Name:  Career Decision Making Tools

Course Number:  decidecareer

Credit hours:  Non-Credit Course

Course Length:  There is no set time.  Participants can work at his/her own pace.   Course is available 24 hours/ day. 

Overall Objective:  Teachers, counselors, career professionals, and parents learn how to identify the right career test, assess interests, explore careers, and identify potential college majors.

Course Description: 

Career Decision Making Tools is a course offered to students, adults, teachers, counselors, parents, and career professionals. The resources are designed to help students and adults build self-awareness and knowledge of careers. The course is offered by the Holland Codes Resource Center.

Instructor Information

Contact Information:    Holland Codes Resource Center
                                 4133 E. Siesta Lane
                                 Phoenix, AZ 85050
                                 877-667-6565
                                 hollandcodes@gmail.com

Policies, Procedures, Materials, & Grades

Course Materials Needed: Materials are provided as part of the online course.  Printed career posters may be purchased from Hollandcodes.com.

Attendance Policy: None

Core Course Objectives:

Teachers, counselors, career professionals, and parents will be able to -

• Learn criteria to purchase the right career test
• Gain awareness of RIASEC or Holland Codes
• Understand the relationship between Holland Codes and student's likes/ dislikes
• Identify student’s primary Holland Code
• Discover several ways to classify occupations
• Locate information on career websites, videos, and books

Learning Outcome:

By the end of the Test Drive Your Career course, students, teachers, counselors, career professionals, and parents will have an overview of the Holland Codes, careers, and college majors.

By the end of the Test Drive Your Career course, students will be able to do the following activities -

• State a definition of RIASEC or Holland Codes
• Identify Holland Codes
• Use career assessment to match career to Holland Code
• Describe a career that interests them
• List potential post-secondary training programs
• Identify supplemental career websites, videos, and books

Required Activities

Step 1:  Read the files in the Introduction module.

Step 2:  Read the Assignments and Discussions -

• Three Career Planning Process Guideposts
• Laying a Foundation – Getting Ready for Your Career Test Drive
• Building Self Awareness
• Taking the MCP Challenge
• Understanding Career Interest Groups – What do the scores mean?
• RIASEC Personalities
• Matching Your Interests to Careers
• Selecting the Right Training Program
• Career Planning – Putting the Pieces Together
• Completing Other Career Tests Road Trips

Step 3:  Complete the My Career Profile Inventories -

• Interests Inventory
• Values Inventory
• Skills Inventory
• Personality Styles Inventory

Step 4:  Finish Career Match Making Using Interests, Values, Skills, and Personality Styles activities.

Step 5: Use Research a Career Tool.

Step 6: Build list of potential careers

Step 7:  Perform Search for College Tool.

Step 8:  Make a list of potential college majors.

Step 9:  For additional activities, print and administer the following resources –

• Flash Cards
• Bingo Cards
• Career books and web sites

Step 10:  Complete other Career Planning activities.