美国高中生职业规划.docx

美国高中生职业规划Plan your career earlyBetter early than late, so plan your career earlyThe Year of the Rat is around the corner. This is the time for planning. This time, I will not ask you to make a plan for the new year, but to look further into the future plan your career.Despite your priority is studying, it is never too early to plan your career. In fact, thinking about your future career choices early will help you make better decisions in your studies, like the subjects to focus on.Career expert D.E. Supers model put a persons career into four stages:Exploration(探索), establishment(建立) , maintenance(维持) and disengagement(衰退) . The first stage starts at the age of 15.There are many ways to plan your career. Personality test(性格测评) is a common tool since understanding yourself helps you make better career choices. However, dont forget your values about work(职业价值观) are also important. Lets do some planning!STEP1 DreamingWRITE down your dream profession:STEP2 Values about work(职业价值观)MANY people do not match wishes with reality. In other words, they do not understand the true nature of what they desire.Such mismatch(错配) happens because people do not know what they want, or have illusions(幻觉) about what their chosen profession really is. What are your values about work? If I give you $1 million, how much are you willing to pay respectively to have these qualities in your future profession?Values about work: I will pay $ for.1. Good income2. Satisfaction of being able to help others3. Can provide for a secured and stable life4. Interesting, not monotonous(枯燥单调)5. Having the chance to manage others6. Allow for independent thinking and self-growthWhat is the highest ($_ ) and the lowest ( $_ ) amounts you are paying for the values of work. Lets take a look at the meaning behind those values:1. Monetary reward: You want to earn more money to buy what you want.2. Altruism(利他主义): You want to serve others through your job.3. Sense of security(安全感): You want a stable job that provides you with security even when the economic times are bad.4. Changes and challenges(挑战): You want an interesting job that lets you meet a lot of different people and experience different thing.5. Leadership(领导才能) and power: You want a job that gives you the chance to make decisions and manage others.6. Intellectually inspiring: You want a job that gives you room to think independently andexercise your intellectual abilities(智能).Make a list of professions that are related to these work values. Then go back to Step 1 to write down the profession you want. Does the nature of this profession match your own values about work? If not, think again and find the profession that suits you best.STEP 3 Know the professionsYOU should also spend some time finding more information about your chosen profession.Method 1: ResearchOPEN a new folder on your computer, name it Career to store information you have gathered. You may look up websites of various professional bodies. Newspapers and periodicals(期刊) are also good sources. Using the information you have collected, you can create profiles(剪报) for different professions:Profession:Major employers in that profession:Nature of work:Benefits(福利):Qualifications required:Promotion system(晋升制度):Working hours per week:Rest days per month:Salary:About $ Prospects of the profession(职业前景):Do I like this profession? (Which aspect of it is different from my expectation?):Method 2: Interviews(生涯人物访谈)TALK to people who are in your desired profession. You can do this by attending career seminars(职业讲座) or through introduction by friends or relatives.You can ask them:Why they chose the profession? What preparation did they make academically(学业上)?How the profession changed them?How does the profession relate to their ability, interest and personality?STEP 4 DecisionAFTER deciding on your profession, you must do something to achieve your goal. Use the following table to start planning. You can fill in the “yourself” column according to what you want first, then talk to your parents and teachers and record their opinions in the table.After taking into account their views, you may want to revise your decision and put it in the “Final Decision” column.To become a _, I must: 1. Choice of subjects/university majorYourself parents Teachers Final decision2. Extra-curricular(课堂外的) studiesYourself parents Teachers Final decision3. Academic level required (degree or IVE)Yourself parents Teachers Final decision4. OthersYourself parents Teachers Final decisionSTEP 5 Implementation(实践)AFTER finding out your desired profession, you have to take steps to reach your goal. This takes time, determination(决心) and self-discipline(自律).For example, if you want to be a doctor, you need to study medicine in university. The admittance requirements for medical faculties(医学系) are high and they accept only top students. Excellence in certain subjects, such as biology and English, is also a must. So you must polish up on those subjects.Set some goals:1. (e.g. To improve English writing, I have to learn five new words a day.)2. (e.g. To get to know more about medical services in Hong Kong, I must read a book about this every month)Then, think about other things you need to do:1. Time management(时间管理) 2. Study efficiency(学习效率) 3. Examination skills(考试技巧) A. Review your time managementYOU can start to manage your time more effectively by looking at how you are spending your time now:1. How you spend the average day:Activity Duration (hour) Percentage*1. Sleeping 8 33.3%2. In school3. Watch TV4. Meals5. Online6. Homework* Calculating percentage: Duration of an activity in hours / 24 x 100%e.g. The percentage of sleeping hours in your day is: 8 / 24 x 100% = 33.3%2. Draw a Pie Chart with the data.3. Now you can see clearly how you spend your days.4. Answer the following questions:a. Are you happy with your time allocation(时间分配)? Why?b. Which kinds of activity are taking up the bigger shares of your day? Is the amount of time spent on those activities reasonable?c. Is there any activity (or activities) on which you should spend more time?d. Is there any activity (or activities) on which you should spend less time?e. Are they any new activity (activities) that you would like to put in your chart?f. How much time do you plan to spend on those new activities?B. Family career treeDRAWING up a Family Career Tree(家族职业树) and think about the influence your family members is having on your career planning.1. Draw a chart of all the members of your family and write down the career of each adult person.2. Answer the following questions:a. What is the most common profession among your family members?b. Do you want to follow in their footsteps? Why?c. How do your mother and father feel about their respective