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Visual Thinking and Career Development: Using Graphic Organizers to Enhance Your Impact
Dr. Katharine S. BrooksYou Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
Session 3: Cluster Diagrams and Circles
Goals of this webinar series
1. Introduce visual techniques for different career issues to enhance your career advising activities.
2. Encourage you to develop even more creative ways to explain and illustrate choices, options, or ways to think about a situation.
3. Promote an action-oriented approach which helps client take a more active role.
Dr. Katharine Brooks : You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
Advantages of Visual Thinking“It’s easier to organize your thoughts if you can see them.”
Visual thinking: • Helps us organize and clarify our thoughts, while reducing
complexity.• See relationships more easily.• Encourages specific types of thinking or problem-solving.• Enhances understanding and retention of information • Is easy to do and inexpensive• Provides a tangible “take-away” product for students.
Dr. Katharine Brooks : You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
Pie Wedges
RIASEC
Venn Diagram
Skills
JobsValues
Target
4-year college2nd Year at CC1st Year at CC
Covey’s Circle of Influence
Circle of Influence
Circle of Concern
Cycle
Discover
Dream
Design
Destiny
Expanding Circles
Professional Organizations
Family
Cluster Diagrams
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deanhp/
Dr. Katharine Brooks: You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
Cluster Diagram
When to Use Cluster Diagrams
• Considering several options• To demonstrate how one central idea can
expand to other ideas• To demonstrate how divergent ideas or items
can be consolidated into a whole.• Examples:– Skills analysis– Career choices
Dr. Katharine Brooks: You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
Clusters: Possible Lives
MeNutritionis
t
Coach
DieticianFitnessTrainer
Elementary Teacher
CSIAnalyst
Humane Society
Nurse
Dr. Katharine Brooks: You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
Analyzing the Possible Lives Exercise
1. Review the career ideas with the student2. Look for themes in the choices3. Select 2-3 to start analyzing4. Draw a line from the center to the job5. Write the steps to get to the job6. Watch the energy level
Dr. Katharine Brooks: You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
Clusters: Possible Lives
MeNutritionis
t
Coach
DieticianFitnessTrainer
Elementary Teacher
CSIAnalyst
Humane Society
Nurse
Step
s
If not, ask student to insert the steps to get to the career.
Ask: Can you do that career tomorrow?
Notice where the student starts to gain or lose energy in the process.
Write down the main themes.
Dr. Katharine Brooks: You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
Strengths
Jobs?________________________
Organized
Patient
Creative
ProblemSolver
Multi-tasker
Dr. Katharine Brooks: You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
Strengths
Jobs?________________________
Organized
Patient
Creative
ProblemSolver
Multi-tasker
Story__________ ____________________________
Story__________ ____________________________
Story__________ ____________________________
Story__________ ____________________________
Story__________ ____________________________
Dr. Katharine Brooks: You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
Cover Letter Design
Cover Letter for Job
Strength #1
What do I most want them to
know about me?
What is the next action
step?How can they contact me?
What I know about company
or job
Why I think I would do this
well
What I like about Job
Strength #2
Dr. Katharine Brooks: You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
Questions?
Thank you for attending.
Look at your schedule for next week and see if there’s a place you
could try applying one of these visual exercises.
“See” you next Friday!Kate Brooks