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Table of Contents What Is Career Planning?........................................................................................................4 Getting Started........................................................................................................................5 Interest Assessment: What Do I Want to Do? ........................................................................6 Personality Assessment: How Do I Want to Function Day to Day? .........................................7 Skills Assessment: What Skills Do I Want to Use? ..................................................................10 Values Assessment: What Is Important to Me in Work and Life? .........................................12 Work Values ...........................................................................................................13 Life Values...............................................................................................................14 Next Step Exercise 1 .............................................................................................................15 Next Step Exercise 2 .............................................................................................................16 Congratulations! ...................................................................................................................18 Personal Career Profile Example.......................................................................................... 19 Personal Career Profille.........................................................................................................20Your Career Matters AT&T University 3 © 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

What Is Career Planning? Career Planning is the process of understanding who you are in the world of work, developing a career strategy to get to where you want to be in the world of work and establishing a plan to sustain a fulfilling career. The Career Life Plan helps you understand who you are in the world of work, while taking into consideration all of the things in your life that are important to you. Begin the first step of career planning by exploring the question “Who Am I?” in regards to my work. Whether you are starting your career or well into it, this workbook can help you move your career in the right direction. Data shows that people who do fulfilling work are happier and perform better on the job. To answer the “Who Am I?” question we must explore four areas. 1) Interest: What do I want to do 2) Personality: How do I want to function day to day? 3) Skills: What skills do I like using and need? 4) Values: What are my life and work values? It is important to understand that all four areas of the “Who Am I?” question must be addressed to have that fulfilling career. Addressing just one, two or three of the areas will not work when making good career life choices. Interest + Personality + Skills + Values = Making Good Career Life Choices The Career Life Plan walks you through each of these four areas and helps you answer the question “Who Am I?”Build your plan Your Career Matters4 AT&T University© 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Getting StartedDirections: complete the following steps to get the most out of this planning process. 1) Download and save or print a copy of this workbook and use the open text fields to write down your ideas and thoughts that come to mind as you work through this personal planning process. 2) Take your time.  Try to work on your plan when you are not distracted and when you have time to really think and process your answers to the questions.  Identify how you feel when answering the questions. What messages come up for you? What ideas move you as you think about your career and life options? 3) Schedule time and plan to complete the four assessments listed in the table below. These assessments will help you explore the four areas of the “Who Am I?” question. 4) Use the Personal Career Profile worksheet on page 20 of this workbook to record and summarize your assessment results. Area of Assessment Type Format Estimated CostExploration Completion TimeInterest Interest Assessment: An electronic Online 30 minutes No cost*Personality assessment for identifying key areas of interest. Online 45 minutes No cost* TypeFocus™: An electronic self scoring assessment for identifying personality preferences which help define how you want to function day to day. SkillScan™: An electronic skill sort Online 45 minutes No cost* assessment for identifying transferrable 45 minutes No cost*Skills skills you have or want to develop. Values Assessment: Two pencil and Print paper exercises in this workbook forValues identifying work and life values.*Centrally funded by AT&T University and available to AT&T employees at no cost.Your Career Matters AT&T University 5 © 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Interest Assessment“Who Am I?”: Interest – What Do I Want to Do?To answer the “Who am I?” Interest question you need to understand what type of workinterests you. Most work falls into six basic categories of interest: 1) Realistic 2) Investigative 3) Artistic 4) Social 5) Enterprising 6) ConventionalJohn Holland, a renowned career theorist, refers to these six categories as GeneralOccupational Themes. Thinking of jobs in terms of these General Occupational Themes willhelp you identify your interests. Adapted from John Holland’s Theory of TypeTo learn about these areas of interest and assess your personal areas of interest take theonline Interest Assessment.Directions for taking the Interest Assessment: 1) Go to Interest Assessment and click Launch Self-Assessment. 2) Start with Step I – Holland Hexagon tutorial to learn about the six General Occupational Themes. 3) Continue to Step 2, enter your ATTUID and click Launch Assessment. 4) Once you have completed the assessment click on Show Me My Holland Areas of Interest 5) Once you are done, click on Close Interest Assessment 6) Transfer your three General Occupational Themes and the Words that best describe you to column #1 (Interest) of the Personal Career Profile worksheet on page 20.An example is provided on page 19.Before proceeding complete the Interest section of your Personal Career Profile worksheet. Transfer your topthree General Occupational Themes and your selected words that best describe you to column #1 (Interest) of thePersonal Career Profile worksheet on page 20. See the example on page 19 for guidance.Build your plan Your Career Matters6 AT&T University© 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Personality Assessment“Who Am I?”: Personality - How Do I Want to Function Day to Day?The next step to determining who you are is to identify your personality preferences. Thesepreferences are the key to defining how you want to function day to day within your interestarea. Your personality preferences identify the distinctive traits and qualities you possess thatcan help you understand your natural mode of operating and work environments that alignwith your “Who Am I?” interests. Example: I am interested in research and analysis. That’s my interest! In assessing my personality preferences, I realize that I am a strong Introvert and want a job in research and analysis that allows me to work alone or via e-mail at my desk. OR If I am a strong Extrovert, I might want to talk to others to conduct my research and deliver research findings by conducting presentations and speeches. Personality doesn’t change your interests; it just helps you define how you want to function within your interests. To determine your personality preferences you will now complete TypeFocus™, an online personality assessment. License for use of the TypeFocus™ assessment is centrally funded by AT&T University and available to all AT&T employees at no cost.Your Career Matters AT&T University 7 © 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Personality Assessment“Who Am I?”: Personality - How Do I Want to Function Day to Day? Directions for taking TypeFocus™: 1) Go to TypeFocus to log in to the assessment site to assess or reassess your personality. New users will need to register. 2) Complete and submit the “Personality Questionnaire” following the instructions provided. 3) Select menu option \"Step 1: Your Personality Strengths Results\" to view your results report. 4) At the top of the report, locate the four letters of your personality strengths. This is your TypeFocus™ four-letter personality code. 5) Complete the exercise on page 9. 6) Transfer your selected descriptors to column #2 (Personality) on your Personal Career Profile on page 20.Build your plan Your Career Matters8 AT&T University© 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Personality Assessment“Who Am I?”: Personality - How Do I Want to Function Day to Day? 1) Record your TypeFocus™ four-letter personality strength “code” in the space provided below. 2) Locate the tables below that correspond to your personality strength code and select the descriptors that best describe you. Introversion Extraversion Sensing INtuition□Internal □External □Experience □Hunches□Depth □Breadth □Actual □Possible□Privacy □People □Practical □Imaginative□Writing □Talking □Details □Patterns□Reflective □Active □Present □Future□Reserved □Outgoing □Traditional □Original Thinking Feeling Perceiving Judging□Objective □Subjective □Pending □Settled□Head □Heart □Open options □Closure□Principles □Values □Spontaneous □Plan ahead□Logical □Caring □Understand □Control□Analyze □Empathize □Flexible □Organized □Harmony □Adaptable □StructureBefore proceeding complete the Personality section of your Personal Career Profile worksheet. Transfer yourselected descriptors to column #2 (Personality) on your Personal Career Profile on page 20. See the PersonalCareer Profile example on page 19 for guidance.Your Career Matters AT&T University 9 © 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Skills Assessment“Who Am I?”: Skills – What Skills Do I Like Using and Need?After you have identified your interest and your personality preferences (how you want tofunction day to day), the next step in discovering “Who Am I?” is to determine the skills youneed and like using. Answering the two questions below is key to identifying the skills youneed and like using.  What skills do I currently have that I want to use?  What skills do I need to learn or develop to do the work I want to do?The example below illustrates what an individual with an interest in research and analysis withan ISTJ personality preference might ask as it relates to his/her skills. Interest Personality Skills What skills do I have and wantResearch An introverted detail to use that are a good fit forand person who wants to do this career interest?Analysis logic based work that I can own and control. What new skills do I need to learn?License for use of the SkillScan™ assessment is centrally funded by AT&T University andavailable to all AT&T employees at no cost.Build your plan Your Career Matters10 AT&T University© 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Skills Assessment“Who Am I?”: Skills – What Skills Do I Like Using and Need?Directions: Access and complete the SkillScan™ online assessment. This exercise will providea generic list of transferable skills to move you in the right direction. The next step to skillsdevelopment is to identify specific skills within these generic skills. 1) Go to SkillScan™ to take the assessment. New users will need to create an account using their AT&T company email address in the format of [email protected] to access the assessment. 2) Complete all of the skill sort exercises. 3) Review your reports to identify the skills you want to use or want to develop. 4) Transfer your selected skills to column #3 (Skills) on your Personal Career Profile on page 20.Before proceeding complete the Skills section of your Personal Career Profile, transfer your selected skills tocolumn #3 (Skills) on your Personal Career Profile on page 20. See the Personal Career Profile example on page 19for guidance.Your Career Matters AT&T University 11 © 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Values Assessment“Who Am I?”: Values – What Are My Work and Life Values?Discovering your “Who Am I?” interest, personality and skills is critical to your career,however, to feel fulfillment and satisfaction your interest, personality and skills must alignwith your values. From a career life planning perspective, there are two types of values that must be considered:  Work Values – What are the most important things in my work?  Life Values – What are the most important things in my life? A simple example might be: I am interested in research and analysis. In assessing my personality preferences I realize that I am a strong introvert and want a job that allows me to work alone or via e-mail at my desk doing logical, detailed work that I can control. The skills I like using most include organizing, implementing, dissecting, systematizing, etc. AND My most important values are to get a graduate degree in Computer Science, be available to my children at night and get a promotion within five years. Complete the Work and Life Values assessments in this workbook on pages 13 and 14. Take time to reflect on what is truly important to you.Build your plan Your Career Matters12 AT&T University© 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Values AssessmentWork Values Assessment – What Are the Most Important Things to You at Work?Directions  From the list below, circle your top six Work Values.  For each Work Value selected, write a brief description of what that value means to you.  Transfer your selected Work Values from this exercise to column #4 (Values) on your Personal Career Profile on page 20.Example: 1) Security: Work in an organization that is growing. 2) Promotion: Become a Director. 3) Autonomy: Controlling my work priorities. Relationships: Recognition: Creativity: Structure: Balance: Diversity: Money: Leadership: Competition: Power: Variety: Autonomy: Flexibility: Fun/Excitement: Competence: Security: Promotion: Challenging Work: Other:Your Career Matters AT&T University 13 © 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Values AssessmentLife Values Assessment – What Are the Most Important Things in Your Life?Directions  From the list below, circle your top six Life Values.  For each Life Value selected, write a brief description of what that value means to you.  Transfer your selected Life Values from this exercise to column #4 (Values) on your Personal Career Profile on page 20.Example: 1) Family: Caring for my children. 2) Education: Getting my graduate degree in Computer Science. 3) Relationship: Spending time with my spouse. Family: Health: Career: Spirituality: Education: Accomplishments: Security: Money: Risk-taking: Freedom: Relationship: Fun/Excitement: Home: Community: Other:Build your plan Before proceeding complete the Interest section of your Personal Career Profile worksheet transfer your selected values from both values exercises to column #4 (Values) on your Personal Career Profile on page 20. See the Personal Career Profile example on page 19 for guidance.14 AT&T University Your Career Matters© 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Using Your Career ProfileNext Step Exercise #1Assessing Your Current Work FulfillmentThis exercise will help you assess how many of your interest, personality preferences, skillsand values are being met in your current work life.Directions: Complete the following using your Personal Career Profile on page 20: 1) For each of the “Who Am I?” areas (Interest, Personality, Skills and Values) place a check next to each item that you personally believe is being fulfilled in your current career and life situation. Example:2) Are there steps you can take now to move closer to a fulfilling career and life? Remember some career changes are small. Perhaps you can start by asking to do other functions on the job.3) If you can’t change your current situation now, are there steps you can begin to take to prepare for a future career or life change?Your Career Matters AT&T University 15 © 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Using Your Career Profile Next Step Exercise #2 Learning to Articulate What You Want From Your Career LifeOne critical step to changing is starting to describe what you want. Completing this exercisewill help you do that!Go back to your Personal Career Profile on page 20 and do the following: 1) Using only the words from your Personal Career Profile, write 2–3 paragraphs that describe your career and life desires. Example: I am interested in work that involves investigation, analysis and research. I like to solve abstract problems through math and computers. I also like work that allows me to plan, be organized and be structured. I am good with details, managing data and preparing reports. My strongest skills are in budgeting, computing, forecasting and managing projects. I like design, consulting, forecasting, evaluating and writing. My day to day preferred way to function is to be reflective and do things in depth. I like to work with facts in a sensible and thorough environment. I like work groups that are logical and realistic. My goal iNs toowcoynotiunuterymiyt!graduate degree in Computer Science over the next few years. I am driven and desire challenging work. I want to be considered for promotion within my current community and desire higher income in the near future to continue to support my family.Build your plan Your Career Matters16 AT&T University© 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

2) Read the paragraphs out loud several times, until you are comfortable and natural saying them. Practice with safe friends, mentors or family.3) Once you are comfortable with your written paragraphs and your ability to say them out loud, you are now ready to share what you want with others: mentors, supervisors, hiring managers, etc. Below, list people you can talk to.Your Career Matters AT&T University 17 © 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Congratulations!You have just taken a major step in planning and managing your career. Understanding howyou want to contribute to AT&T is key to a fulfilling and successful career. Whether you arebeginning your career or well into it, start using this valuable self-assessment information tomove your career in the right direction.Use your Personal Career Profile to audit your decisions throughout the AT&T Career Model:Explore possibilities at AT&T Do my job and career choices align with my Personal Career Profile?Take the right next step Do my job search tools like my resume, myCareerProfile, and interviewing skills sell me for jobs that align with my Personal Career Profile?Develop where you are Am I staying focused on developing skills in my current job that support my Personal Career Profile?Build your network Am I able to articulate who I am from my Personal Career Profile in order to network and connect with others at AT&T who may be seeking employees with my Personal Career Profile?Prepare for your future Am I building skills I need to develop for the future at AT&T that align with my Personal Career Profile?When should I retake assessments and/or modify my Personal Career Profile?Career experts believe that your interests and personality will not change much. You mostlikely will want to consider the following:  Re-assess your Values any time a major change occurs in your work or personal life.  Add new Skills to the Personal Career Profile as you grow skills in the business. Be careful that you don’t get too job specific and that these skills are skills that you LIKE doing and can be transferred to other jobs at AT&T.Build your plan Your Career Matters18 AT&T University© 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Personal Career Profile: ExampleDirections: Complete each section of your Personal Career Profile worksheet withyour assessment results.Date: Enter the date you started the profileInterest Personality Skills ValuesYour Career Matters AT&T University 19 © 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Personal Career ProfileWorksheetDirections: Creating a Personal Career Profile is an important initial step in the planningprocess. Use this Personal Career Profile worksheet to record and summarize your assessmentresults.Date: Interest Personality Skills Values                                                         Build your plan Your Career Matters20 AT&T University© 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.