The Sum of the parts v Some of the parts

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The Sum of the parts vSome of the parts

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What questions does CareerDecisionmaker help you
answer?
Step Four
Step Three
Step Two
Step One
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How does CareerDecisionmaker enable you to make
an informed decision
Values What Is Important To Me?
Interests What Am I Interested In?
Personality What Am I Behaviourally Suited to?
Skills Motivated What Skills do I Love to Use?
Aptitudes What are my natural abilities?
Informed Career Decisions Career option 1
suitable courses Career option 2 suitable
courses Career option 3 suitable courses
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Skills Matrix
Very Skilled Skilled Average Skill Little or no Skill
Thoroughly enjoy using
Enjoy Using
Prefer not to use
Strongly Dislike
Training and Development Needs
Motivated Skills
Burnout Skills
Things not important to me
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Students Before going through the
CareerDecisionmaker
Limited Career Options
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Interests Profile
Case Study Michelle - 17 year old female
Leaving Certificate Student wishing to pursue a
suitable HE course.
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Personality Profile
Key Motivators for Job Satisfaction
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Skills Profile
Motivated Skills - 23
Potential Development Skills 3
People Skills - 43 Listening Organising
People Motivating Teaching/Training Selling
Ideas Skills 35 Reading for ideas Challenging
ideas Language Skills Writing Thinking Skills
13 Playing Team Sport Data Skills 9 Editing
Sensitive Questioning Hosting Mediating Taking
Charge
Data Skills - 33 Methodical Ideas Skills - 33
Improvising People Skills 33 Delegating Work
Brainstorming Ideas Expressing
Yourself Observing Enterprising
Maintaining Preparing Food Reading for Facts
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Aptitude Results
Values Profile

1. Moral Values
2. Social Service
3. Advancement
4. Accomplishment
5. Activity

72nd percentile
1st percentile
5th percentile
68th percentile
3rd percentile
95th percentile
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Career Options

1. Community and Social ServicesCounsellor Social
   Worker Public Health Officer Probation Officer
   Youth Worker, etc.
2. Healthcare Nurse Occupational Therapist
   Physical Therapist Speech Therapist, etc.
3. Education TrainingTeacher Training and
   Development Specialist Librarian Education
   Coordinator, etc.

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Research Project with Leaving Certificate
students wishing to pursue a suitable HE course
Average Student age 17.3
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Course Offers Received by Students in Research
Project in 2008.
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Snapshot 12 Months Later - 2009
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• Ratings of benefits of Career Assessment and
  Career Guidance in making HE Career Decision.
• 1 Highly Beneficial 2 Beneficial 3 No
  Benefit

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Dropout/Retention Levels in Irish HE Sector
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The SumsAlwaysAdd Up.
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Contact Details If you would like more
information please contact

• Miriam Magner Flynn
• Managing Director
• Career Decisions Ireland Limited
• 60 Lower Baggot St
• Dublin 2
• Office 00 353 01 6340077
• Mobile [phone]
• E-mail miriam_at_careerdecisionmaker.com
• Website www.careerdecisionmaker.com