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The ASVAB is being offered once again this year. Why should you participate in the ASVAB Career Exploration Program? Students, you are the primary architect of your careers, and your parents and counselors are important resources to consult as you design and build your career plans. As an architect, you must build a solid foundation of self-knowledge in terms of your interests, skills and values. Having that good foundation of knowing who are helps you make realistic and satisfying educational and career choices. As the architect, you are then ready for the second step. You must find the right materials with which to begin building you career. You must find the appropriate information about careers that are in line with your interests and skills. Matching your interests and skills to an occupation's demands and its full potential to satisfy you needs will maximize the likelihood of a satisfying outcome. The final step, constructing the blueprint, occurs when you translate information about self and the world of work into a career development plan. The ASVAB Career Exploration Program is designed to help you learn more about yourself and the world of work, to identify and explore potentially satisfying occupations, and develop an effective strategy to realize your goals. As you explore occupations in line with your interests and skills, you will develop career explorations and planning skills that will last a lifetime. This award-winning program is provided free of charge to schools and students. In this program, students complete two state-of-the-art instruments, the ASVAB and the Interest-Finder. The ASVAB, consisting of eight tests, is designed to predict future occupational and academic success. The Interest-Finder, which is based on John Holland's highly regarded theory of career choice, consists of six subscales. |
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Mr. Preston at
Quemado High School. |