Valley Park High School - Val E Vues Yearbook (Valley Park, MO)

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Michelle Danette Steppig Tim Threadgill Thomaz Trevino Jeff Seville Kevin W. Shinkle Kristin Shoup Gregory Scott Spangler Denice Staab Jack Steele

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Juliana Marie Walker Carol Jean Wall Amy Kathleen Yost Julie Rauls suit her. uses Self-Directed Search to see ,f a career in )°u' rnattsm Seniors Compute Careers I don't know what I'm going to do after high school, said senior Becky Halker. I haven’t made up my mind.” Becky wasn’t alone with her indecisive- ness, but through the efforts of counselor Dan Polacek and a computerized vocational job search, Becky and other seniors found a ca- reer direction. The Holland Occupational software and a career test called Self-Directed Search (SDS) work together to match-up a person’s person- ality to the work world. Dr. John Holland, career psychologist and developer of both the test and the software, found in his research that there are six person- ality types. Each person has elements of these types in his her personality. The self-directed search isolates the per- son’s three most dominant personality types. These three types are derived from the SDS in the form of a three letter code. The code is then used to match the test taker to people in the work world who are satisfied and success- ful in their chosen careers. Mr. Polacek said, Surveys say that 80 per- cent of the people are dissatisfied with their jobs. We'd like to prepare the students to be in the 20 percent who are satisfied with their jobs. After taking the SDS students use the Hol- land Occupational software to compare their code to 2200 jobs. Then students find information about var- ious careers that are similar to their codes. It was fun to learn about a career field that I had never considered, said Rodney Barnett. Looking Over Seniors