Delaware Technical and Community College-Owens

Current User: Imani Nash

Contact Information
Imani Nash
inash@dtcc.edu
User Name: Imaninash19
Campus : Stanton Campus
Purpose for Using Focus 2: Course Assignment/Class Activity
Category: Associate Degree/Diploma Student

Career and Educational Goals

Your Career Goals
I plan on becoming a Family Law Attorney.
Your Educational Goals
I plan on transferring to Clark Atlanta University for the Fall semester and completing my Bachelors. After
college, I plan on going to a law school in Atlanta, Georgia.

Career Planning Status Summary

Self Assessment

5.00

Career Exploration

3.83

Career Planning Satisfaction

4.00
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2
Low

3
Medium

5
High

Self Assessment (5.00)

Self-Assessment is important because it enables you to identify which occupations and major study areas
are most compatible with your personal attributes. Your high self assessment score indicates that you are
very involved in examining your your interests, values, personality, and skills. It is important that you stay
actively involved in self assessment because it is the most important first step in career planning.
Career Exploration (3.83)
Career Exploration is important because it enables you to compare and evaluate occupations and major
areas of study that appeal to you. Your high score indicates that you are very involved in career
exploration. It is important that you continue your high involvement in career exploration because it will help
you narrow down your options and map out your career goals.
Career Planning Satisfaction (4.00)
Planning Satisfaction measures the extent to which you are satisfied with the results of your career planning
activities and your ability to resolve problems that can interfere with your decision making. Your high score
suggests you are not experiencing any problems with your career planning. If at any time you do encounter
any problems, you should consider discussing them with your career advisor.

Your Academic Strengths and Weaknesses

You indicated that you "Excel" in the following:
Business (eg Management, Marketing, Economics)
Language Arts
Social Sciences (eg Psychology, Philosophy, Religion)

Social Sciences (eg Psychology, Philosophy, Religion)

Social Studies
You indicated that you "Do Pretty Well" in the following:
Biology and Environmental Sciences
Computers & Technology
English
Physical Education
You indicated that you "Do OK" in the following:
Art - Fine
Art - Performing
Foreign Languages
Math
Music
You indicated that you "Have a Lot of Trouble" in the following:
Physical Sciences (eg Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy)

Your Work Experiences and Educational Accomplishments

Your Work Experiences and Educational Accomplishments
I have completed over 200 hours of volunteer work at St. Francis Hospital in the nursing and maternity unit.
I have also volunteered at the Delaware Breast Cancer Awareness Center for my senior year of high school.
Your Educational Accomplishments
I achieved academic recognition last semester at Delaware Technical Community College.

Your Personal Development Needs

You indicated that you need Moderate Improvement In:
Creativity - The ability to think outside the box.
Discipline - The ability to stay on task and complete projects.
Flexibility - The ability to readily adapt to changes, shift your point of view, and/or look at a situation
in a different way.
Motivation - A desire to achieve a goal, combined with the energy to work towards that goal.
Organization - Knowing where things are at all times.
Time Management - Having the tools or techniques for planning and scheduling time, usually with
the aim to increase effectiveness and/or efficiency.
You indicated that you need Little or No Improvement In:
Commitment - Having persistence with a purpose.
Establishing Rapport With Others - Being in sync or on the same wavelength with others.
Honesty - The human quality or communicating and acting truthfully.
Leadership - The ability to direct others.
Listening - The ability to pay close attention to, and make sense of, what we hear.
Negotiating - The ability to exchange ideas, information and opinions with others.
Problem Solving - A process that involves, eg, clarifying description of the problem, analyzing
causes, identifying alternatives, assessing each alternative, choosing one, implementing it, and
evaluating whether the problem was solved or not.
Public Speaking - The ability to present material to a group of people in a structured, deliberate
manner.

Respect - Consideration for other people's privacy, their physical space and belongings; and respect
for different viewpoints, philosophies, physical ability, beliefs and personality.
Sensitivity - The ability to react appropriately to the emotions or feelings of other people.
Sociability - The ability to interact with other people on a personal level.
Stability - Maintaining composure in stressful situations.
Teamwork - The ability to work with other people toward a common vision or goal.
Writing - The ability express your ideas on paper where the presentation is tightly structured,
grammatically and syntactically correct, substantive, and interesting.

Work Interest Profile Summary

Your interests can be summarized as follows:
Your average score in each area is also shown below as a number ranging from 0 to 100 where:
0=Low 50=Moderate 100=High

Enterprising

62.50

Conventional

45.83

Investigative

16.67

Social

8.33

Artistic

0.00

Realistic

0.00
10

20

30

40

50

60

70

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90

Your top 3 work interests in the order you selected are:

Enterprising
"the persuaders"

People in the enterprising category often prefer activities selling and promoting.
They enjoy influencing others and being in a leadership position. They often use
their skills to influence others. They often like competitive activities and are often
self-confident, talkative and energetic. They generally enjoy discussing politics,
selling and promoting, having power and status, giving talks and speeches, and
leading groups.

Conventional
"the organizers"

People in the conventional category often prefer orderly, systematic work. Work
tasks often include keeping records, and organizing written and numerical
materials according to a plan. They like to see things run efficiently and
smoothly, which means they will pay attention to administrative details. They
generally enjoy keeping accurate records, organizing, working with numbers,
and using a computer.

Investigative
"the thinkers"

People in the investigative category often have a strong desire to understand

cause and effect, and solve puzzles and problems. They often work in jobs that
are scientific in nature. Their work often involves the analysis of data, using
formulas, graphs and numbers. Investigative types typically prefer to work
independently, and with minimum supervision. People in this category generally
enjoy using computers, solving math problems, interpreting formulas, and
thinking abstractly.

100

Leisure Interest Profile Summary

Your interests can be summarized as follows:
Your average score in each area is also shown below as a number ranging from 0 to 100 where:
0=Low 50=Moderate 100=High

Social

20.83

Organizing

16.67

Leading

8.33

Artistic

4.17

Educational
Practical

4.17

0.00
10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Your top 3 leisure related interests are:

Social
"the helpers"

People with a social orientation enjoy helping and advising people. They tend to
be concerned about other peoples welfare. They promote learning and personal
development and are very interested in human relationships. They are often
described as being helpful, responsible, warm, cooperative, idealistic, sociable,
tactful, friendly, kind, sympathetic, generous, patient, and understanding.

Organizing
"the organizers"

People with an organizing orientation generally like to be involved in activities

that follow set procedures and routines. They like to work with data and details,
have clerical or numerical ability, and carry out tasks in great detail. They are
often described as being conforming, practical, careful, obedient, thrifty,
efficient, orderly, conscientious, and persistent.

Leading
"the persuaders"

People with a leading orientation like to influence others. They tend to enjoy
persuading others to see their point of view. They often like to work with people
and ideas, rather than things. They are often described as being adventurous,
energetic, optimistic, agreeable, extroverted, popular, sociable, self-confident,
and ambitious.

Skills Profile Summary

The Skills You Selected Are:
Negotiating
Bringing people together to discuss and resolve differences.
Reasoning
Using logic to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to
problems.
Speaking
Talking, giving speeches, or speaking in a group to convey information, explain ideas, or give instructions.

Personality Profile Summary

Your personality can be summarized as follows:
Your Personality Type:
You approach projects and work with a sense of responsibility for getting the job done in a systematic way.

You like to work on projects where the goals and procedures can be clearly defined. You are practical, and
prefer to work on projects where you can use your abilities to organize the tasks and deal with the facts in
an efficient and sensible way. You place great emphasis on the accuracy of the facts. You make decisions
about how to go about a project based on logic and work steadily towards thorough completion of the work
to be done.
Choosing Your Career:
People with your personality type are attracted to occupations where you can combine your talents for
doing things accurately, and for logical organization of details. Examples of such occupations can be found
in fields such as engineering, business administration and accounting, health technology, industrial
technology, production, and construction.

Values Profile Summary

The Values You Selected Are:
Helping Others
Being involved in helping other people in a direct way either individually or in a small group.
Income
Having a level of income that will afford you with luxuries, and which will allow you to become financially
independent.
Prestige
Gaining the respect of others by the nature and/or level of responsibility of your work.

Saved Occupations

Rating

***

Majors at
Green Bright Delaware Technical and
Jobs Outlook
Community
College-Owens

Occupation

Attorney
Comments: I would like to become a
Family Law Attorney. I like the business
aspect that comes with the job and the
thought of helping people with their
problems at the same time. I am not
interested in the criminal side of being a
lawyer, just the business and familial side.
Factors that appeal to you: Job Duties,
Values, Earnings, Areas of Study

**

Real Estate Lawyer

Comments: I like the duties of this job, as
well as it is in the legal field.
Factors that appeal to you: Job Duties,
Skills, Earnings

Tax Lawyer
Factors that appeal to you: Job Duties,
Skills

Business
Administration
and Management

Your Saved Areas of Study

Majors
Criminal Justice / Police Science
A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of police and public security
officers, including patrol and investigative activities, traffic control, crowd control and
public relations, witness interviewing, evidence collection and management, basic crime
prevention methods, weapon and equipment operation and maintenance, report
preparation and other routine law enforcement responsibilities.
Comments: I would like to become a Lawyer and this major is preparing me for

that.

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