"WHAT IS THE Type Focus Instrument and WHAT DOES IT DO?"
 The Type Focus Instrument is a self-assessment questionnaire, which takes about 1 hour to complete. There are no "right" or "wrong" answers. Learning about your "type" is one of the most positive things you will ever do for yourself and for everyone around you!
Type Focus helps you answer; Who am I? Who do I want to work with? What do I like?
Why do I like it? Where do I want to live? What type of work setting is best for me?
Why do others do what they do? How can I get along better with class-mates, room-mates, significant others, colleagues at work? How can I make clearer decisions?
Results of your questionnaire go directly to the Director of Career Development. You need to make an appointment to interpret the results. Your results are kept confidential.
Type Focus
Special code: csu34
To find
out how to take the Type Focus Instrument, contact:
Judith Carruthers, Director
Career Development
Castleton State College
(802) 468-1339
Judith.Carruthers@castleton.edu
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FOCUS
IIŽ – Interest Inventory
 DON'T WORRY & WONDER what you will be when you grow up!
DON'T DRIFT aimlessly through courses!
DON'T WAIT till you are unhappy!
COME TO CAREER DEVELOPMENT TO CONSIDER, CLARIFY, and CHOOSE your future career wisely!
WHAT IS "FOCUS II?"
Focus
II is a self-assessment questionnaire, which takes about a half hour
to complete. The FOCUS
II program has a high accuracy rate and is able to quite reliably
predict eventual academic and occupational choices for college students.
WHAT DOES THE "FOCUS II" DO?
FOCUS II helps you :
assess your personal attributes – your interests, values, talents
and skills;
broaden your horizons about potential career paths;
explore and analyze occupational paths;
includes: salary ranges, overtime & travel requirement, & prerequisite for job;
map out a realistic career plan;
identify colleges, programs, grad schools, scholarships, financial
aid and work experiences that you need to achieve your goals;
FOCUS II DOES NOT tell you what you SHOULD BE – it only suggests
academic and career directions for you to investigate.
Remember:
The more you integrate your studies with your overall lifestyle and
interests the more successful and happy you will be!
HOW
DO I TAKE THE FOCUS II?
Focus
II is available on-line.
You need a code from Career Development, however, results are printed
out on your printer and available to you right away.
FOCUS II is ready for you today!
How to access FOCUS II Software:
Go to Focus
II (www.focuscareer.com/register/castletonstatecollege.cfm) (see box below)
Put in the username
and password you'll get from CSC Career Development
If you do not have a username and password from Career Development, type Castleton as the keycode and create an account.
Fill in questionnaire
Your results are
automatically printed at the time you complete your questionaire.
Match to code key. (see below)
Go to CSC Career Code Map online.
Find your Code area – check it out!
NOTE Code Key:
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Analytic/Research |
Investigative |
"I"
on CODE MAP |
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Artistic |
Artistic |
"A"
on CODE MAP |
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Social |
Social |
"S"
on CODE MAP |
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Persuader |
Enterprising |
"E"
on CODE MAP |
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Business Control |
Conventional |
"C"
on CODE MAP |
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Technical |
Realistic
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"R"
on CODE MAP |
Please
make an appointment with Castleton Career Development Office for more
information and guidance with the Career Code Map.
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The
Castleton Career Code Map You must complete Focus II Questionaire before accessing the CSC Career Code Map.
What is the Career Code Map?
The
Castleton Career Code Map is a newly designed and customized guide to
Castleton’s Majors, Minors and Campus Activities, and Internship ideas.
Once you have
taken the FOCUS II computer-based questionnaire and have the
report, match to the code key (see below), take the one, two or three letter "Career Codes" and
refer to that section of the Career Code Map.
For
example, your report will have 6 choices on the first
page. The top three are your strongest interests. They will be either:
ARTISTIC, SOCIAL, BUSINESS CONTROL, PERSUADING, TECHNICAL, ANALYTIC.
Use the Key Code below:
NOTE
Code Key:
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Analytic/Research
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Investigative
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"I"
on CODE MAP
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Artistic
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Artistic
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"A"
on CODE MAP
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Social
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Social
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"S"
on CODE MAP
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Persuader
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Enterprising
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"E"
on CODE MAP
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Business Control
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Conventional
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"C"
on CODE MAP
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Technical
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Realistic
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"R"
on CODE MAP
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Now, you
have your Career Code too and are ready to map out your present and
your future!
What does the Career Code Map do?
The
customized Career Code Map does several things. It helps you identify:
Your Values
Work Interests
Work Activities you might enjoy
Potential Skills
Internship & Career Ideas to Investigate
Majors and Minors to pursue
Castleton Campus Activities you might enjoy
How do I use the Career Code Map?
The Career Code Map does NOT tell you "Go be THIS." Or "Go do THAT." The Career Code Map helps your focus on specific areas that YOU dentified as being of interest to you. The job titles suggested are only a fraction of the THOUSANDS of job titles listed in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Use them just as a suggestion of AREAS OF INTEREST to start your search.
The Majors and Minors listed are only those available at Castleton.
You can also use the Career Code Map to link your interests, majors, minors, co-curricular activities, & internship ideas to all 5 VSC Colleges (VSC Master Listing).
The
Campus Activities listed are only those currently up and running at
Castleton. If you don’t see one of interest and have an idea for
a new one – come see us! Start your own!
FOCUS
II has added features which include websites for Graduate schools organized
by discipline, as well as information about financial aid.
We
suggest you make an appointment with Career Development Office to help
you interpret your results and make the most of the Castleton Career
Code Map.
For
more information on the Career Code Map, contact:
Judith Carruthers, Director
Career Development
Castleton State College
(802) 468-1339
Judith.Carruthers@castleton.edu
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