Careers & Majors

Exploration Workshop
OBJECTIVES
Gain a better understanding of who you are as individual.
Get insight on your strengths and weaknesses as an individual.
Learn what career paths exist for your personality/characteristic types.
Learn what you should be doing to prepare for yourself for a career.
Learn what you can do to explore and find what it is that you want to do.
How many of you are
currently undecided
majors?
1. Business 22%
2. Social Studies 10%
3. Healthcare 8%
4. Education, Psychology, &
Visual Arts 6%
5. Engineering, Biology, &
Communication 5%
6. English, Computers,
Liberal Arts,
Multidisciplinary, Law
Enforcement, Agriculture,
Public Administration,
Physical Sciences, Parks
Recreation, Human
Sciences, Foreign
Languages, and Other
4%
How many of you
already know what
careers youre going
into?
Theory can be traced back to Hippocrates and Platos ideas about the
temperaments of humans and their ideas about character and personality.
In 1978, Don Lowry took their personality concepts and applied it to the color
metaphors of Blue, Gold, Green, and Orange.
The True Colors assessment is a model for understanding yourself and others
based on your personality temperaments.
Each of us is a combination of these True Colors and that makes up our
personality spectrum, with one style being the most dominant.
Identifies you and others personalities and provide insight into different
motivations, actions, and communication approaches.
ORGANIZERS
IDEA DOERS
WARM, COMMUNICATIVE, COMPASSIONATE, IDEALISTIC, SPIRITURAL, SINCERE.
Characteristics:
ASK QUESTIONS
EASY GOING
OPEN
LIKEABLE
NEEDS APPRECIATION
EXPECTS HARMONY
HATES CONFLICT
KNOWS EVERYONE
LOVES TO CHECK ON PEOPLE
Suitable Career Paths:
Teachers/Educators (Secondary)
Counselor/Psychologist
Therapists
Registered Nurses
Artists
Medical Aides
Medical Specialists
Social Worker
Child Care Related Fields
I look for meaning and significance in life. I need to contribute, encourage, and care.
CONTROLLERS
IDEA GENERATORS
ANALYTICAL, CONCEPTUAL, INTENTIVE, LOGICAL, PERFECTIONISTIC, ABSTRACT.
Characteristics:
WANT ACTION/CHANGE
HAVE STRONG OPINIONS
NEEDS TO BE IN CHARGE
DECISIVE
EXPECTS EFFICIENCY & RESULTS
LIKES CONFLICT
DEMANDING
SEPARATES FACT FROM FEELINGS
Suitable Career Paths:
Professors/Instructors
Historians
Surgeons
Dentists
Mathematicians/Statisticians
Chemist/Biologist/Physicists
Computer Programmers
Software Engineers
I value intelligence, insight, fairness, and justice. I need explanations and answers.
ANALYZERS
IDEA PERFECTORS
LOYAL, DEPENDABLE, PREPARED, THOROUGH, SENSIBLE, PUNCTUAL, ORGANIZED.
Characteristics:
ASKS INFORMATIVE QUESTIONS
FACT-ORIENTED
STRUCTURED/KEEPS TO SCHEDULES
PREFER TO WORK ALONE
WONT DEVIATE FROM A SET PLAN
DOES NOT LIKE TO BE REPETITIVE
VERY HIGH STANDARDS
VERY PRIVATE PEOPLE
GET FRUSTRATED BY SMALL TALK
Suitable Career Paths:
Librarians
Audio-Visual Technicians
Receptionists/Secretaries/Clerks
Analysts (Financial)
Actuaries
Auditors
Investigators
Bank Tellers
Dispatchers
I have a strong sense of what is right and wrong in life. I need to follow rules and respect authority.
PERSUADERS
IDEA PROMOTERS
WITTY, SPONTANEOUS, IMPULSIVE, GENEROUS, OPTIMISTIC, BOLD, CHARMING.
Characteristics:
LIKES PEOPLE
POSITIVE & OPTIMISTIC
WANTS TO BE LIKED
BOISTEROUS
BOLD & IMPULSIVE
EXPECTS FREEDOM
GREAT VERBAL SKILLS
MAKES QUICK DECISIONS
MUST CONSTANTLY BE IN ACTION
Suitable Career Paths:
Judges/Arbritrators/Mediator
Managers
Detectives
Producers
Emergency Medical Services
Lawyers
Chief Executive
Engineers
Sales Agents
I value skill, resourcefulness, and courage. I need fun, variety, simulation, and excitement.
OTHER ASSESSMENTS
The True Colors Assessment is not the only assessment that exists to help you
understand your strengths, weaknesses, and personality.
Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) truity.com
StrengthsQuest
CONTACT INFORMATION/RESOURCES
ALEJANDRA (ALEX) ROMERO
Career Center
Human Resources Intern
Alejandra.romero@stonybrook.edu
SAMSON WOO
Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Undergraduate College Intern
Samson.woo@stonybrook.edu
If you need personally tailored help and advice for getting involved, check out
Getting Your Foot in the Door!
http://studentaffairs.stonybrook.edu/nexus/GYFITD.shtml