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Exploration Strategies by Domain

 

Exploring Your Career Options

The CCDAE recommends the following ways to explore major or career options:

1. Taking career assessments
2. Meeting with a career coach
3. Utilizing resources to research majors or careers
4. Taking a career course
5. Attending CCDAE events
6. Gaining experience

Below you will find broad strategies to achieve these exploration options based on your leading CliftonStrengths domain.

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Executing

People with dominant executing themes know how to make things happen.

Strengths: Achiever, Arranger, Belief, Consistency, Deliberative, Discipline, Focus, Responsibility, Restorative

Exploration Strategies: You might thrive by…
1. Start Brainstorming: Creating a list of exploration strategies that fit your needs.
2. Goalsetting: Setting clear goals and deadlines for the strategies you want to accomplish.
3. Networking: Create a list of people you want to network with.

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Influencing

People with dominant influencing themes know how to take charge, speak up, and make sure the team is heard.

Strengths: Activator, Command, Communication, Competition, Maximizer, Self-Assurance, Significance, Woo

Exploration Strategies: You might thrive by…
1. Engage: Attend exploration-focused events.
2. Invite Others: Involving your friends and family in your exploration.
3. Self-Motivate: Find motivation in researching career and major options to share this knowledge with others.

 

 

Relationship Building

People with dominant relationship building themes have the ability to build strong relationships that can hold a team together and make the team greater than the sum of its parts.

Strengths: Adaptability, Connectedness, Developer, Empathy, Harmony, Includer, Individualization, Positivity, Relater

Exploration Strategies: You might thrive by…
1. Coaching: Working one on one with a Career Coach. 
2. Self-Assess: Taking a career exploration course.
3. Analyze Your Results: Find a friend to process the information you found in your career assessment.

Strategic Thinking

People with dominant strategic thinking themes help teams consider what could be. They absorb and analyze information that can inform better decisions.

Strengths: Analytical, Context, Futuristic, Ideation, Input, Intellection, Learner, Strategic

Exploration Strategies: You might thrive by…
1. Research: Taking career assessments to brainstorm major and career options.
2. Use Your Resources: Utilize career exploration resources to help you collect more information about major or career options
3. Prepare: Develop a list of information interview questions to help you feel more comfortable reaching out to people.