Slide deck for the Career Management School international Career Forum for Teenagers

1. The Three Keys to Finding the Right Career for Life
Design, Desire and Demand:

2. • Senior Higher Education
Office at five institutions
• Consultant for 10 universities
and one national media
company
• Author of six books on career
and education
• Fulbright Scholar and capacity
building expert
• Author of over a dozen
articles in The Chronicle of
Higher Education, University
Business, The Times Higher
Education, and Inside Higher
Ed

3. THREE KEYS METHOD TO CAREER SUCCESS
 Discover your DESIGN
 Discover you DESIRE
 Discover your DEMAND
 Combine these three elements into a career purpose
 Use this purpose to manage your career over a life time

4. DESIGN
 DESIGN answers the “What”
question? What was I built to do?
 This has probably been obvious
since you were young
 Does not change over time
 Use your tools – movies, memories,
mission

5. DESIRE
 DESIRE answers “Where?” and “For
whom?”
 Think about what captivates your
interest
 Changes over time
 What topic do you devour?
 DESIRE questions

6. DEMAND
 Answers the question, “Who will
pay for it?”
 Being in demand is your job
security, not your career path
 How can you increase your “profit
per X”?
 The professional development test

7. COMBINE THEM INTO YOUR PURPOSE
 DESIGN shows you what you should be
doing. Desire tells you who you should do
it for. Demand tells you how to make a
living with it.
 You are not picking a job, you are
managing a career, which means to need
to know how to manage your options.
 Your purpose becomes the ruler that you
use to measure any opportunity, current
or future

8. MANAGE YOUR CAREER FOR LIFE
 Decision Making Style
 Options Matrix
Possible Career: Actuary
How much do I know about this
field? (1-10)
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Next Step to Learn More BLS.gov/oco
Benefits of this Field $$$$, good working conditions
Negatives of this Field Takes focus, busy seasons
Education or experience needed? 4-Year Degree, internship,
experience
Am I willing to invest that?
Would I like the professional
development?
How much interest do I have? (1-10)

9. TOOLS YOU CAN USE
 Design Finder Quiz (book or audio)
 Assessments like Enneagram,
Strengths, Keirsey’s Temperaments,
MBTI