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What's New? Career Decision-Making Tool
NCDG Indicators

This chart identifies indicators of skill mastery for this goal at three learning stages: knowledge acquisition, application and reflection. For more information on learning stages, see What is NCDG?

Career Management

Goal: Use a process of decision-making as one component of career development. [CM2 What is this?]

Indicators

Knowledge

Application

Reflection

Describe your decision- making style (e.g., risk taker, cautious). [CM2.K1]

Give examples of past decisions that demonstrate your decision-making style. [CM2.A1]

Evaluate the effectiveness of your decision-making style. [CM2.R1]

Identify the steps in one model of decision-making. [CM2.K2]

Demonstrate the use of a decision-making model. [CM2.A2]

Assess what decision-making model(s) work best for you. [CM2.R2]

Describe how information (e.g., about you, the economy, and education programs) can improve your decision-making. [CM2.K3]

Demonstrate use of information (e.g., about you, the economy, and education programs) in making decisions. [CM2.A3]

Assess how well you use information (e.g., about you, the economy, and education programs) to make decisions. [CM2.R3]

Identify alternative options and potential consequences for a specific decision. [CM2.K4]

Show how exploring options affected a decision you made. [CM2.A4]

Assess how well you explore options when making decisions. [CM2.R4]

Recognize that your personal priorities, culture, beliefs, and work values can affect your decision-making. [CM2.K5]

Show how personal priorities, culture, beliefs, and work values are reflected in your decisions. [CM2.A5]

Evaluate the affect of personal priorities, culture, beliefs, and work values in your decision-making. [CM2.R5]

Describe how education, work, and family experiences might impact your decisions. [CM2.K6]

Give specific examples of how your education, work, and family experiences have influenced your decisions. [CM2.A6]

Assess the impact of your education, work, and family experiences on decisions. [CM2.R6]

Describe how biases and stereotypes can limit decisions. [CM2.K7]

Give specific examples of how biases and stereotypes affected your decisions.[CM2.A7]

Analyze the ways you could manage biases and stereotypes when making decisions. [CM2.R7]

Recognize that chance can play a role in decision-making. [CM2.K8]

Give examples of times when chance played a role in your decision-making. [CM2.A8]

Evaluate the impact of chance on past decisions. [CM2.R8]

Recognize that decision-making often involves compromise. [CM2.K9]

Give examples of compromises you might have to make in career decision-making. [CM2.A9]

Analyze the effectiveness of your approach to making compromises. [CM2.R9]