Step 1: Know Yourself & Set Your Goals
Self-Assessment & Goal Setting
💡 What: Discover What Matters to You
🧠 A meaningful job search starts with knowing you
🧭 Identify your interests, values, and strengths, and explore how you want to live them out in the world and in your community
🎯 Set career goals that reflect who you are and what you care about.
🛠️ How: Do the Exploration Activities
➡️ Download the Exploration Activity Worksheet (PDF)
Reflect on your interests, values, strengths, and how you want to contribute to the world and your community. Bonus: Earn 6–20 Viking Score Points when you complete the worksheet and meet with a Career Coach.
➡️ Download the Career Goal Worksheet (PDF)
Explore your skills, interests, and values to define a clear, personalized career goal. Bonus: Earn 6–20 Viking Score Points when you complete the worksheet and discuss it during a Career Coaching appointment.
➡️ Explore Your Purpose: Find Your Fit, Design Your Future
Get resources and ideas that align with any of these questions:
- I don’t know what I am interested in…
- I know what I like, but don’t know how to connect it with next steps
- I have decided on a direction, but is it the right choice?
- Doing meaningful work is important to me, how can I make community connections?