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Positive Personal Profile

Name:                                                                  Date of Birth:

Dreams and Goals

Talents

Skills and Knowledge

Learning Styles

Interests

Positive Personality Traits

Temperament

Values

Environmental Preferences

Dislikes/Quirks/idiosyncracies

Work Experiences

Support System

Specific Challenges

Solutions and Accommodations

Possibilities and Ideas

Personal Profile

Name:                                                                                Date:

  1. My long term career dreams are:

  1. Other life dreams are:

  1. My talents and skills are: 

  1. My hobbies and interests are:

  1. My positive attributes are:

  1. Things that are challenges for me:

  1. Ideas to help me handle these challenges are:

Developed by George  Tilson, TransCen, Inc.

Youth Interview Instrument

  1. In what career would you love to be 10 years from now? 

  1. What do you like about that career?

  1. Tell me what you know about this career. What does someone do in this career? 

  1. Have you had any experience doing this kind of work?

  1. What do you do for fun? What do you do with friends and family? 

  1. Who are your best friends? 

  1. Why are they your best friends? 

  1. What do your friends and family like best about you? 

  1. What would your friends and family say are your skills and talents? What would they say you are really good at? What abilities do you think, “come naturally” to you? (at school, home, neighborhood) 

  1. Where are some of your favorite places to go? 

  1. Where are some places you’ve never been that you’d love to go to sometime in the future? Why? 

  1. How do you get to the places you want to go now? 

  1. What’s the best part about school? 

  1. What’s the worst part about school? 

  1. Who are some favorite adults in your life? Why? 

  1. Who are some of the people you know who have jobs? 

  1. What are their jobs? What do they do on their jobs? Have you ever seen them doing their jobs? 

  1. What are some jobs you’ve seen or heard about that you thought were kind of interesting? 

  1. What are your favorite subjects in school? Why? 

  1. Are there any subjects you don’t like? Why not?

  1. Have you ever gone on a vacation away from home? Where? How did you get there? 

  1. What did you see? What did you do? What did you like most?

  1. What’s your favorite TV show? Movie? Sport? Game? 

  1. What things are hard for you to do? What things do you need help with? 

  1. What could you do to help yourself with these challenges? What things could other people do to help you? 

  1. Who do you go to when you get stuck with a problem or a challenge that you’re having a hard time with? Who helps you out? 

  1. How many businesses/companies have you seen? 

  1. Have you ever had a job before? Where? Tell us about it.

  1. Did you get paid? How many hours a week did you work? What hours? How long did you work there? 

  1.  What did you like about the job? 

  1. Was there anything you really didn’t like about the job? 

  1. What did you learn from this work experience? 

  1. Have you ever gone on your own to get a job application? 

  1. Have you ever completed a job application? 

  1. Do you have a resume? 

  1. Have you ever gone on a job interview? What was that like? What’s the scariest part about a job interview? 

  1. What are some of your BIG LIFE DREAMS? [Prompt: In other words, ten to twenty years from now, what experiences would you love to have? (work, recreation, lifestyle, etc.) What can you see yourself doing? Where would you be working? Living? Etc.]