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Showing posts with label teaching sensing. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Counseling to Type Strategies – Sensing (Part 2)

In our last post, I shared some suggestions for working with students who have a Sensing preference. Here are a few more to help you during your counseling sessions:

Discuss realistic and practical options.  When generating options for what you can do with a major in ___, focus on practical careers that have a linear, and possibly structured path to success, such as nursing or engineering.  This preference will also respond well to options that are linked to either the counselor’s personal experience, or experience of someone they know well and/or respect. 

 Limit brainstorming to a minimum. Rather than brainstorming all the careers you can do with a major in Journalism, this preference will respond better to a concrete list of careers that Journalism majors most often choose according to academic department data, Department of Labor Stats, the MBTI®Career Report, or some other trusted source of data. 

Is this correct? Using this phrase is one way to build greater buy-in with Sensing preferences.  “Is this correct” and “do you agree” will help a Sensing preference refine the discussion so it is more accurate and reflective of how they would describe the situation. 

Where’s the data? At the conclusion of the session, show a Sensing preference were  to find additional  data that will support your discussion, including web sites, books and people that can provide concrete fact back up. 


Can you provide a concrete example or description of an appointment they had with a Sensing preference student?  What did the session look like?  What are YOUR best suggestions for working with a student with a Sensing preference?

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Counseling to Type Strategies – Sensing (Part 1)


Back to our series on tailoring our counseling strategies based upon the type of student we are supporting!  This week we tackle the Sensing preference.

Here are some suggestions for working with students who prefer Sensing: 

Details please!
  These students are listening for, and will remember most, if not all, of the details you share during your session.  They are data and fact driven, so be sure to be prepared with things like anticipated job growth and career assessment data, and make sure your facts are accurate and relevant to the topic you are discussing. 

Provide concrete, real-life examples, rather than metaphors or stories, to illustrate the points you are reviewing with your student.

Speak in a linear manner.  This type of student wants the career process described in a sequential, linear way.  Start with step 1, then go to step 2, and move to Step 3, and so forth.  These students will get lost if you jump around to wherever the conversation leads or what inspires the counselor.  This is the student that the 4-year career plan was made for! 

Provide practical applications.  When explaining informational interviewing, for instance, clearly illustrate how this job search technique is a practical and linear process for narrowing a student’s major/career options.  

In my next post, I will give you four more suggestion before I move onto counseling strategies for students with a preference for Intuition. 
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