Map out your future through Communiversity's new course

“Most career advisors are focused on helping people find a job or transition from one career to another,” Shields said. “I took it upon myself to find out what my next course of action was going to be, and in doing so, I created the Career Discover Cycle.” 



Shields formulated the Career Discover Cycle after the company he was working for at the time closed their Cincinnati office, leaving him and about 100 others out of a job. At nearly 60 years old, Shields was stuck in a position of figuring out what he wanted to do and how to build a new career.



“As I started asking why I wanted to do certain things, I started digging deeper into the emotions and the other things tied to answering that question,” Shields said. “What I figured out as I went through this is that I’m very process-oriented, and what I didn’t see out there was any sort of process for people to figure out what they wanted to do. What I wanted to do was help others figure out what they want to do, and why.”

The Career Discover Cycle is a combination of assessments that helps users discover what their interests, skills, and strengths are as well as other things such as what type of environment they want to work in and what their motivations are. The Career Discover Cycle brings all of this information together to draw a personal profile that helps users look outside themselves. 



“You can take this profile you develop of you as a person and take jobs or avocations and see how well they match up to you to investigate what the best choice for you is,” Shields said.