职业规划花朵练习完成指南 - Career-Planning-Flower-Exercise模板

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Provides step-by-step guidance to complete the “Flower” exercise for personal career planning based on Richard Bolles’ framework from What Color Is Your Parachute. The workflow breaks the exercise into seven petals: knowledge/skills, people, traits, working conditions, salary/level, location, and values, with prompts for reflection and decision-making. It also includes links to personality and career motivation questionnaires, plus a blank template and an additional party-game activity to surface preferred traits and preferences.

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How to complete the ‘Flower’ Exercise

Petal 1: Knowledge/Skills

Petal 2: People

Petal 3: Traits/Attributes

Petal 4: Working Conditions

Petal 5: Salary/Level and rewards

Petal 6: Location

Petal 7: Values/Goal/Purpose

Blank ‘Flower’ Exercise template

Party Game Exercise

Step 1-2 (Petal 3)

How to complete the ‘Flower’ Exercise The flower exercise was created by Richard Bolles in his book published each year ‘What color is your parachute’. This is a simplified version of his model. To help you complete your own flower, there is some guidance below with links to quizzes and some worksheets to help you work through your thoughts. You can print this off and write on it or type directly into the document. You can complete the petals in any order. 1. Knowledge/Skills List the knowledge or skills you already have that you have gained at University, in a part time job or during a placement? Which of these knowledge or skills would you like to use at work? Be aware that you will have knowledge and skills that you aren’t particularly keen on using in the workplace and it’s also important to capture these. E.g. I can lead a team (a skill) but I don’t enjoy it and wouldn’t want this to be a consideration in a future job. If you’re unsure of your skills you can use the exercise listed in the worksheets to help you. 2. People What type of people would you like to work with? For example, young, old, diverse, animal lovers. Also think about the people you would like to serve in your work (see worksheets below for guidance) 3. Traits Complete the HYPERLINK "https://app.graduatesfirst.com/EDGEHILL/Account/Login" \h Workplace Personality Questionnaire at Graduates First (WPQ) or the HYPERLINK "https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test" 16 personalities free personality test. Use the results to identify which traits you possess and want to use and add these to the ‘Traits’ petal. 4. Working conditions Think about the conditions of the actual job would you want. Examples are; working outdoors or indoors, alone or in a team, behind a desk or moving around, or working outside. Also think about working hours. Do you want to work full time, weekends or shift work? Do you want to work at home or hybrid between home and workplace? 5. Salary/Level Is there a certain salary range you would like as a minimum or level of position you would like? Think about your financial commitments, and also what is realistic. 6. Location Where would you like to work? This could be a certain city or region or a characteristic such as ‘near the sea’ or ‘a small town’ etc. 7. Values Complete the HYPERLINK "https://jobpersonality.co.uk/career-motivation-test" \h career motivation test. When you have reviewed and reflected on your report, select the top 3-5 values that you feel are important to be present in your working life. Add these to the ‘Values’ petal. Blank ‘Flower’ Exercise template 2. PEOPLE 6. LOCATION 7. GOAL / VALUES 5. SALARY/LEVEL 4. WORKING CONDITIONS 1. KNOWLEDGE /SKILLS 3. TRAITS / ATTRIBUTES Petal 1: Favorite Knowledge/Skills Petal 2: Favorite Kinds of People (Petal #2 continued) Party Game Exercise: Looking at the graphic for the party, write down the letter for each answer: 1. Which corner of the room would you be drawn to as the group of people you’d want to be around longest? 2. 15 mins. later, everyone in that corner leaves for another party, except you. Of the groups that remain, which group would you be drawn to now? 3. 15 mins. later, this group also leaves. Of the remaining groups, which do you join? Petal 3: Traits/Attributes Step 1: To define your traits and attributes, complete the HYPERLINK "https://app.graduatesfirst.com/EDGEHILL/Account/Login" Workplace Personality Questionnaire at Graduates First (WPQ) or the HYPERLINK "https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test" 16 personalities test Step 2: Identify up to 10 favourite personality traits that you like to use in work and add these to your petal Petal 4: Favorite Working Conditions Petal 5: Preferred Salary & Level of Responsibility: In your ideal job, what level would you like to work? I.e., how much responsibility do you want in an organisation? (Although you might be starting at entry level, what kind of opportunities are

FAQs

What are the seven petals in the Flower exercise?

The seven petals are Knowledge/Skills, People, Traits/Attributes, Working Conditions, Salary/Level, Location, and Values (Goal/Purpose/Mission in life).

Which tools are recommended to help complete the Traits petal?

It recommends completing the Workplace Personality Questionnaire (WPQ) via Graduates First or the 16personalities free personality test, then selecting traits that fit and adding them to the Traits petal.

How does the party game exercise support the Flower exercise?

It uses a graphic-based prompt where you choose which group you would stay with longest; after rounds, you select which remaining group you would join, helping identify preferred people patterns.

Sep 1, 2026

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