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Presented by Career Partners 3. MS, CADC Educator and Therapist in the field of career transition. Director of Youth and Family Services for Lisle Township. Pioneered the concept of Job Clubs networking groups for job seekers. Hosts two on a weekly basis,
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Presented by Career Partners 3 • MS, CADC • Educator and Therapist in the field of career transition. • Director of Youth and Family Services for Lisle Township. • Pioneered the concept of Job Clubs networking groups for job seekers. Hosts two on a weekly basis, • Member of Community Career Center Board of Directors. • Founder and co-host of weekly Job Talk radio show • Featured in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and on Chicago’s NBC News • Co-authored a book on career change: A Taste for Work. • Co-hosts monthly seminars for WOW (Woman on Work)
Presented by Career Partners 3 Let’s Start With … The Good News There areNo Wrong Answersin this workshop… …always a plus
Presented by Career Partners 3 Let’s Have Some More … Good News You AreRight Where You Need To Be …To Be Whom You Need To Be
Presented by Career Partners 3 Even More … Good News For Those Who Think They’veMade Some Bad Career Decisions We’re Going to Dispel That Belief
Presented by Career Partners 3 The Good News Is Worth Repeating You AreRight Where You Need To BeAt All Times…To Become Whom It IsYou Are To Be
Presented by Career Partners 3 The Bureau of Labor Statistics In Your Lifetime: •Change Careers 3 Times • Change Jobs 11-13 Times The Nature of Change: •Nothing in life “is as certain as change”(BF) • Today, change is acceptable • Change is actually a sign of growth
Presented by Career Partners 3 Change As a Sign of Growth • Common Beliefs: • •Change You Didn’t Choose is Bad • • Changing What You Start is Failure Experiencing a setback makes us wiser •Our mind can’t “unlearn” • Growth comes from new understanding
Presented by Career Partners 3 Change Helps You To Become Whom It Is You Need To Be
Presented by Career Partners 3 Personal Experiences • My daughter’s agonizing decision choosing a college • • Challenge: “Pick the best school ‘in your field’, even if you don’t know what your field is. • My own career derailed 20 years by my high school “counselor” • • I needed the “winding road” to get here today • • Experience taught me what I needed to know
That’s before you heard: Write it down! Presented by Career Partners 3 Your Job Search What Did You Want To Be When You Were Little? • •“You can’t do that, you’re a girl. • • “There is no money in that. • • “Nobody will ever hire you to do that. • • “That’s a great hobby, but you can’t depend on it for your livelihood.
Write Them Down! What Where You Told? Presented by Career Partners 3 Your Job Search What Where You Told? Who Would Like to Share?
Presented by Career Partners 3 Personal Experiences My daughter’s agonizing decision choosing a college My own career derailed 20 years by my high school “counselor” The story of my client, the jet pilot
Incorporate those characteristics into your career choice. Presented by Career Partners 3 Your Job Search What you wanted to be when you were little is how you’re wired! You Need to Honor That! When you do, you will thrive. What are some of your past messages?
Job: Every one you’ve had (paid and unpaid) Like: Dislike: Value Added: What I Learned: Presented by Career Partners 3 Might want to finish at home Job Search Exercise To figure out how you’re wired, and how that fits into your ideal job Using what you discover, write your “perfect” job description. List these characteristics. Look for common threads…good and bad.
•Population • • Size of workplace • • Profit or nonprofit • • Management style • • Variety or routine • • Hours and time of day • •or any important details for you. What types of jobs does this environment sustain? Presented by Career Partners 3 Might want to finish at home Job Search Exercise:Target Zero into your ideal job environment • • Population • • Size of workplace • • Profit or nonprofit • • Management style • • Variety or routine • • Hours and time of day • •or any important details for you. Is environment more important than the job position? EX: Academia, prisons hospitals, sanctuaries
Presented by Career Partners 3 Have Some Fun There Are No Wrong Answers Nor One Way of Finding Your Job. • Handouts offer some other assessments. • Check with the AU professionals for help interpreting the results • …or feel free to call on me.