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Steps of Success. Money Matters. Steps of Success. 1. Choosing Your Career. 1.2 Coping with Change and Reinventing Yourself. Lesson 1.2 Coping with Change and Reinventing Yourself. Explain techniques for coping with change and reinventing yourself.
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Steps of Success Money Matters
1 Choosing Your Career 1.2 Coping with Change andReinventing Yourself
Lesson 1.2Coping with Change and Reinventing Yourself • Explain techniques for coping with change and reinventing yourself. • Discuss the need for job networking for long-term career success. Chapter 1
Coping with Change • Stay informed • Be a lifelong learner—someone who actively seeks new knowledge, skills, and experiences that will add to professional and personal growth throughout life. • Take classes • Upgrading—advancing to a higher level of skill to increase your usefulness to an employer. • Retraining—learning new and different skills so that an employee can retain the same level of employability. • Advanced degrees—specialized, intensive programs (taken after obtaining the first college degree) that prepare students for higher-level work responsibilities with more challenges and higher pay. Chapter 1
Complete a Self-Assessment • Think about what you like doing, what you do well, and what skills and knowledge you want to enhance. • Self-assessment inventory lists your strong and weak points along with plans for improvement as you prepare for a career. Chapter 1
Strengths Weaknesses Plan of Action Education Experience Aptitudes and Abilities Appearance Self-Assessment Inventory Chapter 1
Placement Centers • Many schools, colleges, and technical training institutes have placement centers that offer services related to careers and employment. • Services offered • Assisting with self-assessment inventories • Advice and counseling to help you determine a career direction • Vocational, interest, and personal testing • Notification of job openings and assistance with applying and interviewing Chapter 1
Changing Career Opportunities • Long-term sustainability • A world economy • Networking • Networks are informal groups of people with common interests who interact for mutual assistance. • Networking includes making phone calls, sharing lunch, and creating opportunities to share ideas with your group of acquaintances. Chapter 1