...Preparing For A Career Change Schuylar Robinson, Kerry Wilson, Deborah West, Airyn Vath, Sheila Rone RES/351 January 21, 2012 Richard Dickens Preparing For A Career Change Preparing for a career change can be difficult yet rewarding. A career is the course of a person's life in working to produce an income to make ends meet. A career is also associated with the productive side of life, what a person's goals are and sometimes his or her accomplishments (Cochran. 1994). There are many obstacles that some may consider to be problems when changing careers. Individuals may be looking to change careers from result of too much stress or personality conflicts with their current coworkers or management. Career problems occurs when a current course of action signals a qualitative difference between possible career futures (Cochran). If a person believes to feel threatened by what is happening in the work place and feels that something else should be happening to reach goals or get the job done more efficiently can be considered a problem and the need for a career change. The only way to change one's direction in life is to take that first step into a career change. This means furthering one's education to climb the corporate ladder or accepting a new career that offers more pay, more vacation time, and personal satisfaction of making a difference in the workplace. The purpose of a career change is "to move into a position of greater managerial responsibility and organizational...
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...Career Report 3 The lifestyle that I am working to obtain is a very upscale preference. My childhood consisted of a lot of financial issues that I would like to never see again. I am currently learning about investments that could create a major cash flow, outside of my actual career job. The ideas that I plan on investing in consist of clothing designing, income property, flipped-homes, and valet parking accounts. The ideal situation for me, is to make more money without physically working outside of my actual career job. My family is really my main focus when I look to advance our income situation. I have two children currently and I expect to provide a lot more than what I had growing up. The biggest challenge is for me to become so stable, that there is no “panicking” when money is needed. The biggest difference between my childhood and my children will be a home purchase. My parent(s) did not ever think about purchasing a home and that’s all I think about. I want my children to understand that I will purchase instead of rent, because if all fails, they will have a home that can’t be taken away from them. My dream is to have two more children at some point, so I plan on purchasing a five-bedroom/3-4 bath home. I believe the size of this house will: 1.) be compatible for 4-8 people, 2.) have a big enough outdoor space for my student-athletes, and 3.) meet my standard of a home that I never had. As of right now, I am currently in college enhancing my education to become...
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...| Career Advancement and Professional Growth | Activities | | Colin B. Dameron | 04/30/13 | There are activities you can do to help you through the process. There are four different kinds of activities and/or places you can go to help yourself along the way. | ACTIVITIES TO HELP TOWARDS CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH When planning your future it can become very frustrating and at times a never ending road. When you apply yourself to your future career anything is possible. The key is to never get discouraged or give up. There are activities you can do to help you through the process. There are four different kinds of activities and/or places you can go to help yourself along the way. One source of information that you have on hand is the library. Most schools and community libraries have extensive career information sources. You can use the library to gather career publications, government materials, and even industry brochures. The use of libraries can be a key part in gathering the information needed to pursue certain careers. An additional method to gain information is from media career information. Most newspapers offer articles and columns referring to job searches and career trends. Ways to gain information through the media regarding career opportunities is from newspapers and magazines, as well as television and radio news reports. These sources provide useful information about economic and social influences on careers...
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...TE AM FL Y FEARLESS INTERVIEWING How to Win the Job by Communicating with Confidence Marky Stein McGraw-Hill New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright © 2003 by Marky Stein. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 0-07-141572-6 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-07-140884-3. All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs. For more information, please contact George Hoare, Special Sales, at george_hoare@mcgraw-hill.com or (212) 904-4069. TERMS OF USE This is a copyrighted work and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“McGraw-Hill”) and its licensors reserve all rights in and to the work. Use of this...
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...Unit 4 and 5 Evaluate the purpose of different types of career guidance interviews Evaluate methodologies to explore the career guidance and development needs of clients Corney and Watts (1998) define information and advice as; ‘providing an immediate response to the needs of clients who present an enquiry or reveal a need that requires more than a straightforward information response. Advice is usually limited to helping with the interpretation of information and with meeting needs already clearly understood by the client…’ Advice and information is therefore concerned with meeting client’s presenting issues relating to information. The OECD (2004:10) definition of guidance is; ‘Career guidance refers to services and activities intended to assist individuals of any age, and at any point of their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers’. This reflects the variety of activities that may take place in supporting clients to move forward. Guidance is about helping clients to understand their own needs, set and review career goals, understand any barriers and to produce action plans. Hambly (2008; 16) refers to the iceberg analogy to explain the process of guidance. The top of the iceberg represents the clarifying and meeting of presented needs which is advice and information and the bottom of the iceberg is about exploring additional needs which is guidance. The guidance element may be about exploring high leverage...
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...Tam) | 3:15 - 4:15 pm | Presentation Series I #101 A Course for Student Success: Strategies for Designing and Delivering Effective Career Classes This program highlights current practices in the field, shares sample resources and materials used in teaching career courses, reviews relevant research on the impact of such courses, and provides for a discussion of design considerations relating to developing new courses and/or revising established ones. Kathy Ledwith, Vanessa Freeman, Janet Lenz, Bob Reardon, and Emily Fiore, Florida State University Career Center | 4:40 - 5:40 pm(Tentative) | Roundtable Series #2-10 Multiple Roles of Student Workers: How to be a Career Shepherd to Career SheepStudent workers are an important part of every university. They provide an important role in the simple everyday tasks that full-time staff are not always available to complete. How can we better utilize student workers to benefit career services? Topics will be discussed that are used at the Career Services Center in the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology at Oklahoma State University. Due to resignations, budget cuts, and lack of prestige, a career consultant became a Career Shepherd to seven Career Sheep. The presenter will discuss how she used the strengths and capabilities of her student workers to build a functional and successful career center.Andrea Haken, Oklahoma State University | | Friday, June 20, 2014 | 7:30 - 8:30 am | Morning Beverages in the Exhibit...
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...Scheduler for their first sessions with their consultants; consultants check the Scheduler and BWT database daily September 3 (Friday), 1:00-2:30, Room 216 Mandatory consultants’ meeting (program and technology orientation; review of prompts, handouts and evaluation criteria for Assignments 1 and 2) September 7-25 “On-Time” consultations begin; BEGIN ENTERING CONSULTATION INFORMATION ON THE BWT DATABASE AFTER EACH MEETING September 10 (Friday), 10:00-11:00, Cemo Hall Conference Room Mandatory meeting with Donna Grady, Director of Career Counseling at Bauer’s Rockwell Career Center (discussion of Assignment 1—cover letter with résumé); BRING COPIES OF THE SIX JOB ADS September 20-October 10 Scheduling blackout period (students cannot book appointments for this program on the Online Scheduler) October 4-8 1.Report students who have attendance problems or who are not regularly revising their writing to Lorinda 2.Report new time availability to Lorinda for “Late Scheduling” sign-ups (DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8) October 8 (Friday), 11:00-12:00, Room 212 Mandatory consultants’ meeting (discussion of Assignments 1 and 2; “un-assigning” students; program progress) October 11-24 “Late Scheduling”—students may register for meetings with consultants on the Online Scheduler; consultants check the Scheduler and the BWT database daily for new students October 18-30 “Late Scheduling” consultations begin November 15-20 Inform students of their last regular...
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...1. Introduction Everything that we use to make our life more comfortable are created and maintained by engineers. Clearly engineers play an important role in our lives. However, there is a shortage of them. I believe that studying engineering should be encouraged and we should make engineering a more attractive career. In this report, I will address the importance of engineers, reasons why we are lacking them and some solutions that can help solve the problem. 2. The importance of Engineers Engineers apply their knowledge in mathematics, sciences, economics and society and use their practical skills to design and build structures, machines, devices, materials, systems, and processes1. Looking around us, everything from vehicles, buildings, facilities to our laptops, mobile phones have been created and are still maintained by engineers. Hence, it is hard to imagine how our lives will be without them. Moreover, engineers are those who has changed and shaped the world today. “Engineers will drive the solutions to today’s most pressing problems” – Quote by Dean of Engineering, UC Berkeley. One of the most significant events in the history of the world’s economy is the Industrial revolution in eighteenth and nineteenth century. Starting in the UK, the manufacturing of products has switched from animal and labour based to machine based. Since then, the UK economy, and later the most of Europe economy have developed dramatically. Engineers continue to solve one of the biggest problems...
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...Assessment for Career Counselor Name: Lecturer: Course Name: Date Assessment for Career Counselor Introduction Career assessment is a process of assessing a person’s interests, skills, personality traits, and values. A person can discover what career suits them best by taking an assessment. If a person’s scores are high in all the areas of assessment, they are assured the job suits them. A career evaluation process involves completing career assessments. These assessments are usually administered by a career counselor. The assessments are not tests since there are no right or wrong answers. The assessment allows a person to see their scores in various careers based on how they answer questions regarding their interests, skills, values and personality traits. Most people use this as a means to make solid career choices (Deborah, 2013). Process of Assessment Standardization is a way to establish uniform procedures to be used in an assessment. Assessment results should be as objective as possible in order to be considered valid and meaningful. Standardized assessment can be ensured by procedures before, during and after testing. (American Speech- Language-Hearing Association, 2015) Before Testing Test developers should provide evidence of what the test measures and the strengths and limitations of the test including the level of precision of test scores. The content and skills that are to be tested are selected and the tests are developed. The students should well prepared...
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...HR Plan-06s Career Planning I. Meaning & Elements of Career II. Career Planning: Meaning and Nature III. Career Planning Benefits IV. HR Department Assistance for Career Planning V. Different Stages of Career Development Process Or, Cycles of Career Development Process VI. Career Development I. Career: Meaning & Elements Definition of Career Career is a sequence of attitudes and behaviors associated with the series of job and work-related activities over a person's lifetime. Yet in another way, it may be defined as a succession of related jobs, arranged in hierarchical order, through which a person moves in an organization. As the literal definition of career focuses on an individually perceived sequence, to be more accurate, career may be either individual centered or organization-centered. Therefore, career is often defined separately as external career and internal career. External career refers to the objective categories used by society and organizations to describe the progression of steps through a given occupation, while internal career refers to the set of steps or stages which make up the individual's own concept of career progression within an occupation. For such two different approaches, in organizational context, career can be identified as an integrated pace of vertical and lateral movement in an occupation of an individual over his employment span. Important Elements of Career Analyzing the definitional context, it...
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...franchisor of the world's largest residential real estate franchise sales organization, providing brand marks, comprehensive training and marketing support for the CENTURY 21® System. The System is comprised of more than 102,000 affiliated sales professionals in approximately 6,900 offices in 75 countries and territories worldwide. CENTURY 21 Real Estate is recognized as a leader in e-marketing and has received numerous awards. The Companies System is actively increasing its presence globally, with international operations throughout Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. The world's largest residential real estate sales organization, with more approximately 7,100 independently owned and operated franchised broker offices. I report to the owner of the franchise, which is the head broker. My Positions is Real Estate Agent, been with the company 8 years, the team consist of 10 people all independent agents, we all come to together when it’s time, to discuss ways of working to together on projects, and making the office run more efficient. Our executive officer which is the owner is always open for new ideas. International Headquarters 175 Park Avenue Madison, New Jersey 07940 Contents Assignment 1.2: Organizational Profile Part 1— Description of your Company 3 Assignment 2.1: Organizational Profile Part 2—Alignment of Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategy 4 Assignment 2.2: Stakeholder Analysis 5 Assignment 3.2: Organizational Profile...
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...2014 Career Interests and Profiler The results of my Career Plan are beyond ridiculous. After completing this necessary step in my continuing education, I took the tests with great hope and interest as to what results it would come up with for me. To state that I was disappointed is an understatement. As you, the reader of this paper, do not know me personally, you do not know my life experiences, what I have been taught or what I have learned from my teachers, mentors, coaches, and most importantly my father. Neither does the Career Plan test. Therefore, the results should be based on my answers, which would be derived from my own personal learning and experiences. Based on this, I would have thought that the Career Plan would have made choices based on my 51 years of life. It did not. I have always enjoyed working with my hands. My father was an electrician. He was also very talented with other trades, such as pipe fitting, plumbing, and just about everything related to manual labor. To say that he taught me a lot is an understatement. I learned how to fill fire extinguishers at the age of 8. I also learned basic electrical wiring and was able to do complex motor control by the time I was 18. By the time I was 21, I was a certified welder in 4 different welding processes. Most recently, I built an electrical contracting business with 15 employees, and over $2 million dollars in yearly sales. My point is that I do very well with “hands-on” work. When my Career Interest...
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...UNIV/100 Career Exploration Plan Worksheet For this assignment, you will use the My Career Plan tools on eCampus. To complete this assignment, follow the directions provided in each section. You may refer to the completed example in the Week 3 Materials as a guideline. After you have completed all sections, submit this document to your Week 3 Assignment 1 link on your student website. Section 1: Career Interests Profiler 1. Complete the Career Interests Profiler, located in My Career Plan on the student website. To access the Career Interests Profiler in My Career Plan, complete the following steps: • Log in to the student website at https://ecampus.phoenix.edu • Click the Careers tab. • Click Career Plan. [pic] • Click the Start button to launch the Career Interests Profiler. [pic] 2. After completing the profiler for the first time, view your results within the profiler or by downloading the PDF version. If you completed the profiler before you started the Orientation Workshop, you can retrieve your results from the View Results button on the My Career Plan home page. [pic] 3. Complete the following table after viewing your results. You may describe each career in your own words or copy and paste the descriptions from your Career Interests Profile. [pic] |My Career Interest Areas |Description | |1Conventional...
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...Office System Technology. I chose my career choice to be a Receptionist. I chose this field because I love the work that is involved in it. I have experience in this field from working for my father’s small business company, and love everything that is involved with Receptionist work. I love communicating with people and also love controlling the front of the house business. Degree Requirements This program will prepare me to perform duties of special assistants for business executives and top management. It includes instruction on business communications, public relations, scheduling and travel management, conference and meeting recording, report preparation, office equipment and procedures, office supervisory skills, professional standards, and legal requirements. The two important learning objectives to me are: use computers to create paper and electronic documents, organize spreadsheets, access, retrieve, and communicate information and demonstrate administrative office procedures emphasizing safe, efficient working environments. Those are important to me because communication is a very important skill you need to have in working with customer and customer relations. Going above and beyond in a work place is something I strive to do. I have already learned skills and once I apply my new learned skills to my job, I will be the best at what I do. The do not feel any course description will pose a challenge to my success. Results of Career Choice Some of the required duties...
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...University of Phoenix Material SMART Goals Part A: Reflect on your results from the Career Interest Profiler Activity and the Career Plan Building Activity: Competencies. Building on your strengths and weaknesses, create five SMART goals to help you with your personal academic and career journey. Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Goal Setting Example: Take a writing workshop in the next 2 to 3 weeks to help me improve my writing skills in order to successfully communicate with others. 1. Keep at least a 3.0 on my report card. 2. Take a math and writing workshop in the next few weeks 3. Keep up with my assignments. 4. 5. Part B: Evaluate your SMART goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. | |S |M |A |R |T | |Goal |Is the goal specific? |Is the goal measurable? |Is the goal attainable? |Is the goal realistic? |Is the goal timely? | |Goal 1: |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes | |Keeping a 3.0 grade point | | | | ...
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