The  LEARNING CENTER

C A R E E R  &  P E R S O N A L  D E V E L O P M E N T
 
In today's working environment the average person will change jobs nine times in a lifetime. Holding the right mindset in these dynamic times is vital to career advancement and personal fulfillment. You must know how to market yourself and your unique skills to key employers, then you must know how to interview and negotiate the best job offer.
 
Your personal career coaching session includes the following career guidance topics:.

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PUT YOUR CAREER BACK ON TRACK

Today due to layoffs, downsizing, restructuring, and disillusionment many employees are changing their jobs and careers. Just like planning a trip to a desirable destination, you will need to plan, map, then initiate your career path. There are a number of tools and methods that are just the right tickets to reaching your individual destinations. Learn how to identify key values and interests, and how to market and brand a unique combination of skills to stay on track. After all, you would never board a train unless you know where it will stop next. All aboard!

YOU WILL LEARN TO:

Discovering Career Options: Values, Setting Goals, Identify Interests, Finding Passion in Your Work, Making Positive Changes, Building Confidence

Resume Writing: Career Summary, Accomplishments, Identifying Skills

Document Preparation: Creating a Master Career File, Cover letters, Thanks you letters, References, Letters of Recommendation, Applications, Curriculum Vitae (CV's), Portfolios

Career by Design: Working with Agents, Promoting Yourself in Person, Networking
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INTERVIEWING & NEGOTIATION SKILLS FOR THE JOB APPLICANT

Don't bite your nails or bite the dust in your next interview.

It's high noon and the showdown is about to begin. Will you be outgunned in your next interview or will you be quick on the draw, a sharpshooter with your answers? The most fearful part of the job search is surviving the showdown, the interview, and later the salary negotiations. When you learn some unique interviewing techniques, you will not only land that coveted position but you will be able to say with confidence, "Show me the money."

YOU WILL LEARN TO:

Finding Your Niche: Determining Your Price, Creating the Perfect Job, Job Design Options, Job Search Techniques, Using the Internet,

Marketing and Networking: Working with Recruiters, Cold Calling, Building and Nurturing Your Network

Interviewing for the Perfect Position: Interview Timing, Dress for Success, Surviving the group interview, Answering the Most Difficult Questions, Interview Imagings

The underlying belief in all the course work is that career design is a lifelong endeavor.
 
 
Copyright@2004 Linda Strasburg