Benefits    |    Agenda    |    Notification List

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

The Process of Change: The Discipline of Successful Career Planning
(9:00-10:15)

• Creating Your Destination: an Overview of the Process
• Why getting out isn’t good enough – Goal Orientation
• Goals and Benefits of Career Self-Assessment
• Identifying Your Values
• Defining Your Interests
• The Transferrable Skills Analysis
• How to Identify Your Strongest Traits
• Finding Your Ideal Working Conditions
• Geography, People, Purposes and Goals
• Pulling it All Together
• Testing the Hypothesis: Informational Interviews
• The New Career Paradigm – Techniques for a Lifetime

(10:15-10:25 Break)

Overcoming Obstacles to Change – Money and Other Matters
(10:25-12:30)

• The Golden Handcuffs Dilemma
• How to Effectively Formulate a Financial Plan
• Identify the Other Obstacles to Career Success
     - Over Identification with the Profession
     - The Expectations of Others – Family, Friends and Colleagues
     - Lifestyle Issues
     - Geography
     - Starting Over
     - The Unknown
• Methods to Overcome Your Obstacles

(12:30-1:30 Lunch) (On Your Own)

Effective Job Search Techniques and Strategies
(1:30 - 2:45)

• Creating Your Move – a Purpose and a Plan
• The Hidden Job Market: Why What You’re Planning to do Probably Won’t Work
• The Employer Hiring Inverted Pyramid: How Employers and Potential Employees Use
   the Same Strategies -- But in the Exact Opposite Order of Priority
• Networking
• Using the Internet
• Other Resources

(2:45-3:00 Break)

Taking Action – Implementing an Effective Career Plan
(3:00 - 4:15)

• Identifying the Steps Necessary to Achieve Your Goal
• Establishing Priorities -- Making the Time To Make Change
• Establishing Goals and Your Projected Time Frame
• Establishing Criteria for Evaluating Your Success
• Recommended Implementation Activities
• Career Counseling: What Is It, How to Select a Career Counselor

*NOTE: Agenda items subject to change.