ocn 750 class #8: march 4 work-life (im)balance announcements activity 1: choosing career for...
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OCN 750 Class #8: March 4Work-Life (Im)Balance
Announcements
Activity 1: Choosing career for lifestyle/values
Break
Activity 1: Reports back
Activity 2: Time management
Upcoming Assignments & Classes
Announcements1) Welcome Dr. Beth Day-Miller!
2) Assignments Due today:
Progress ReportProposal revision (optional)
Late Policy & Grades
3) Mid-course evaluation please return to envelope (now) or
M’s inbox, HIG214 (by Fri, Mar 7)
4) Recommended reading Hansen et al. – L&O Bulletin, Feb 2014
Any questions or comments? Barb?
“Academia is the newalternative”
How choose a career in line with your lifestyle/values?
Getting What You Came For (Robert L. Peters), What Color is Your Parachute? (Richard N. Bolles), & others
Evaluate:skills, affinities, personal goals
Research: career possibilities
Talk with people in the field(s):Network (broadly)
Conduct informational interviews
Earn & market: your knowledge your experience
From What Color is Your Parachute? (WCIYP)
1. Evaluate your skills, affinities, personal goals
• Everything about yourself on 1 piece of paper
• Use a graphic
• Prioritize this info
Seven parts of diagram1. Favorite Knowledges / Fields of Interest2. Preferred Kinds of People to Work With3. What I Can Do & Love to Do4. Favorite Working Conditions5. Preferred Salary & Level of Responsibility6. Preferred Place(s) to Live7. My Goal, Purpose, or Mission in Life
Activity 1: Define career + personal goals
Start filling out your “flower diagram,” 1 petal at a time
7 stations for 7 petals, with more info on each one posted there
Rotate through as many as you can: complete diagram = due next week
Spend ~20-30 minutes … then we’ll take a break
Petal 1: Favorite Knowledges or Fields of Interest
Graphic design
Data analysis
Cooking
Music
Languages
Favorite Mediums Ideas
People
Music
Petal 2: Preferred Kinds of People to Work With
Which types of people do you enjoy most? (pick 3)
investigative
artistic
realistic
socialenterprising
conventional
http://tlc-kdu.blogspot.com/2010/01/holland-code-party.html
Petal 3: What I Can Do and Love to Do(Favorite Transferable Skills)
1. Data Synthesizing Analyzing Compiling, Computing
2. People Mentoring Negotiating Instructing
3. Things Setting Up Driving – Operating Handling
Part 4: Favorite Working Conditions
Supervision – a little or a lot?
Opportunities for creativity
Flexible vs fixed working hours
Work outside vs indoors
Work mostly alone vs with others
Part 5: Salary & Level of Responsibility
Head vs. member of a team
Supervise others?
Size of workplace
Salary Min/max
Need to support travel, expensive hobbies, family?
Part 6: Preferred Places to Live
Close to vs. far from family
New vs. familiar place
Climate
Ideal location for partner?
Big city vs. small town
Petal 7: My Goal, Purpose, or Mission in Life
“What kind of footprint do you want to leave on this earth, after your journey here is done?”
Knowledge, truth, clarity – about a subjectBeauty in the world – artwork, musicMore morality, justice, honesty in the worldMore wholeness, fitness, health in the world
Seven parts of diagram1. Favorite Knowledges / Fields of Interest2. Preferred Kinds of People to Work With3. What I Can Do & Love to Do4. Favorite Working Conditions5. Preferred Salary & Level of Responsibility6. Preferred Place(s) to Live7. My Goal, Purpose, or Mission in Life
How choose a career in line with your lifestyle/values?
Getting What You Came For (Robert L. Peters), What Color is Your Parachute? (Richard N. Bolles), & others
Evaluate:skills, affinities, personal goals
Research: career possibilities
Talk with people in the field(s):Network (broadly)
Conduct informational interviews
Earn & market: your knowledge your experience
The 4Ds DO: Tasks (20%) that support your most valuable work– eg high priority emails – deal with ASAP to keep important projects moving
DUMP: Doesn’t pertain to your priorities Doesn’t require follow-up Doesn’t support your goals
DELEGATE: Requires attention or action Doesn’t end up on your “do” list Can be handled by someone else
DELAY: Few things should fall into this category File, print, or store for another time
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Reflection
Over the next month:1. What’s one thing that you’ll do for your health?2. What’s one thing that you’ll do to support your
relationships with other people?
* Keep these notes for yourself as a reminder *
Assignment #3: Due Mar 11Work-Life Balance Reflection
Two parts:
1. Complete your “flower diagram” or similar version (this can be a hard copy or electronic, whichever is easiest).
2. In 400 words:• Considering the seven “flower diagram” petals, overall,
what are your top 1-2 priorities, in either your career or personal life (or both)? Include some of your reasoning in how you chose these priorities.
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