strategies for finding work that you love

Planning Your Career:

Strategies For Finding Work That

You Love

Emily KolmFulbright Scholar

What is a Career?

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

-Howard Thurman

So How do I plan a career?

What are your interests?

What possible lives would you like to live?

What do you like to do in your free time?

Do what makes you Come Alive

• Job Searching or Career Management

• Envision a 5 Year Plan for your life

Have a Vision for Yourself

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Assess Your Personality

SOCIAL

INVESTIGATIVE

A skill is an ability to perform a particular task.

Examples of Skills:

Communications (Verbal, Oral, Written, ross-Cultural,Interpersonal, etc.)Analytical Research SkillsComputer/Technical LiteracyStrategic PlanningOrganizationProject ManagementLanguage Skills

What others can you think of? Be specific!

Assess Your Skills

Your Skills in Action

Skills in Action

CommunicationPlanningCollaboration

OrganizationProject ManagementLeadership

ResearchProblem-solvingCreativity

What are your values?

Change/VarietyWork Outside TeamworkCasual AtmosphereFlexibility Equality

LocationPraiseImportance High IncomePredictabilityFormal Atmosphere

Values: Things that are important to you

Values in Action

Pinpoint Your Ideal Career

Where can I find a career?

Opportunities are everywhere!

I can’t find a job because I have no Experience

GET EXPERIENCE

I Can’t get experiencebecause

I don’t have a job

Where do I start?

• Get a structured learning experience

• Apply your classroom knowledge

• Join a “real world” professional environment

• Develop and improve your skills

• Make Contacts!

Get Experience: Do Internships and Volunteer!

• Have a defined beginning and end

• Include clearly defined learning objectives

• Be supervised

• Provide feedback from a professional

• Include resources, equipment, facilities that support learning goals

As an Intern or as a Volunteer, Your job should….

You have 30 SECONDShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4ytYZUN_ArE

Opportunities are everywhere,

Get your Elevator Pitch ready!

• What are you studying?• Where are you Studying?• What are your skills?• How have you used your skills?• How do you plan to use your skills?• What are our accomplishments?

The Elevator Pitch

Resources

Explore, Experiment and Find Your Career!

Contacts:

Ad Astra Group

www.adastragoup.org tania@adastragroup.org

Submit your CV: cv@career-for.me

Tania Shevchenko 0-69-805-304