strategies for finding work that you love
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Emily Kolm, Fulbright Scholar and Ad Astra Trainer shares tips and strategies for finding work that you love.TRANSCRIPT
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 [email protected]
Submit your CV: [email protected]
Tania Shevchenko 0-69-805-304