Hazards to beware of in career planning:

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Hazards to beware of in career planning

• Dont plan a career based on money.
• Dont plan a career because you think you
• should choose it.
• Dont plan a career on a whim.

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Climbing steps to your career

• These steps will help you
• Find out how to choose your career
• How to reach your career goals.
• How to remain marketable

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Career Planning

• Steps to Planning a Career

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The first three steps toward finding a career
thats right for you.
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• Step One Self Assessment
• The first step in career planning process
  begins with learning about yourself. Interest
  inventories, aptitude tests, and personality
  indicators are some tools you may use to assess
  yourself.

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• Ask yourself some of the following questions
• What do I like to do?
• What things do I do best?
• What type of environment do I prefer?
• Do I want to work with people, machines, or
  data?
• What things are important to me on a job?

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• Examine how you use your leisure time. What
• does it suggest about abilities? Interest?
• Values? Strengths? And Weaknesses?
• Talk with a friend or family member who is a
• good listener.
• Talk with a career counselor and secure any
• written material that will help you in your
• analysis.
• Identify your skills, especially those you enjoy
• using, your motivated skills.

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• Take tests or inventories that measure your
  abilities, interests, values and personality.
  Write out your reactions to the results.
• Look at your course work and other achievements.
  Which subjects have you done well in, or not so
  well in? What does this tell you about your
  abilities mechanical aptitude, verbal ability,
  numerical ability and so on? Write your analysis
  down.

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• Names of Inventories and aptitude test may be
  obtained from the Counseling office located on
  all campuses or on-line. Most interest
  inventories are accessible on line. The most
  familiar to our counseling staff and office is
  the Discover Inventory which is online and can be
  done in the privacy of your own home by obtaining
  a user ID from any counselor.

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• Step 2 Research
• Information search
• Research occupations to find out more
• about the nature of the jobs that interest
• you, educational requirements, salary,
• working conditions, future outlook, and
• anything else that will help you narrow
• your focus.

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• Research occupations on the internet, in
• the career center and libraries.
• Job information resources
• Directories of employers
• Company brochures and annual reports
• Newspapers and journals
• Government publications
• Job Placement offices on GTCC Jamestown Campus
  and other college campuses
• Business magazines and TV programs

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• Career Trends Recent trends suggest a
  connection between levels of education and
  earning power. Pay can vary widely between and
  within occupations.
• Notice the trends and find out occupations
  outlook for growth. Identify what training and
  education are needed to enter your field of
  interest.

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• Job Shadowing program involves going to work for
  a day or several with someone whose career
  interest you. You observe tasks and skills
  required for the job, experience the work
  environment and interact with people who
  currently work in your potential career field.

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• Gaining experience while exploring career
  options, will give you a head start on your
  future career. Take advantage of opportunities
  to try out a career through work-based learning
  programs, summer or part-time jobs, or community
  volunteer.
• Participating in worked-based learning
  opportunities will give you the edge when
  applying for new jobs. Work-based learning
  offers a world of networking opportunities, the
  best way to meet potential employers and other
  people who can provide job referrals.

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• Step 3 Decision Making
• This section will help you establish
  objectives in the areas of career, personal, and
  lifelong learning. You will be able to set
  goals and write a career plan.
• Objectives in all steps are important in the
  decision-making process. If you have completed
  steps 1 and 2 then you are ready to continue the
  process of decision-making and planning.

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• The Decision-making process can be used for
  developing many types of career-related
  decisions. For example, you can determine
• Which occupational field to enter
• Whether to start a small business
• Which training/educational program to take
• Whether to change jobs
• Whether to change an occupation

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• Career Objectives
• In order to establish your objectives you need
  to have a sense of direction and some general
  goals to work toward.
• Organize your ideas into 3 groups long-term,
  medium-term and short term.
• Once you have developed your objectives
• work backward taking one step at a time
  toward your ultimate goal.

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• Personal Objective
• Once you have a sense of what you are trying to
  accomplish you must look for matches between your
  strengths and the strengths that are required to
  do the ultimate career goal you are considering.
• Then think, what kinds of majors/ educational
  training fit the occupations I am thinking about?

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• To be successful in visualizing your work, you
  need to have a strong desire for the goals to be
  achieved, a belief that the goal is possible to
  attain, and a willingness to live with the
  outcome.

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• Recent high school graduates will have to include
  some education and skill training when charting
  their career path. Also a need of ongoing
  education or training in the future to remain
  marketable.

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Education and training after High School can be
obtained by

• On the job
• Private business or trade school
• Community College
• Apprenticeship
• Four year institutions
• Military

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• On the Job
• You may go directly to work for a company or
  business that will train you as you work. You can
  inquire about programs for ongoing employee
  training.
• Private business or trade school
• Short-term training ( one month to one year)
  is available for some occupations, usually with
  no special entrance requirements. Cost and
  length of programs vary and purchase of special
  tools may increase cost.

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Community College

• When considering technical, vocational programs,
  the N.C. Community College System offers a
  variety of programs (one semester to two years)
  that lead to certificates, diplomas, or
  associates degrees.
• They also offer two-year transfer programs and
  specialized training for industry. For more
  information, visit the community college system
  website at
• www.ncccs.nc.us

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• Apprenticeship
• This is 3-4 year training program that combines
  on-the-job training with related technical and
  educational instruction for skilled occupations,
  supervised by a master in the craft, trade, or
  occupational area. Apprentice occupations are
  registered with the Division of Apprenticeship,
  North Carolina Department of Labor. For more
  information visit
• www.dol.state.nc.us/appren/appindex.htm

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Four-year college

• There are many public, private colleges and
  universities in North Carolina. The local
  library, school counseling office, or career
  center are good sources of college information.
  Requirements are based primarily on high school
  grades and college entrance test scores. For
  more information you can visit College Foundation
  of N.C. at
• www.cfnc.org

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Military

• An individual can work for Uncle Sam ad get
  training, pay, room and board, and benefits. You
  must be a high school graduate. For more
  information contact your local recruiter at the
  branch of service preferred.

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• Lifelong Learning
• Individuals will need to change to keep pace.
• So that means continuous learning and updating
  and ongoing adjustment to your portfolio of
  skills and knowledge.
• Learning can come from
• On the job training
• Home through audio/video tapes, internet and
• print materials
• Day or Evening courses in a community or
• educational institution

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• Goal Setting
• A goal is the results of an aim or the end
  towards which efforts are directed. A goal is
  where you want to be.
• When developing your goals you must use SMART
  Specific, Measurable, Attainable,
• Realistic and Timely
• Specific means detailed, particular or focused.
  A goal should have the answer to who, where,
  what, when, and how?
• Measurable goals should be quantitative. Think
  of ways the achievement can be readily observed.
• Achievable goals are self-maintained, the
  achievement
• of the goal is up to you.

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• Realistic goals that are practical and possible.
  Realistic goals are practical and possible.
• Timely goals are scheduled. There is a set
  specified time of completion, a deadline.
• A goal is where you want to be, but a plan is the
  strategy you use to get there. Planning turns
  goals into tangible small steps of action. As
  your interests and expertise change you can
  adjust your plans and goals.

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Second Set of Steps
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• Approximately 80 of all job openings are
• never advertised.
• The best approach to finding the most job
• openings is through networking.
• Networking is a systematic method of
• getting someone you know to introduce
• you to someone you dont know.
• Share your job interests and qualifications
• with people you know and let them know
• what type of job you want to pursue.

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• Step Four Network Contact
• Once you have decided on your career field and
  completed the education and /or training needed
  for obtaining a job, you are ready for the hunt.
  Search for the right job requires you to use all
  process information obtained from steps one thru
  three.

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Work Search

• Get ready for your work search
• Use traditional methods to find job
• openings
• Use creative methods to find employment
• Research employers
• Network develop leads and make contacts

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Job Search Tips

• Send e-mail to networking contacts
• Search for job openings
• Submit resumes to electronic resume
• banks
• E-mail resumes to interested managers
• Post e-portfolios with digital samples of your
• work
• Research companies, industries and agencies

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Job sites

• GTCC Career Center-Jamestown Campus
• Employment Kiosk-Jamestown Campus, First Level
• The Riley Guide-www.rileyguide.com
• N.C. Job Bank www.ncesc.com
• Americas Job and Talent Bankwww.ajb.com
• Career Builder- www.careerbuilder.com
• Career magazine www.careermag.com
• Career Resource Center- www.careers.org
• Hot Jobs- www.hotjobs.com
• Job Bank USA- www.jobbankusa.com
• Monster.com www.monster.com

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Resume

• A good resume is an important marketing
• tool that you can send to employers.
• Steps to developing a resume
• Define your career job and objective
• List all your past work
• List all your education and training
• Organize this information
• Proofread and revise
• Assistance for writing a resume maybe obtained
  from GTCC
• Career Center, Career Choice in North Carolina
  and online at
• different job websites.

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Letters

• Effective letter writing is an essential aspect
  of your job search
• 1. Cover letter
• 2. Thank-you letters
• 3. letters in response to being decline for a job
• 4. Withdrawing from consideration and declining
  job offer letters
• 5. Acceptance letter

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Interview

• Interview is a mutual exchange of information
  between employer and a candidate for a position.

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• Supply information about yourself that is not
  contained in
• resume
• Show that you understand yourself and have a
  sense of
• direction in your career
• Enable the employer to evaluate your
  personality and
• attitudes in terms of the demands
  of the organization and
• position
• Allow you to gain information about the
  organization and
• the job, which is not available through
  other resources

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SUCCESS AT WORK

• UNDERSTANDING WORK ENVIRONMENT
• Having confidence
• Competence
• Dependability
• Time Management
• Compatibility

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Work

• Work Offers and Acceptance
• ELEMENTS TO CONSIDER IN YOUR DECISION
• Company/organization
• Management and co-workers
• Potential for promotion
• Compensation
• Job
• Organization culture
• Community

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LIFE / WORK PLANNING

• Re-assess interest, the job
• Ask reflecting questions of self
• Ask that will answer how, what, where and went
• Does my chosen work fit with my life style
• If your answer to most of the reflecting
  questions is no then the planning cycle begins
  again.

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Pla
Planning for your future is An on-going process
and will Change as your needs do.