Life, Career, Work Search Maximizer
Pleasant Prairie, WI, US
Expert at: Career Coaching, Career Consultation, Career Development, Career Discovery, Career Resources & Recruiting, Career Transition, Job Boards, Job Hunting, Networking, Personal Branding, Resume Writing, Self Assessment
Languages:
English
Credentials:
• Masters degree in counseling and adult student services from Loyola University.
• Doctorate in adult education and career development from Northern Illinois University.
• My own successful career and work search. Created and directed new position or department three times, led or co-led four major initiatives.
History of exceeding client requirements from accreditation recognition for adult student services program excellence and innovation at National-Louis University to special awards and employee honors for online learning, training and information and resources at Northern Trust.
4.7 to 5 course evaluation ratings. Online Facilitator, Ed.D. Mentoring and ePortfolio certifications. Completed Motorola's Instructor Training and Certification Program.
• Skills and qualities---results-oriented, client-centered, best practice-based; excellent at coaching, advising, mentoring; committed, empathetic, great active listener, genuine caring; solicit input/feedback, and pursue professional development, continuous improvement.
Experience:
10 years experience providing coaching, counseling, programs and services in career, professional and personal development, and job search for professionals in a variety of fields. Developed and taught undergraduate career development and graduate career counseling courses. Created and directed National-Louis first adult student and career services office. Pioneered at Argosy a graduate program, career, leadership success model, over 25 learning/teaching aids and a “one stop and shop” learning and resource center for career advancement, maximizing professional development and empowering leadership.
Description:
I can assist you with the entire career, job search process--- clarifying life, career and job purpose, goals, interests and priorities; developing, advancing or changing your career; looking for work before it’s lost, finding and keeping a job, and developing and improving yourself as a professional. That requires the key, important career, work search success ingredients below.
Assessment
Having a life and career review, check up. Completing a comprehensive, empowering life, career assessment and profile featuring your vision, mission, passion, fire in the belly; what interests and excites you the most. Then what is the life, career and job that will help fulfill your passion and profile.
Work Search Strategies and Action Plan
Exploring the most powerful, effective ways to find a job--the best fitting, most desirable organization and position for you. Then developing a strategic work search action plan for utilizing the ones that are best suited for your particular job search, desired position, profession/field, and career.
Two of the most effective work search strategies are networking and the incredible, powerful professional development process. Just 1 tool, the pd process can help accomplish 5 career, work search objectives---clarifying life, career and job purpose, goals, interests and priorities; developing, advancing or changing your career; looking for work before it’s lost, finding and keeping a job, and continuous improvement.
Work Search Tools
Developing or honing a comprehensive, powerful set of career, work search tools, such as bio, networking letter, handbill, career, work portfolio, resume, LinkedIn profile, informational interview script, 30 second elevator speech, personal branding statement, and interview “cheat sheet” (answers to the most commonly asked interview questions). It’s your toolbox for career, work search success just like a carpenter needs tools to build a house or an orchestra needs instruments to play a symphony.
Support and Resource Team
Establishing a career, work search support and resource team that helps provide all the assistance, support, information, tools and resources you need for your life, career and job. We have all heard that it takes a village to raise a child. Well that is also true for life, career and job success or fulfillment.
Accountability Partners
Forming strong, effective career, work search accountability partners or small team. They help make you accountable, ‘keep your word’ and accomplish the necessary goals and action steps that must be completed for career, work search success.
My Philosophy:
My passion is maximizing, transforming life, career and work search success/fulfillment in the most powerful and effective ways. They include Assessment, Work search strategies and action plan, Work search tools, Support and resource team, Accountability partners, and Overcoming barriers, obstacles.
I am a life, career maximizer facilitating total success with the entire career, work search process--- clarifying life, career and job purpose, goals, interests and priorities; developing, advancing or changing your career; looking for work before it’s lost, finding and keeping a job, and developing and improving yourself as a professional.
I find that our life, career and job are inseparable. One can not be considered without the other. They all need to be addressed and integrated together. Our life comes first and the purpose, goals, values, interests we desire. Then what is the career—profession, field or practice that helps fulfill them, followed by the job that serves our career and the satisfaction and success with it.
So ‘How do I find a job’ is not the first question, but how do we develop a career that helps fulfill the life we want. Then what is the job that best serves our profession, field or practice. Those questions are most effectively answered through the professional development, continuing education process mentioned above in Work Search Strategies and Action Plan.
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