Tues., Jan. 27

Career Counseling

We met with career counselor Ginny Ruder today. She won't be using a textbook; instead, she'll be giving us handouts. In the morning, we received handouts with the class outline and about career transitioning, the most effective job search methods, networking, and suggested reading lists. We each gave the class a brief summary of our work experience and education, and we completed an SDS, which measures our interests and abilities. We also scheduled appointments for our 45-minute private career counseling session, as well as appointments with Career Closet. In the afternoon, Ginny showed us the best way to search for jobs on the Internet, and we visited a couple of Web sites, e.g., www.idealist.org and www.careerbuilder.com. It was an informative and interesting class!

For homework we are to find three jobs on the Internet that we would like to apply for and the salary range for a position we may be interested in (www.salaryexpert.com). We are then to use www.acinet.org/acinet/skills_about.asp to focus on our skills and job options.

Quote for the day: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."--Mahatma Gandhi

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