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Joan Runnheim Olson, M.S., ACC, CCMC, CLTMC, Certified Five O'Clock Club Career Coach
Pathways Career Success Strategies, LLC
Thought Leadership: Non-Traditional Careers
Website: www.pathwayscareer.com
Email:
Phone: 715.808.0344
For nearly 15 years, Joan has worked in various venues to encourage non-traditional career paths for males and females. As a project coordinator for a Dept. of Labor grant, she moved more women into the auto service industry as auto service technicians, aka mechanics and service advisers. As an assessment/placement specialist for a pre-apprenticeship training program for women, Joan helped women break into and succeed in male-dominated jobs in the trades. She presents workshops throughout the U.S. to secondary and post-secondary educators, administrators, counselors, and career center staff and teaches them strategies to recruit and retain students in classes and programs which prepare them for non-traditional careers.
Whether you are a career coach, counselor, advisor, educator, or parent, your values and beliefs can affect how you interact with females and males. And, ultimately it may affect how you guide a student, client, or your child in exploring their career options. These options include careers traditionally held by females or by males. Take the quiz below and jot down if you respond never, rarely, sometimes, or always to each question. … Read more
I recently interviewed Jeff Johnson who is working in a female-dominated career as a surgical technologist. Check out the interview below: More… … Read more
I came across the following information on the Iseek website and found it quite interesting.
Job requirements have little or nothing to do with gender. In fact, skill requirements in male- and female-dominated occupations are often more similar than you might expect. More… … Read more
I have talked about it before- socialization plays a big role in gender stereotyping and ultimately career decision-making. From an early age, girls are dressed in pink, boys in blue. Girls are given dolls to play with and boys trucks. Around the home, girls are typically given the tasks of washing the dishes and cleaning the house, while boys mow the lawn and change oil in the car. Traditional gender roles often carry over into school where females are encouraged to take classes that prepare them for female-dominated careers and males for male-dominated careers. … Read more
If you’re a counselor at the middle school or secondary level, the following case study is for you.
How can you increase parents’ awareness of non-traditional careers? What activities would you use to help parents learn more about non-traditional careers. i.e., male or female-dominated? … Read more
I had coffee one morning with a friend and was excited to learn that she is helping her daughter overcome the gender stereotype that girls aren’t good in math. Below is an interview with Suzy Fallon, mother of 8-year old Elle.
Could you describe what you are doing with your 8-year old daughter to encourage her to question her beliefs regarding her math abilities? … Read more
Are you utilizing LinkedIn to your best advantage? If you're in a job search, incorporate the following tips on maximizing your LinkedIn profile:
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It’s important to manage your own PR within your organization. Consider conducting a quarterly review of the real players that influence your career. If you don’t have a list of those players, take a few minutes to generate one. Then every three months review this list which will most likely include your bosses, peers, subordinates and clients. “Bosses” are those people at a higher level who can influence your career, i.e., your boss’s boss, some of your boss’s peers, and maybe even one or two people outside of your organization who are in the position of influencing your career. Some could even be in other geographic areas. ... Read more
Do you work for a large organization and want to move up? Start by targeting the areas that interest you and then get to know people within each of those departments.
There are three main techniques for getting in to see a person within your present organization: ... Read more
