People come to me all the time because they are unhappy in their careers and are not sure what to do about it. They tell me the reasons they don’t have what they want; the economy, their company; some are...
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I interviewed Seattle career counselor Kate Nelson about personality type and career. Ms. Nelson is an expert in using the personality assessment, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), to assist people with choosing work that is a good fit for their personality. Kate, for readers not familiar with the MBTI, please tell us what the [...]
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Day 9 of 31 days to Creating Your Inspiring Personal Plan for 2012
I hope that reflection on your life purpose (
Step 8) was beneficial. Now that you have done so, you may enjoy reading about my own search for meaning. Just keep in mind that the life purpose you craft needs to fit YOU. Do NOT craft a life purpose to please others, or to impress others. What you want to discover is the life purpose that creates passion, for YOU, in all that you do. One that will help you to
Live in the Zone throughout 2012.
Here is a summary of my search for meaning in my own life and
my current thinking as to my life purpose.
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Day 8 of 31 days to Creating Your Inspiring Personal Plan for 2012
Having given thought to your desired legacy (
Step 7), it is now time to focus on the closely related issue of your life purpose. For Step 8, you will develop a one sentence description of your life purpose.
I want you to know that I have my flak jacket on to shield myself from the critics who have told me that it is ludicrous to ask people to define their life purpose in 24 hours. (How ironic that some of these critics are professionals teaching people to do all kind of things
without even considering their life purpose. How much sense does it make, for example, to learn how to use time more efficiently if you have not defined your highest life aspiration. You may not be able to select the
perfect life purpose in 24 hours, but I believe that by following my process (today and in tomorrow’s lesson), you will create, at minimum, a great starting point for further exploration.
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Remember your first day – in what was identified by peers as the hardest class with the toughest professor – in your freshman college year?
The professor with the scary reputation always started the class with “Look to your right; look to your left. One of you will not be here by the end of the semester.”
Your company’s Human Resources team is much more sophisticated than that scary college professor and today, they use some variation of a Leadership Talent Management Model to:
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There are jobs that last a lifetime, and jobs that are over before they really start. In between is the job that has a predictable arc with a start and a finish; you just need to know when it’s...
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“
I just need to try harder in my job” may not be the answer to your job concerns. If you’ve taken positive steps to improve your job situation and nothing has changed, it may be time to look elsewhere. By completing this assessment and reviewing your scores, you will gain a better sense of what actions to take in improving your work situation and/or how urgent it is for you to leave your current position and/or company.
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This article was published in the National Career Development Association’s Career Convergence Magazine (Sept 2011).
Ken’s Story
Like many young adults, Ken made a “practical and realistic” career choice, and entered the work force with technical skills that were in high demand by employers. He landed a job as a software tester in a large company during the hi-tech boom…and got stuck there.
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To achieve career success, take the time to know who you are and what you bring to the table.
That was the overriding message delivered by the trainer in a teleseminar I attended today on the subject of personal branding. I couldn’t agree more, yet most job seekers have never taken the time to do this.
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After coaching numerous college and university students to choose their college major and prepare for their career, I found that career assessments are an integral part of that process. Armed with their assessment results, students can make wise decisions to prepare for their ideal career.
I recommend four assessments to accelerate college and university students’ exploration of self and to uncover what’s most important to them in their career. They are:
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