Steps of Success

Money Matters

Steps of Success

Choose Your

Career

Planning your Career Getting the Job

Choosing Your Career

1.2 Coping with Change andReinventing Yourself

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Lesson 1.2

Coping with Change and Reinventing Yourself

• Explain techniques for coping with change and reinventing yourself.

• Discuss the need for job networking for long-term career success.

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Coping with Change• Stay informed• Be a lifelong learner—someone who actively seeks new

knowledge, skills, and experiences that will add to professional and personal growth throughout life.

• Take classes– Upgrading—advancing to a higher level of skill to increase your

usefulness to an employer. – Retraining—learning new and different skills so that an employee can

retain the same level of employability.– Advanced degrees—specialized, intensive programs (taken after

obtaining the first college degree) that prepare students for higher-level work responsibilities with more challenges and higher pay.

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Complete a Self-Assessment

• Think about what you like doing, what you do well, and what skills and knowledge you want to enhance.

• Self-assessment inventory lists your strong and weak points along with plans for improvement as you prepare for a career.

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Self-Assessment InventoryStrengths Weaknesses Plan of Action

Education

Experience

Aptitudes and Abilities

Appearance

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Placement Centers

• Many schools, colleges, and technical training institutes have placement centers that offer services related to careers and employment.

• Services offered– Assisting with self-assessment inventories– Advice and counseling to help you determine a career

direction– Vocational, interest, and personal testing – Notification of job openings and assistance with applying

and interviewing

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Changing Career Opportunities

• Long-term sustainability• A world economy• Networking– Networks are informal groups of people with common

interests who interact for mutual assistance. – Networking includes making phone calls, sharing lunch,

and creating opportunities to share ideas with your group of acquaintances.