Entries from Career Services tagged with 'values'
Geographic Location: Does It Matter To You?
I spent the past week in California moving my mother into an assisted living facility. My brother lives three hours away from her and I live about eleven hours away when I fly non-stop from North Carolina. As we went through all of the machinations of the move, the thought constantly presenting itself was: why don't I live closer. If I lived closer to her, I could visit often and she would not be so lonely. I could deal with the doctors and nurses for her. We could handle the finances that have become horribly confusing for her. In general,...
Foundation of Effective Job Search
The foundation of effective job search or career decision making is self assessment / self knowledge. Candidates who are able to articulate their values, interests, personality traits and skills are most effective in making choices and in presenting their value to others. Many jump directly to goal setting without first analyzing themselves or the world around them. The two legs of the goal ladder are self-knowledge and knowledge of the world around you. Some characterize this dichotomy as the gifts you bring to the needs of the world. The first step is knowledge of self. Within this arena, each idividual...
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