CAREER COUNSELING
Exclusively for Bargaining Unit 142! Promote your individual growth and professional development with an expert. Choose from the subjects below. One counseling session per month. Group sessions can be held for up to 8 associates at a time - online or onsite.
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CLEP Prep
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Looking to complete a college degree? The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) may be right for you. More than 30 CLEP tests enable you to demonstrate what you know about subjects that are taught at many colleges and universities. This workshop shares the testing process and requirements, an understanding of the types of subjects and content, and resources for CLEP test preparation.
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Creating My Education Plan
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You will consider your career goals, selecting a school, identifying your support system, and much more. At the end of the workshop, you will have created a customized education plan to guide your education and to share with a career advisor for further exploration and clarification.
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Dealing With Change
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Learn to deal with change—on the job and off—in a positive way. You’ll identify opportunities for personal and professional growth through the four "C’s" of change: Challenge, Control, Connections, and Commitment.
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Develop Winning Interview Skills
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Make sure you are ready for that job interview. Get the practice you need, particularly if you have not been interviewed for a job in a while. This workshop offers techniques and practice for improving your performance during the interview.
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Find Ways to Take Action
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This workshop is designed to assist you in making changes in your life by taking action. You will begin by examining how taking action can be the most significant way to improve your work and personal life and how failing to act may have created consequences which have limited your satisfaction and success.
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Creating and Achieving Smart Goals - Part 1 and Part 2
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This two-part workshop (30 minutes each) presents the SMART goals approach for creating goals that you will achieve. In Part 1, you will explore the five components of SMART goals and learn how SMART goals will enable you to create challenging goals stated specifically and clearly and within your reach and within your deadline. In Part 2, write SMART goals of your own to achieve precisely what you want and need. Your own SMART goals may relate to your work and personal life, and you may be surprised to find out how writing and achieving SMART goals can impact many aspects of your life.
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Overcoming Career Challenges - Part 1 and Part 2
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This two module group counseling sessions begins by exploring the career challenges which workers most often state as affecting them the most. You will identify your own career challenges and actually rate the degree to which these challenges impact you. You will receive valuable feedback and gain insight about your challenges and the ways you might resolve them. Part 1: Be the candidate employers seek Part 2: Job search strategies for Sucess
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Plan A Satisfying Retirement
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This workshop will help you plan for a satisfying retirement by sharing what works and what doesn’t for many people. Learn how you can "practice" for retirement. Examine the role that work had in your pre-retirement life and what role it might take afterwards. Retirement can be a highly satisfying period in your life – provided you plan for it properly.
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All About You: Your Next Steps
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A combination of group interaction and one-on-one career advising will help you set your Next Career Steps priorities. You’ll learn how to identify and circumvent the obstacles that might hinder your progress, and you’ll explore the importance of commitment.
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Smart Talk: Communicating Effectively
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What are you communicating by your tone of voice or your body language? Join this fun, interactive workshop to improve your communication, presentation, selling, and conflict-resolution skills and help to ensure that you’re always sending the right message.
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Structured Interviews -
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Using the SI format, the interviewer asks the same questions of all candidates, who are then rated on their responses in a standard way. Discover the five critical tips for performing well, and learn how to be better prepared for the questions you’ll be asked. Part I is Information and Preparation and Part II is Information and Practice.
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Tips for Retirement Planning
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This thirty minute workshop accomplishes something that many retirement preparation courses and workshops never do. It presents highly practical tips for preparing you for your retirement even if that retirement is years away. The workshop focuses on twelve tips, mostly non-financial, which you can consider and implement now.
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Intro to Career Planning
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In today’s rapidly changing world, career planning is critical. This session provides a foundation from which you can build and execute a well-thought-out career plan. At the completion, you will have developed specific objectives that relate to your personal career goals, and you’ll be ready to take your next step.
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