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Using Self-Discovery To Find a New Career

kberman — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:52:00 +0000

The paradox of self-discovery is that the more we understand ourselves, the more we understand and accept others. The more we know, the less we fear. A Course in Miracles teaches that there are only two main emotions: love and fear.

The Changemaker Test, designed to provide personality indicators–called labels–so anyone has some tools about themselves that they can study to see why they make the decisions and choices they make. Then from this foundation of self-discovery, he/she can continue exploring and recreating themselves through her/his lifetime.

The Changemaker Test Categories are:
(1) NLP–Neurolinquistic Programming
(2) Birth Order
(3) Family Roles
(4) Our Emotional Energies
(5) MBTI– Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

The Changemaker Test is at Finding Your Passion.

During the energy you spend in re-inventing yourself, you will learn new career choices for your personality labels. The labels can be quite effective at weeding out what you love to do and what you’ve taught yourself to do against your basic nature. Find what you love to do and life will be a continual joyful experience.

Some of my links about career:

(1) John Holland Personality Types

(2) Finding the Career You Were Born to Do A-Z Links Directory

(3) Finding Your Passion A-Z Links Directory

(4) Changing Jobs A-Z Links Directory

Some longer posts you may enjoy reading are:

(5) Reinventing Yourself at Good Life Coaching has some good tips: take it at your own pace, look at where you want to go, maybe take an interim step, deal with the flak and remember that reinventing yourself means creating a new identity.

(6) Reinventing Yourself from Mike Bellah is about the fundamental quest at midlife. He quotes Ross Goldstein: “The fundamental quest at midlife is to figure out who we are and who we want to be as we get ready to embark on the second half of life.

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John Holland Personality Types

kberman — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:54:00 +0000

John L. Holland is a psychologist who spent much of his career at Johns Hopkins University. He received his B.S. from the University of Omaha and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.

Holland is the creator of the RIASEC career development model often referred to as the Holland Codes.

This information is a reprint from Wikipedia(July 25, 2007):

Holland Codes are career types created by psychologist John L. Holland.

Holland mapped these types into a hexagon which he then broke down into the RIASEC job environments:

Realistic- practical, physical, hands-on, tool-oriented
Investigative- analytical, intellectual, scientific, explorative
Artistic- creative, original, independent, chaotic
Social- cooperative, supporting, helping, healing/nurturing
Enterprising- competitive environments, leadership, persuading
Conventional – detail-oriented, organizing, clerical

Holland argues that 2-3 types dominate in each person.

For more of the Wikipedia definitions, use this link.

The best online John Holland test types assessment is at The Career Key. It costs $10.00.

BUT–I believe that you can get a broader view of your talents and abilities by taking all the following free tests.

1. Be sure to take notes about your choices either online or in a notebook.

2. Take these free assessments:

Learning4liferesources.com—Discover Careers That Fit You

123test.com—Career Test

Hollandcodes.com—Rogue Community College

soicc.state.nc.us–North Carolina Career Resource Network–Self-Assessment Exercise

The Holland Codes are used frequently in choosing careers and/or college majors because they are based on natural interest. One of the largest sites, HollandCodes, has free college search and career information. This site has extensive information and links to sites specializing in the Holland Codes.

Remember this (from www.123test.com):

“”An easy way to remember the Holland Codes is RIASEC, the first letter of each type. Dr. Holland did not say that a person is just one of these types. Then there would be only six types of people in the world. Instead, any one person can have interests associated with all of the six types. When you rank the types, starting with those you have the most interest in to those you have the least interest in, you get your specific Holland Code.

“There are some 720 different combinations possible, like ISERAC, AIRSEC, or CSERIA. Generally, however, only two or three letters are necessary to create a useful description, such as SC, IRC, or AIC. Such a description may apply to both a person and a work environment. By typifying both people and work environments with Holland Codes, we can calculate matches between them. This helps you assess a potential career or vocational choice.”

“Holland’s theory also states that any two letters in the code have a stronger link when they are next to each other in a hexagon formed by the word RIASEC. So, Realistic people and work environments are more closely linked to Investigative and Conventional people and environments than to Social people and environments. One difference between Realistic and Social is working with machines or with people. Conventional is more like Realistic and Enterprising than like Artisticand so on.”

3. Use the following for career assessment ideas:

Hollandcodes.com: SU Holland Codes, Careers, and College Majors

Salisbury University: This Salisbury site further helps you to determine which majors and/or courses will help you in your personality type. It also breaks down the courses in each Holland personality type.

Grand Canyon University: Holland Career Model

Hollandcodes.blogspot.com: A Quick and Easy Assessment

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Job Search A-Z Links Directory

kberman — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:23:55 +0000

Accounting and finance

All Jobs

Chemist jobs

College Grad Job Center

Computer jobs

Computer work

Construction jobs

Construction (mechanical,electrical, and plumbing jobs

Creative jobs

Disabled persons jobs–

Executive jobs

Employment Guide ( by city)

Federal jobs

Federal Jobs Digest

USA Jobs

Groove Job: Part Time Jobs, Teen Jobs, Student Jobs, Hourly Jobs, Summer Jobs

Healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and science jobs

Health Careers

Higher Education jobs

Hispanic jobs

Hospitality jobs

Human Resource jobs

International jobs–

Best Jobs USA

Seek-Australia

Australia’s Careers On Line

Canada jobs-Workopolis

UK jobs-Jobsite

UK Jobs-Guardian jobs

Euro Jobs

Job search engine

Job board search engine

Job dig search by state

Job Hunt

Job Bank USA

Job search made easy: Simply Hired

Medical jobs–

Niche career communities

Non-profit dream jobs–Idealist

Technical Writers jobs

Technology jobs-large discussion forums section

Telecommuting

Temporary jobs

Snag a job

Cool Works: Jobs in Great Places

Volunteer jobs

National Park Service

Global Volunteer Network

World Volunteer Web

Wall Street Journal Job Search

Wall Street Journal Career Center

WITI – Women in Technology International–

Women job

Women jobs

Women Jobs List

Workforce–workers over age of 50

Work at home

Writing jobs

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Changing Jobs A-Z Links Directory

kberman — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:11:58 +0000

A
Academic info
All you can read
Ask
Association directory

B
Basic search tips
Beaucoup! 2000+ search engines
Best places to live in America
Bureau of labor

C
Top job network for college and recent grads
Wall Street Journal Careers
Career One Stop
Career guide to industries
Cell phone coverage maps
CEO Express
Creative group for Robert Half

D
Delphion Patent Database
Dictionary of occupational titles
Dogpile

E
F

G
Google Directory
Google Labs

H
Home Fair Relocation Center
Home price records
Housing maps

I
Informational interviewing tutorial
Internet Public Library
Information research center from IPL
Invisible Web
Internet Tutorials-guide to the Internet

J
Jobmaps-job search engine to see where jobs are located

L
LibDex-worldwide library directory
Librarians’ Internet Index
Cost of living in other cities
M
N

O
Occupational Outlook Handbook
O*Net OnLine-career exploration and job analysis
Open Directory Project –Business: Employment: Careers

Pure Jobs Search
Q

R
Wall Street Journal Real Estate

S
Web Search Tutorials
Sigalert-cell phone signals map

U
U.S. patent and trademark office
U.S. Census Bureau

V
Vocational information center

W
Weather channel driving outlook
WEDDLE’s professional associations

X
Y
Yahoo Career Counseling
Yahoo professional organizations

Z
Zillow–the best real estate database for sale or rent

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Finding the Career You Were Born to Do A-Z Links Directory

kberman — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:58:07 +0000

13 ideas to make boring jobs bearable and a little more interesting

Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist–Networks

Career toolbox: 100+ places to find jobs

Which type of career is right for you, based on your personality type?

15 things you can do right now to help your career

It takes courage to do what you love

Career advice blogs

Top 7 ways to discover the work you were born to do

See what employees are saying about 70,000 companies

Entrepreneurs

The monster list of freelancing job sites

What Charlie Weis can teach us about job failure

Fuel your creativity

Good info and terrific blogrolls for more links

Using the John Holland Test to find your career

Holland’s theory of career choice and you

How to tell if your career is right for you

How to know you’re working for the wrong company (if your glass is half full)

Practical advice for setting up an information interview

How to find a job you’ll enjoy

Job search engine: find jobs by category

Job search tips

10 job listing sites with unique opportunities

The worst job search advice

Simplify your job search with RSS and Google Reader

Top 10 jobs of 2010 and beyond

LinkedIn–55,000,000 users

Managing your career via your iphone

Match yourself with the perfect job

Top 250+ Online Accredited Colleges

Putting yourself out there

How personality labels help us

Resources for careers in government, sales, nonprofit, hospitality, forensic sciences, environmental sciences, design, arts, communications, research and writing, information technology, sports, and families

10 great social sites for resume building

Career research center: job salaries, growth, and education data

10 steps to an insight resume

Resumes–inside scoop on getting (and keeping) a great job

Simply hired blog–expanded Linkedin integration

The smart way to get hired, a review

Spherion career blog

30 ways to transform your career

Things I wish I had known when starting my career

Turbo charge your career

Up to the minute career advice from Alexandra Levit (great blogroll links)

What can I do with my personality type?

Work from home links

Work as play–the great Alan Watts

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Changing Jobs

kberman — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:28:00 +0000

By pastaboy sleeps

Every year after the holidays, there is a large exodus of workers changing jobs. An excellent post about their reasons for leaving was written at dumb little man: tips for life. He and friends took the historical data for the 20% of employees and analyzed the data. They identified the 20% to be 178 employees.

The top motivator for change was money and of those with this reason, only 8 were at the top of his/her pay scale. 64% left for money concerns. It never failed to amaze me through my job/career changes that few companies fail to evaluate the cheaper cost of a pay raise in contrast to the cost of training a new employee. HR departments need to know what the pay grade for key employees is at rival companies. I would bet that key employees know.

The second main reason for leaving is that he/she feels unchallenged. Even employees functioning at master level need to have spice added to his/her position to make it new and fresh. Many of us thrive on challenge and need it to feel fulfilled.

The third reason is the opposite of number #2—being too challenged. Many times an employee with a concern is not asked for the solution to his/her concerns. One of my best bosses wouldn’t see anyone about a concern if I didn’t have the solution outlined for her. Most of the time I expressed a concern, she adopted my solution.

The final reason for leaving is realizing the company isn’t moving forward and/or may be perceived as standing still.

One of my favorite sites for years is http://www.changingcourse.com/. Valerie Young helps many people to find his/her life mission. The people she helps are looking for more than a job or career change.

These are some great articles about getting a job:

(1) Everything you wanted to know about getting a job in Silican Valley but Didn’t Know Who to Ask by Guy Kawasaki

(2) You’ve Got to Find What You Love To Do (a commencement address) by Steve Jobs

(3) A book to help you sort out your choices: The Dip: A Little book That Teaches You When to Quit by Seth Godin