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Rev. Sheila Van Houten, DD, PhD, 800-981-2435 ext 708; email: achieve11@mac.com. SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE, PROVEN RESULTS SINCE 1979. Private Consultations and Classes on Any of These Topics Available by Appointment at Your Convenience!
" I Need A New Career! I Need A New Life! WHERE DO I START??"
YOU START HERE! Just by reading this page, you will know what to do next! Take the mystery out of your career or life dilemmas! Take action now! Simply Read on!
Career action is really a PROCESS, and it can be very exciting. So many people "fall into" their "jobs", but you are going to create your own niche! This takes a little time, but the journey is well worth the effort.
VALUES AND DECISIONS
You'll begin your career-action process with an examination of what is important to you and what is not important to you in life. These are your values, and you use them to make decisions. You'll respond to a values and decisions assessment and plot your values on a decisions grid. There are bound to be some exciting surprises!
PASSIONS AND INTERESTS
Next, you'll explore what you are passionate about and what your main interests are. You can actually create a career that you feel passionate about and interested in. "Work" should be a continuous source of excitement for you, not a drudge!
SKILLS
Skills are verbs you can get paid to do. Create, write, lead, direct, draw, speak, and run are all skills. Do you know what your skills are? Do you know what your FAVORITE skills are? Many people aren't aware of what their skills are or if they even HAVE any. Have you ever said, "I don't have any skills"? Yes, you do, and you can learn more skills, too. You need to know your favorites in order to end up doing what you love. You also need to know what skills you might like to develop.
NATURAL CAREER DIRECTIONS
You have natural career directions that you would be happy and successful doing, and you can find out what they are. Just knowing what your natural career directions are adds an exciting dimension to your career-action plan.
WORK ENVIRONMENTS
Where do you like to spend your time? What are your favorite environments? What if you could get paid to work in your favorite environments? You can!
THE CAREER ASSIGNMENT
Once you know your values, your skills, your natural career directions, your passions, your interests, and your environments, you are ready for the CAREER ASSIGNMENT. This assignment is often life changing and is the key to launching the investigation phase of your career-action plan. Notice we haven't even mentioned MONEY yet! Money is the by-product of doing what you love.
INVESTIGATION PHASE
Once you know what your next career move is going to be, you begin to investigate the job market. To do this, you will learn several different investigative strategies and find out what questions to ask.
RESUMES FOR RESULTS
You will create and publish a powerful resume designed to get you interviews. Your resume will be a satisfying accomplishment that ultimately leads you to your next career move.
INTERVIEWING SKILLS, Verbal Communication Tune-Up
You will practice responding to the most frequently asked interview questions. You can even arrange to have a sample interview videotaped so that you can review it.
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
No interview preparation would be complete without addressing the nonverbal aspects of communication. You'll learn, and practice, 12 fascinating nonverbal techniques designed to present you in your very best light. This session gives you a huge edge over your competition!
JOB-OFFER ANALYSIS
How will you decide which job offer you should accept? It becomes quite simple with a criteria checklist which you will learn to create.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS
In addition to your resume, there are other written communications you will need such as cover letters and thank-you notes. Learn how to write effectively.
ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION
Once you have accepted a new job, you will want to put your best foot forward by making sure you communicate assertively. In this session, you'll learn how assertive you are right now and ways to improve your assertive skills.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION, TIME MANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT may all become important topics to you as you move along in your career path.
WRITING SERVICES:
Professional writing services are available to you if you would prefer to hire them done. These include resumes, manuscripts, cover letters, thank-you notes, editing, proofreading, correspondence, ghost writing, ghost publishing, transcription (and even dictation by a shorthand expert!) and creative marketing. English-language expertise is guaranteed. Hourly rates start at $45, one-hour minimum. Accurate word processing at the rate of over 100 wpm guarantees you great money mileage!
See also:
http://www.webcoachingonline.com
http://www.energywellness.biz
http://www.spiritualiving.com
http://www.careeraction.biz
http://www.palmreadingUSA.com
http://www.sheilaknows.com
http://www.35waystoshine.com
http://automaticbuilder.com/bt83558/silver - Your lst line of defense against
illness. Strengthen your immunity, get well, be well, stay well! This is the only
silver to be granted two patents in the last 80 years!
Please scroll down for some pictures of me, my husband Brian, our rose garden, and a magnificent stained-glass panel we found in an antique shop in Minnesota.
" I Need A New Career! I Need A New Life! WHERE DO I START??"
YOU START HERE! Just by reading this page, you will know what to do next! Take the mystery out of your career or life dilemmas! Take action now! Simply Read on!
Career action is really a PROCESS, and it can be very exciting. So many people "fall into" their "jobs", but you are going to create your own niche! This takes a little time, but the journey is well worth the effort.
VALUES AND DECISIONS
You'll begin your career-action process with an examination of what is important to you and what is not important to you in life. These are your values, and you use them to make decisions. You'll respond to a values and decisions assessment and plot your values on a decisions grid. There are bound to be some exciting surprises!
PASSIONS AND INTERESTS
Next, you'll explore what you are passionate about and what your main interests are. You can actually create a career that you feel passionate about and interested in. "Work" should be a continuous source of excitement for you, not a drudge!
SKILLS
Skills are verbs you can get paid to do. Create, write, lead, direct, draw, speak, and run are all skills. Do you know what your skills are? Do you know what your FAVORITE skills are? Many people aren't aware of what their skills are or if they even HAVE any. Have you ever said, "I don't have any skills"? Yes, you do, and you can learn more skills, too. You need to know your favorites in order to end up doing what you love. You also need to know what skills you might like to develop.
NATURAL CAREER DIRECTIONS
You have natural career directions that you would be happy and successful doing, and you can find out what they are. Just knowing what your natural career directions are adds an exciting dimension to your career-action plan.
WORK ENVIRONMENTS
Where do you like to spend your time? What are your favorite environments? What if you could get paid to work in your favorite environments? You can!
THE CAREER ASSIGNMENT
Once you know your values, your skills, your natural career directions, your passions, your interests, and your environments, you are ready for the CAREER ASSIGNMENT. This assignment is often life changing and is the key to launching the investigation phase of your career-action plan. Notice we haven't even mentioned MONEY yet! Money is the by-product of doing what you love.
INVESTIGATION PHASE
Once you know what your next career move is going to be, you begin to investigate the job market. To do this, you will learn several different investigative strategies and find out what questions to ask.
RESUMES FOR RESULTS
You will create and publish a powerful resume designed to get you interviews. Your resume will be a satisfying accomplishment that ultimately leads you to your next career move.
INTERVIEWING SKILLS, Verbal Communication Tune-Up
You will practice responding to the most frequently asked interview questions. You can even arrange to have a sample interview videotaped so that you can review it.
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
No interview preparation would be complete without addressing the nonverbal aspects of communication. You'll learn, and practice, 12 fascinating nonverbal techniques designed to present you in your very best light. This session gives you a huge edge over your competition!
JOB-OFFER ANALYSIS
How will you decide which job offer you should accept? It becomes quite simple with a criteria checklist which you will learn to create.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS
In addition to your resume, there are other written communications you will need such as cover letters and thank-you notes. Learn how to write effectively.
ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION
Once you have accepted a new job, you will want to put your best foot forward by making sure you communicate assertively. In this session, you'll learn how assertive you are right now and ways to improve your assertive skills.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION, TIME MANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT may all become important topics to you as you move along in your career path.
WRITING SERVICES:
Professional writing services are available to you if you would prefer to hire them done. These include resumes, manuscripts, cover letters, thank-you notes, editing, proofreading, correspondence, ghost writing, ghost publishing, transcription (and even dictation by a shorthand expert!) and creative marketing. English-language expertise is guaranteed. Hourly rates start at $45, one-hour minimum. Accurate word processing at the rate of over 100 wpm guarantees you great money mileage!
See also:
http://www.webcoachingonline.com
http://www.energywellness.biz
http://www.spiritualiving.com
http://www.careeraction.biz
http://www.palmreadingUSA.com
http://www.sheilaknows.com
http://www.35waystoshine.com
http://automaticbuilder.com/bt83558/silver - Your lst line of defense against
illness. Strengthen your immunity, get well, be well, stay well! This is the only
silver to be granted two patents in the last 80 years!
Please scroll down for some pictures of me, my husband Brian, our rose garden, and a magnificent stained-glass panel we found in an antique shop in Minnesota.
