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3. What is career transition?
The process of making a career or job change (e.g., military to
civilian employment, mid-life career change).
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Illinois workNet provides information & services to assist you with the
process of changing careers. These services are found throughout
the Individuals area of the site.
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10. Master these skills, and you will have a better chance at success than
someone who hasn’t perfected them, no matter how high their IQ or
how impressive their resume.
Exceptional Social Skills
A Growth Mindset
Effective Communication
Emotional Intelligence
Conscientiousness
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Now what?
1. Reflect on past jobs, volunteer activities, training
experiences.
2. List academic, technical, and soft skills that were
used.
3. Use these skills as keywords to update your
resume, job applications, LinkedIn profile, etc.
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Now what?
1. Reflect on past jobs, volunteer activities, training
experiences.
2. List workplace skills that were used.
3. Use these skills as keywords to update your
resume, job applications, LinkedIn profile, etc.
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Now what?
1. Identify where you are now.
2. Where you want to be (goals).
• Research Occupations that match your skills and
interests.
• Make an informed decision about your future career
path goals.
3. How you going to get there.
• Upgrade skills
• Retrain
• Relocate
• Start your own business
25. Thank You for Attending
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Editor's Notes
From a January Forbes article:40% of unemployed Americans - roughly 4.8 million ppl have been jobless for six months or longer. About half of those are over 50 years old.As of March 2013 39.6 of those unemployed have been unemployed for over 27 weeks.Those transitioning from the military and their families are at 8% unemployment where the total is now at 7.6%. Those numbers reflect those 18 and over.
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What skills do you currently have? You have spent at your current or previous job performing tasks and using skills that have been the building blocks for what you are today. Are those skills still current and able to help you land a position in a career path that will keep you from looking for another job in a short-period of time?
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Polling Question – Which of these skills apply to you?
Suppose you were at your job for many years, or in a position that has been eliminated because of technology, or perhaps you have just been discharged and were a heavy artillery gunner.Whatever the reason, it may be time to select a totally new career path Before you choose, you should complete some research for you decision.Industry Super-Sector Employment Statistics and Projections:Provides solid data on which industries will be experiencing the fastest growth.Identifies fastest growing occupations by region to include wages and trends.Identifies downsizing occupations and industries in real-time.Provides better information on current employment trends and career advice.Largest (Local/Regional) Employers:Gauges economic development in your local area and identifies industries that will be adding most new jobs.A: Identify The Largest Employers Within these Industries. The Workforce Information Center website is a comprehensive online resource serving Illinois' job seekers, employers, education and training providers, counselors, news media, and workforce professionals. B: Identify Long-Term Employment Trends. Economic Development Region long-term employment projections are available as both a downloadable data file (Excel) or a downloadable printable report (Adobe Acrobat). C: Identify Job Loss Trends. Identify Industries with the most job losses to identify the clients that need assistance.Re-employment? v. Skills update? v. Re-training?
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Polling Question – What are your dreams?RelocatingStart my own BusinessGet more training
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The Technician is someone - a bicycle mechanic, computer programmer, cook, etc... - who is an expert in his or her craft. This often leads these people to go into business for themselves - they're good at what they do, and they know it, so why not reap the rewards of their labor? The technician is happiest doing the work they are good at and ignoring the rest, which is, in the end, a recipe for failure.The Entrepreneur is the dreamer, the one who sets out to do something new, who reaches for the stars. The Entrepreneur lives in the future, thinking about what could be (rather than in the present). The Entrepreneur is often frustrated by how slow the world seems to move.The Manager is the detail-oriented one, who dots the i's and crosses the t's, the one who remembers to pay the bills, and wants a well-organized world with no surprises; a world where things happen in an orderly, predictable manner.All of these components are necessary in the founder of a business: without the Entrepreneur, you might as well keep working for someone else as a Technician. Without any technical ability, the Entrepreneur must rely on others to get anything done, and without the organizational abilities of the Manager, the other two would probably find themselves with the electricity in the office turned off because they had other things to do than pay the bills.Polling Question – which one are you?