StartingOverNow.com
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
FREE Resources
to help you:
1. United States of
America's primary source
on career info:
www.onetcenter.org
2. Wage Estimates Bureau
of Labor and Statistics
3. Organize Your Job
Search - Post a Question
etc.: www.cvtips.com
4. Starting Over After
Divorce:
www.womansdivorce.com
5. Starting Over for
Women:
www.makingbreadmagazine
.com
6. Self Improvement:
www.selfgrowth.com.
7. Job Postings, Resume
Advice and Resources:
www.careerbuiler.com
8. Templates for: business
plans, competitive analysis,
start up costs and more:
www.score.org/business_tool
box.html
9. Federal/Sate/Local
Government jobs:
www.USAJOBS.com
to help you:
1. United States of
America's primary source
on career info:
www.onetcenter.org
2. Wage Estimates Bureau
of Labor and Statistics
3. Organize Your Job
Search - Post a Question
etc.: www.cvtips.com
4. Starting Over After
Divorce:
www.womansdivorce.com
5. Starting Over for
Women:
www.makingbreadmagazine
.com
6. Self Improvement:
www.selfgrowth.com.
7. Job Postings, Resume
Advice and Resources:
www.careerbuiler.com
8. Templates for: business
plans, competitive analysis,
start up costs and more:
www.score.org/business_tool
box.html
9. Federal/Sate/Local
Government jobs:
www.USAJOBS.com
This site is here to help you make a career change or
go back to work while keeping a healthy life balance of
priorities, family and relationships.
Whether you are an empty nester who is re-entering the workforce, an
entrepreneur who is looking for a way to network, someone who has been
recently laid-off, a person seeking their first job, starting all over, starting a
business, going through a divorce, looking for career opportunities, seeking
career advice and education, or simply someone who is setting new life
goals the FREE worksheets, articles and advice here will help you get to a
destination faster while also balancing other important areas of your life.
Learn to take your interests and channel them into productive career goals
on a fast track. Reach out of your comfort zone to achieve proven and
practical strategies for success. We invite you to share your insight, take
advantage of the resources here and continue to develop yourself and grow.
For the FREE StartingOverNow E-newsletter, simply send an email to:
info@startingovernow.com. Share your story with us.
FREE e-book.
Get Mary Lee's FREE
e-book "Make Your
Wheel of Fortune
Spin on Balance" by
clicking here. Mary Lee
Gannon's work as a
newspaper reporter,
trade association
executive director,
public relations
consultant,
entrepreneur, and
hospital foundation
president and CEO are
the basis for her free
e-newsletter with tips on
"Starting Over Without
Starting at the Bottom."
Get Mary Lee's FREE
e-book "Make Your
Wheel of Fortune
Spin on Balance" by
clicking here. Mary Lee
Gannon's work as a
newspaper reporter,
trade association
executive director,
public relations
consultant,
entrepreneur, and
hospital foundation
president and CEO are
the basis for her free
e-newsletter with tips on
"Starting Over Without
Starting at the Bottom."
People who use the
FREE resources on
this site are:
* Starting over in
their career or
personal life
* Empty nesters
* Entrepreneurs
* Networking
* Job Seekers
* Starting all over
again
* Going through a
divorce
* Looking for career
opportunities
* Seeking FREE
career advice and
education
* Finding mentors
* Setting new life
goals
To chart your road
map to success
click here for FREE
"Worksheets and
Articles."
FREE resources on
this site are:
* Starting over in
their career or
personal life
* Empty nesters
* Entrepreneurs
* Networking
* Job Seekers
* Starting all over
again
* Going through a
divorce
* Looking for career
opportunities
* Seeking FREE
career advice and
education
* Finding mentors
* Setting new life
goals
To chart your road
map to success
click here for FREE
"Worksheets and
Articles."
Articles
Goals - What They Did for Me
This week I received confirmation of the two classes I am teaching on
Starting Over. It made me reflect on what I could tell my students is the most
important thing to remember when embarking on a new enterprise. I’d have
to say from my experience it is setting, monitoring and re-evaluating
measurable goals.
When I was starting over in my life I knew that I had a very short time to pull it
all together because I had four children that needed food, shelter and the
minimum necessities. I didn’t have time to go back to school for something
new. I didn’t have the money to start a high profile business. I didn’t have
the background or support to land a well paying job that would cover
adequate childcare.
So I focused on what I could do. I set goals for myself. The first was to learn
to sell because I could see that people who did work that directly influenced
the bottom line like sales, were higher paid than those in areas that I
preferred such as communications. During this time I specifically sought
out work-from-home or flexible schedule opportunities because I still had
pre-school age children at home. Most of my work was freelance writing for
newspapers. But I also found a mentor in the advertising specialty industry
that allowed me to work part time for commission only while shadowing him
to learn the trade. That’s where I learned to sell. Then I studied for a
certification that had a broad range of appeal for work in the non-profit and
management sector. I also taught myself how to fundraise by attending
classes, spending a lot of time in the library, and offering to write a grant
proposal for a non-profit without being paid in order to get the experience.
Had I not set the goals of finding a sales mentor, seeking a certification, and
teaching myself a marketable skill that affected the bottom line, I’d have
never gotten to where I am today. During that period of my life, that I call “in
the meantime” I had time to pursue things that once gainfully employed as
an executive single parent with four children, I’d have never had time to seek.
Set goals. Insure they are measurable by making them specific with an end
date. Monitor your progress on them every 3 months. Re-evaluate if they are
good goals and change them if they are not. Then watch your life unfold as
you planned and not envelop you as if you were a bystander. Start now!
Get Mary Lee’s new FREE e-book “Make Your Wheel of Fortune Spin on
Balance."
For the FREE Articles: “Life balance Chart and Goals” and “Be the Standout
Candidate in the New Economy” go to: www.startingovernow.
com/WorksheetsandArticles.html
Mary Lee Gannon went from being a stay-at-home mother with four children
to divorce, poverty and then on to become a newspaper reporter, trade
association executive director, public relations consultant, and foundation
president and CEO. View Mary Lee’s free career tips, worksheets and Blog
on her website at www.startingovernow.com. Contact Mary Lee at
info@startingovernow.com.
This week I received confirmation of the two classes I am teaching on
Starting Over. It made me reflect on what I could tell my students is the most
important thing to remember when embarking on a new enterprise. I’d have
to say from my experience it is setting, monitoring and re-evaluating
measurable goals.
When I was starting over in my life I knew that I had a very short time to pull it
all together because I had four children that needed food, shelter and the
minimum necessities. I didn’t have time to go back to school for something
new. I didn’t have the money to start a high profile business. I didn’t have
the background or support to land a well paying job that would cover
adequate childcare.
So I focused on what I could do. I set goals for myself. The first was to learn
to sell because I could see that people who did work that directly influenced
the bottom line like sales, were higher paid than those in areas that I
preferred such as communications. During this time I specifically sought
out work-from-home or flexible schedule opportunities because I still had
pre-school age children at home. Most of my work was freelance writing for
newspapers. But I also found a mentor in the advertising specialty industry
that allowed me to work part time for commission only while shadowing him
to learn the trade. That’s where I learned to sell. Then I studied for a
certification that had a broad range of appeal for work in the non-profit and
management sector. I also taught myself how to fundraise by attending
classes, spending a lot of time in the library, and offering to write a grant
proposal for a non-profit without being paid in order to get the experience.
Had I not set the goals of finding a sales mentor, seeking a certification, and
teaching myself a marketable skill that affected the bottom line, I’d have
never gotten to where I am today. During that period of my life, that I call “in
the meantime” I had time to pursue things that once gainfully employed as
an executive single parent with four children, I’d have never had time to seek.
Set goals. Insure they are measurable by making them specific with an end
date. Monitor your progress on them every 3 months. Re-evaluate if they are
good goals and change them if they are not. Then watch your life unfold as
you planned and not envelop you as if you were a bystander. Start now!
Get Mary Lee’s new FREE e-book “Make Your Wheel of Fortune Spin on
Balance."
For the FREE Articles: “Life balance Chart and Goals” and “Be the Standout
Candidate in the New Economy” go to: www.startingovernow.
com/WorksheetsandArticles.html
Mary Lee Gannon went from being a stay-at-home mother with four children
to divorce, poverty and then on to become a newspaper reporter, trade
association executive director, public relations consultant, and foundation
president and CEO. View Mary Lee’s free career tips, worksheets and Blog
on her website at www.startingovernow.com. Contact Mary Lee at
info@startingovernow.com.
Mary Lee's
Book: Mary Lee's
book on "Starting Over"
will be released by New
Horizon Press in
November. Look for it in
bookstores then!
Book: Mary Lee's
book on "Starting Over"
will be released by New
Horizon Press in
November. Look for it in
bookstores then!