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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
Articles
Oops, I've Made a Mistake - Now What?
I was asked to present to high school students as part of a program
entitled “Pittsburghers That Make a Difference.” My topic was Goal
Setting. When first asked to do this all I could think about was how boring
a topic this would be to teenagers. It was even boring to me. And then
when I found out that one of the other presenters was the veterinarian
from the National Aviary who was bringing the Froot Loops bird I knew I
was in trouble. So I decided to focus my talk on something kids and
many adults tend not to think about – failure.
What happens when you set a goal, are working toward it and realize the
goal was a mistake?
Forty-four percent of college graduates change their major between the
second semester of their freshman year and graduation day. Eighty-three
percent of the 2001 graduating class of Duke University were working for
a different organization within five years of graduation and 43 % had
changed careers at least once.
Setting goals and readjusting them is an ongoing part of life.
Remember two things with respect to setting goals:
#1. Begin with the end in mind – Know where you ultimately want to be.
#2. It is important to fail early – Don’t be afraid to take calculated risks.
If you have made a bad career choice, define your transferable skills and
start researching other opportunities. If you are in school and majoring in
something you feel will ultimately not make you happy, diversify your
course selection and change majors or minor is something new if it is too
close to graduation.
Your job, your ongoing education, your relationships, your outside
activities – they are like a boat at a dock. You will get one. You will get in
it. Your boat will start to pull away from the pier. If you have a set of oars,
you will drive the boat. If you don’t the boat will drive you. You probably
won’t sink – unless there is a terrible storm where faith and self worth will
come strongly into play. But you will more likely find yourself in the same
inlet circling the same waters over and over never being able to pull out of
the harbor and into the sea toward a destination.
Think about people whom you have heard repeatedly say, “I hate my job.”
They haven’t taken hold of the oars.
Goals are specific, measurable and time framed. “I am trying” is not a
goal.
“I will do it within this amount of time” is.
So ask yourself, if circling the inlet is good enough for you? Who is driving
your boat?
In the words of Christopher Columbus, “You can never cross the ocean
unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
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Mary Lee Gannon is a career advice expert who 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.
I was asked to present to high school students as part of a program
entitled “Pittsburghers That Make a Difference.” My topic was Goal
Setting. When first asked to do this all I could think about was how boring
a topic this would be to teenagers. It was even boring to me. And then
when I found out that one of the other presenters was the veterinarian
from the National Aviary who was bringing the Froot Loops bird I knew I
was in trouble. So I decided to focus my talk on something kids and
many adults tend not to think about – failure.
What happens when you set a goal, are working toward it and realize the
goal was a mistake?
Forty-four percent of college graduates change their major between the
second semester of their freshman year and graduation day. Eighty-three
percent of the 2001 graduating class of Duke University were working for
a different organization within five years of graduation and 43 % had
changed careers at least once.
Setting goals and readjusting them is an ongoing part of life.
Remember two things with respect to setting goals:
#1. Begin with the end in mind – Know where you ultimately want to be.
#2. It is important to fail early – Don’t be afraid to take calculated risks.
If you have made a bad career choice, define your transferable skills and
start researching other opportunities. If you are in school and majoring in
something you feel will ultimately not make you happy, diversify your
course selection and change majors or minor is something new if it is too
close to graduation.
Your job, your ongoing education, your relationships, your outside
activities – they are like a boat at a dock. You will get one. You will get in
it. Your boat will start to pull away from the pier. If you have a set of oars,
you will drive the boat. If you don’t the boat will drive you. You probably
won’t sink – unless there is a terrible storm where faith and self worth will
come strongly into play. But you will more likely find yourself in the same
inlet circling the same waters over and over never being able to pull out of
the harbor and into the sea toward a destination.
Think about people whom you have heard repeatedly say, “I hate my job.”
They haven’t taken hold of the oars.
Goals are specific, measurable and time framed. “I am trying” is not a
goal.
“I will do it within this amount of time” is.
So ask yourself, if circling the inlet is good enough for you? Who is driving
your boat?
In the words of Christopher Columbus, “You can never cross the ocean
unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Get Mary Lee’s new FREE e-book “Make Your Wheel of Fortune Spin on
Balance" by clicking here.
Follow Mary Lee's career tips on Twitter.com at StartingOverNow.
For the FREE Articles: “Find a Mentor” and “How to Make a Career
Change in a Challenged Economy” go to: http://www.startingovernow.
com/Articles-and-Tip-Sheets.html
Mary Lee Gannon is a career advice expert who 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.
StartingOverNow.com
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| Mary Lee Gannon is interviewed on Mind Your BIZness |
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."
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."
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FREE resources on
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* 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."
Mary Lee Gannon's
Book "Starting Over"
will be released in
November of 2009.
Look for it in stores or
order it from
Amazon.com.
Book "Starting Over"
will be released in
November of 2009.
Look for it in stores or
order it from
Amazon.com.
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a country club life to the reality of a difficult marriage, divorce, poverty,
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performance, money fears, relationships woes, and negative influence
so that you may soar. Then lead others to improve their lives and your
business. Start now! For a FREE introductory coaching session via
phone contact info@startingovernow.com.
Whether you are an executive who is "stuck," your company needs
better productivity, or you are in a life transition you represent the
people and organizations Executive Leadership Coach Mary Lee has
helped. Learn how to clarify direction, create strategy, upgrade skills,
optimize your environment and wipe out fear and doubt. Make it fun =
get more done!
Mary Lee’s strategies from her book “Starting Over” helped her in her
own transformation from stay-at-home mother with four children living
a country club life to the reality of a difficult marriage, divorce, poverty,
welfare and then on to president and CEO. Eliminate self doubt, under-
performance, money fears, relationships woes, and negative influence
so that you may soar. Then lead others to improve their lives and your
business. Start now! For a FREE introductory coaching session via
phone contact info@startingovernow.com.