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FACTORY TOURS MAKE CAREER EXPLORATION EASY
If you're traveling to other states this summer, look for opportunities to go on factory tours. These are often aimed at visitors who are high school age or older. Factory tours are a fun way to investigate jobs, career options and working environments, which is an important component of making better career decisions.
What piques your interest? Harley-Davidson? NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory? The Hershey Company? The Metropolitan Opera? Or Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream?
Here are two great resources for factory tours: More...
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Adults, students, and parents of students should each be receiving their own copy of this e-newsletter and any mailings that we send; please keep us informed of new addresses so we can keep in touch.
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6/21 "How to Make Great Career Choices at Any Age" Career Resource Center, Lake Forest
OVER 200 PARENTS & STUDENTS attended "How to Help Your Teen Choose a Motivating College Major" at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, one of our partnership schools.
Does YOUR high school have a Career Vision Partnership to educate students and their parents on the importance of early college and career planning? Call us to find out more.
Call us if you would like to host a free Career Literacy program for your parent group.
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Career Vision
800 Roosevelt Road
Suite E-200
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
toll free: 800.469.8378
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May 17, 2007
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Job Satisfaction a Prime Reason for Seeking Career Guidance
At Career Vision, we are often asked to describe our typical client. That is a difficult question to answer because we provide services to clients who range in age from high school to retirement. Our emphasis for the last two years has been to improve Career Literacy(TM) for high school age families. The early-age focus is driven by the increasing importance and expense of post-secondary education and the statistics on job satisfaction and school completion.
However, we continue to work with many adults, from young professionals to experienced executives. They generally fall into five categories. Which category describes you best?
1. The Proactive: These are successful, take-charge individuals who really understand that they are responsible for their own career management. They are hardworking, dedicated employees who have learned they need to set time aside to plan strategically for their success and satisfaction - and do so.
2. The Negotiator: This is a relatively new type of employee. They strongly value their quality of life. They are often quite talented and in positions which require a high level of performance. They are looking for more independence in the way they approach work. These individuals are looking for career options that can help take advantage of an increasingly flexible and evolving workplace.
While we occasionally see individuals who are not successful in their work, many of our clients fall into the category of dissatisfied workers. These are competent people, who are currently employed and working hard, but are experiencing some type of stress or dissatisfaction on the job. They fall into the following three categories: More...
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How Satisfied Are You with Your Job?
According to a survey released February, 2007 by The Conference Board, chances are you or someone you know may be experiencing some dissatisfaction with their work. According to the survey results, less than half of all Americans reported being satisfied with their jobs.
Their findings also report that the level of satisfaction for employees under the age of 25 is at the lowest level in the survey's 20-year history. Less than 40% of employees in that age group reported that they are satisfied with their jobs. These results are bad news for employers and employees.
The first step in addressing dissatisfaction with your job is having a clear understanding of what is and is not working for you. If you or someone you know is not satisfied with their position, you might consider these sharing two resources:
- Career Vision Job Satisfaction Survey
This free survey and resulting report can help pinpoint the source(s) of dissatisfaction.
- "Job Satisfaction: Whose Job Is It?"
This is an article that helps identify what contributes to your satisfaction, what may be detracting, and what you can do about it.
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Job Satisfaction Soars After Role Change
Many adults who experience dissatisfaction in their current jobs believe that changing companies may give them a fresh perspective, and Mike Magnus was one of them.
In 2005, he left his employer of 12 years, a leading international market research firm for the consumer package goods, retail and healthcare industries. In search of more satisfying work, Mike moved to a new employer in the pharmaceutical industry while retaining similar responsibilities, analyzing market data and sales trends. The new job gave him the opportunity to work from home, a situation which turned out to be far too isolating. He soon realized the new job was not what he hoped it would be. More...
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Thank you for your interest in Career Vision
Career Vision helps individuals identify college majors and careers that best fit their natural talents and lead to success and happiness more quickly. We are part of the Ball Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to helping individuals discover and develop their potential since 1975.
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