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For Our Clients & Their Families
We are committed to your continued success, so we are always on the
hunt for new and useful resources for you.
WORDSMART
At Career Vision, we recognize that many of today's careers
require strong vocabulary skills for success. As a valuable resource
for our alumni to further develop these skills, we recommend the
"Learn 1 Online Vocabulary Builder" from the WordSmart Corporation.
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ANOTHER RESOURCE:
CareerCruising
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send us a quick
email or call us at
630.469.6270. Make sure we have your current contact information and
let us know how you have used your Career Vision results to make
great college or career decisions.
OVER 60% OF OUR NEW CLIENTS come from referrals from you, our
clients and their families. Thank you -- and please keep spreading
the word!
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Events Calendar
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OPEN HOUSES
12/6 "Help Your Teen Find a Career That Will Make Them Happy"
ADDITIONAL EVENTS
11/28 Waubonsee Community College, "How to Use Aptitudes in
Career Planning" Counseling Department Staff Members
12/5 College of DuPage, DuPage Area Education-to-Careers Student
Leadership Academy
12/6 Waubonsee Community College, "How to Use Aptitudes in
Career Planning" Counseling Department Staff Members
Don't see your school, organization or business listed above?
Call us if you would like to host a free
Career Literacy presentation,
or set up an entire series 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
local: 630.469.6270
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November 16, 2006
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The Power of Informational Interviews
"I think I'd like to go into teaching," states the corporate
accountant who has just been downsized. But it has been 25 years
since he sat in a high school math classroom, so his dream job bears
no resemblance to today's high tech classroom of Millennial
Generation students.
A high school junior thinks it would be cool to be a forensic
scientist, based only on what she sees in her favorite television
programs on crime scene investigations and solving cold cases.
Both of these individuals can use a powerful tool to learn
accurate and current information about those jobs: informational
interviews.
Talking with people who are actually working in a job you find
interesting gives you firsthand information about that career. This
realistic preview can provide guidance about college majors and
increase your confidence in making college and career decisions.
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Trends & Resources: Informational Interviews
Whether you are a student, a young professional, mid-career adult or
preparing for a second career in retirement, informational
interviewing can be your gateway to great decisions and interesting
people. We would like to recommend a few resources to prepare you for
informational interviewing.
For a free copy of Career Vision's "Career Choices Matrix,"
please call or email us.
This tool can be used to evaluate career options after gathering
career information.
Check out the terrific article
"Informational Interviewing: Get the inside scoop on careers"
on the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Quarterly
website.
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Team Player or Individual Contributor? Different Paths to Career
Success
Did you ever wonder why some people love sharing responsibility and
ownership by working in groups, yet others prefer to work
independently, using their own ideas and talents? Neither one is
better - just different!
The Ball Aptitude Battery(R) measures an important personality
trait called Work Orientation. Understanding if you have a more
generalist or specialist work orientation can have a significant
influence on making a career choice as well as managing your career
path. Not understanding where you fit could have an impact on your
success and happiness. Self-awareness is always important in
evaluating a particular job or role, and provides insight into what
type of organization would best suit you.
What are the differences between specialists and generalists?
More...
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Thank you for your interest in Career Vision
Career Vision helps
individuals identify college and career options that play to their
strengths and lead to success more quickly. We are part of the Ball
Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to helping
individuals discover and develop their potential since 1975.
If you know of a parent of a high school or college student
unsure of their college or career direction, or someone who is
looking to make a change to a more satisfying career, please forward
this newsletter to them or have them call us. It would be our
privilege to assist them. Gift certificates are available.
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