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Rev. Sheila Van Houten, DD, PhD, 612-866-1269. (achieve11@mac.com) SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE, PROVEN RESULTS SINCE 1979. Private Consultations and Classes on Any of These Topics Available by Appointment at Your Convenience. Create your own package of three or more topics at a special price! Call or email for details.
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" I Need A New Career! I Need A New Life! WHERE DO I START??"
YOU START HERE! Just by reading this page, you will know what to do next! Take the mystery out of your career or life dilemmas! Take action now! Simply Read on!
To start, here is a recent testimonial:
Sheila,
I went and took my Board exam today and I PASSED IT!!!! They gave my my letter today before I left the exam center stating I passed my exam.
Thank you, Sheila for all of your support and guidance you have given to me!!! I did everything that you suggested to me, pyracards, getting the vitamins, the X on the paper each time I studied, etc. I took my pyracard with me and said my prayers in my truck before I went into the test center.
They gave us scratch paper and a pencil so I was able to put my X on it, and I crossed my ankles like you suggested. The woman told me
that I am now licensed. It will take about 2 weeks before I get my license in the mail.
I have basically been a hermit in my house for
almost 2 months studying like crazy and I am exhausted, but it has been well worth all the time and effort I have devoted to studying. I have to keep reminding myself that I don't have to study and I can play a little.
I am excited because now I can really get busy looking for that career that is part of my plan and I also can get started doing my Hospice volunteering now that I have graduated from the training program and have passed my Social Work Board exam!!
Thanks, Sheila! Mary M.
Career action is really a PROCESS, and it can be very exciting. So many people "fall into" their "jobs", but you are going to create your own niche! This takes a little time, but the journey is well worth the effort.
VALUES AND DECISIONS
You'll begin your career-action process with an examination of what is important to you and what is not important to you in life. These are your values, and you use them to make decisions. You'll respond to a values and decisions assessment and plot your values on a decisions grid. There are bound to be some exciting surprises!
PASSIONS AND INTERESTS
Next, you'll explore what you are passionate about and what your main interests are. You can actually create a career that you feel passionate about and interested in. "Work" should be a continuous source of excitement for you, not a drudge!
SKILLS
Skills are verbs you can get paid to do. Create, write, lead, direct, draw, speak, and run are all skills. Do you know what your skills are? Do you know what your FAVORITE skills are? Many people aren't aware of what their skills are or if they even HAVE any. Have you ever said, "I don't have any skills"? Yes, you do, and you can learn more skills, too. You need to know your favorites in order to end up doing what you love. You also need to know what skills you might like to develop.
NATURAL CAREER DIRECTIONS
You have natural career directions that you would be happy and successful doing, and you can find out what they are. Just knowing what your natural career directions are adds an exciting dimension to your career-action plan.
WORK ENVIRONMENTS
Where do you like to spend your time? What are your favorite environments? What if you could get paid to work in your favorite environments? You can!
THE CAREER ASSIGNMENT
Once you know your values, your skills, your natural career directions, your passions, your interests, and your environments, you are ready for the CAREER ASSIGNMENT. This assignment is often life changing and is the key to launching the investigation phase of your career-action plan. Notice we haven't even mentioned MONEY yet! Money is the by-product of doing what you love.
INVESTIGATION PHASE
Once you know what your next career move is going to be, you begin to investigate the job market. To do this, you will learn several different investigative strategies and find out what questions to ask.
RESUMES FOR RESULTS
You will create and publish a powerful resume designed to get you interviews. Your resume will be a satisfying accomplishment that ultimately leads you to your next career move.
INTERVIEWING SKILLS, Verbal Communication Tune-Up
You will practice responding to the most frequently asked interview questions. You can even arrange to have a sample interview videotaped so that you can review it.
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
No interview preparation would be complete without addressing the nonverbal aspects of communication. You'll learn, and practice, 12 fascinating nonverbal techniques designed to present you in your very best light. This session gives you a huge edge over your competition!
JOB-OFFER ANALYSIS
How will you decide which job offer you should accept? It becomes quite simple with a criteria checklist which you will learn to create.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS
In addition to your resume, there are other written communications you will need such as cover letters and thank-you notes. Learn how to write effectively.
ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION
Once you have accepted a new job, you will want to put your best foot forward by making sure you communicate assertively. In this session, you'll learn how assertive you are right now and ways to improve your assertive skills.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION, TIME MANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT may all become important topics to you as you move along in your career path.
WRITING SERVICES:
Professional writing services are available to you if you would prefer to hire them done. These include resumes, manuscripts, cover letters, thank-you notes, editing, proofreading, correspondence, ghost writing, ghost publishing, transcription (and even dictation by a shorthand expert!) and creative marketing. English-language expertise is guaranteed. Hourly rates start at $45, one-hour minimum. Accurate word processing at the rate of over 100 wpm guarantees you great money mileage!
I hope to be of service to you soon. Please call me at 612-866-1269, or email me at achieve11@mac.com.
Rev. Sheila Van Houten, DD, PhD
Specialized Knowledge, Proven Results Since 1979
