Page 5 - Career Transitions Workbook Sample

Contents

Career Transitions– Overview 1

Getting it Done Checklist 3

Exercise 1a–Who Do I Want to Be? 5

Exercise 1b–What Kind of Job Do I Want to Be Doing? 9

Exercise 2–Taking a Look at the Job Market 15
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Exercise 3–Reality Check: The Job Application 21

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Exercise 4–Taking Inventory- Dialing Down on My Skills
4A–Skills from Jobs 29

4B–Skills from Education/Training 37

4C–Skills from Other Sources 46

Exercise 5–Looking at the Big Picture – A SWOT Analysis 55

Exercise 6–Job Matching and My Career Path 63

Exercise 7–Planning for the Skills I Need 71

Exercise 8–Gathering and Sorting Work Samples
8A–Setting Up My Tabs and Organizing Samples 77

8B–Creating Overview Cards for Work Samples 82

Exercise 9–Creating My Résumé
9A–Résumé Planner 83

9B–Using Keywords in My Résumé 93

Exercise 10– My Professional Profile on LinkedIn™ 95

Exercise 11–Assembling My Career Portfolio 103

Exercise 12–Check My Attitude
12A–What’s My Attitude? 107

12B–Shifting My Attitude 109