| Career Services: Women in Career Transition |
The Women in Career Transitions Workshop Series is designed to equip women who are changing careers and/or re-entering the workforce with the tools, skills and confidence to manage their job search.
Participants will learn how to evaluate their current situation and determine how to create a career path by choice rather than chance.
This 18-hour program is divided into six 3-hour modules which can be completed individually or as a series. Each module addresses a specific career-related topic.
Workshops are interactive; using lectures, individual and group exercises, self-assessments, skill assessments, and roles plays which allow participants to practice their new skills using real-life situations.
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Module I: Taking Responsibility for Getting Started
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Outline previous professional and non-professional experience.
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Discuss the pros and cons of these past experiences.
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Complete a customized assessment on personality traits and values.
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Consider how your personality traits and values might affect your job search.
Module 2: Reassess Skills and Interests
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Examine your personal strengths through self-reflection and group discussion.
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Explore universal job skills.
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Identify your transferable skills and interests.
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Match these skills and interests to various jobs.
Module 3: Manage Your Job Search
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Study goal setting strategies.
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Develop an individual action plan.
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Learn effective marketing tools and strategies to market your skills.
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Organize your job search using these tools and strategies.
| Module 4: The Importance of Career Networking
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Gain an understanding of the concept of networking.
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Learn why networking is critical in the job search.
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Discover how to use networking to generate job leads.
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Study the communication skills necessary for effective networking.
Module 5: Writing an Effective Resume
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Discuss the guidelines for writing a value-based resume.
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Highlight your work and/or volunteer experiences, accomplishments and results.
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Create an impactful resume to use for your job search.
Module 6: Preparing for a Job Interview
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Identify the job requirements and skills needed.
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Study the structured interview process.
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Learn how to effectively present your abilities during an interview.
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Practice interviewing techniques through a mock interview.
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| Facilitation & Customization |
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Participants receive a workbook which is used throughout the workshop.
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Principles and skills are presented in an interactive lecture format.
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Small group exercises are used to help reinforce and demonstrate the material.
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Real workplace situations are used to practice skills presented.
This series can be adapted to meet the specific needs of groups of individuals in job transition. If the workshops are being presented as part of a corporate outplacement program, the process starts with a needs analysis. The program is then tailored with an understanding of the organization’s and individuals’ needs. A pilot program to management or other leaders involved in the job transition process is recommended to ensure that all the necessary components are in place prior to introducing the program to the workshop participants. Pricing depends on the amount of customization. Travel expenses, the needs analysis and the pilot program are not included in this pricing.
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| Additional Presentation Topics |
The following one-hour workshops are available for trainings and speaking engagements:
Establishing Values & Vision
This presentation is designed to help partici-pants understand how their values shape their decisions, lives and careers. Participants will learn how to identify and tap into their core values to create a foundation for success.
Re-Inventing Yourself: Identifying Transferable Job Skills
This presentation is designed to help people changing careers and/or re-entering the workforce to develop the ability and confidence to use their past in creating a new career path. Participants will learn how to identify and adapt current skills and experiences to create job opportunities.
Tamara K Fay Training LLC can customize these and other presentations to meet the needs of your group or organization.
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This series utilizes both the DiSC® Classic personality assessment tool by Inscape Publishing and the MAPP™ (Motivational Appraisal for Personal Potential) assessment tool.
Participants take short self-assessments online before attending the workshops, and detailed reports of the results are generated for their use during and after the sessions.
The DiSC® reports offer personalized feedback that assist the participants in understanding the strengths and challenges of their behavioral style, as well as how and why other people may have different but equally valid preferences.
MAPP™ is a unique tool that assists in guiding, motivating and empowering people to achieve their greatest educational and career potential.
Discussions of results are tailored to fit the subject matter of the specific workshop.
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| Comments from Participants |
"I felt Tamara was prepared, articulate and carried a CAN DO Attitude."....D. Zolpe
"Great motivator, helped me realize I do have a choice in my life and about my future; gave me the confidence to suceed."....S. MacFarlane
"Tamara built up my confidence with the interviewing process and helped me get organized and focused on my career path."....L. Kuchyt
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