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Vision Quest - Do you love your job?
Reflection, Inspiration, Motivation, Action
February 14 is Valentine's Day so we've
dedicated this issue to loving your job.
Wouldn't it be great if you loved your job?
We spend far too much of our lives working
(nearly 100,000 hours) to dread waking up in the
morning. Wouldn't it be great if you felt so
energized, motivated and inspired by what you
did for a living that you jumped out of bed in
the morning? What if you fell into bed at night
like a child, happily exhausted from spending
your time and energy pursuing your passions?
Imagine what a powerful force we could be if we
were all passionate about what we did for a
living. Remember, it is called making a
"living". Imagine living your life to its full
potential.
This issue is packed with great ideas and
opportunities for you to take charge of your
career so that you can live a more meaningful,
fulfilling and balanced life.
- The Top Ten Secrets to Managing Your
Career for Optimum Satisfaction
- Complimentary Teleseminar Offering "5
Secrets to a Successful Job Search",
Febraury 10, 1:30 Central
- Complimentary Coaching Offered in Honor
of National Coaching Week, February 6-13
- "So, You're Expected to Be Superwoman?
Goal Setting for Today's Woman" Live Event
February 17, 11:30-1:00 Central and
Teleclass March 10, 12:00 pm Central
- Support the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer:
10% of sales through February 28, 2005
donated
In February my wish for you is that you spend
your "living" doing what you love and loving
what you do!
Christy Seawall
The Top 10 Secrets to Managing Your Career
for Optimum Satisfaction
By Marcia Bench, Founder/Director Career Coach
Institute
Whether the economy is up or down, these tips
for career management will ensure that you are
both marketable and pursuing work that is in
line with your passion.
1. Do what you love for a living! If you
don't love what you do, you won't do it well.
And the stress that results from dissatisfaction
causes physical illness and mental/emotional
disease. If you don't know what you love,
contact a career coach of your choice to help!
2. Think of yourself as self-employed - even
if you work for someone else! You can no
longer count on your employer to manage your
career for you - you must do it! What is your
marketing plan? Your R&D strategy for future
skills development? For more information, see
"We Are All Self-Employed" by Cliff Hakim and
similar books.
3. If you're seeking a new job now, don't
limit yourself to the published (or advertised)
market! Develop a network that goes outside
your existing industry or profession, and don't
be afraid to ask people for help. But be
specific: "Who do you know that I should be
talking to? This is my goal..." is a great
approach.
4. Learn a new skill. If you haven't
learned a new skill - job-related or not! - in
the past year, it's time. We live in an era of
lifelong learning, and if you don't keep your
skills fresh you not only lose marketability -
the challenge and fun of your job evaporates
into the staleness of daily routine.
5. Find ways to be more valuable, even in
your existing job. Take on a new project,
head a committee to plan the company picnic, or
set up informational meetings with people in
other parts of the company to learn more about
what they do.
6. Demonstrate your value proactively when
annual review time comes. Rather than
relying on vague statements about feeling like
you've improved over the past 12 months, keep a
record (file, folder, or computer document) of
your accomplishments during the year. You can
use these both to support a request for a
promotion or raise at annual review AND to keep
your resume current in case a new job
opportunity comes along.
7. Nurture your network. Have lunch with
someone you know professionally at least once a
month. Keep your name on the "radar screen" so
that you can immediately tap that network if you
are laid off or wish to change jobs - and can
return the favor for them! 25% of us will change
jobs each year, so it's just a question of time
when your turn is up!
8. Keep yourself current on trends in your
company and industry. Do you know the top 10
companies in your field? Where the new products
or services are headed? This knowledge will make
you more valuable to your existing employer,
enable you to challenge yourself with new
assignments, and facilitate a transition when
you need to make one.
9. Keep your resume up to date. See
secret number 6 above for tips on this.
10. Decide where you want to be in 5 years -
and start taking steps toward your goal. "If
you don't know where you're going, you'll
probably get there," as the saying goes. If you
could create your ideal life, begin living it
right now and be where you'd love to be in 5
years, where would it be?
5 Secrets to a Successful Job Search
Teleseminar
Are you in career transition (or would you like
to be?)? Do you know someone who is?
This month I am pleased to offer you a special
opportunity to attend a teleseminar with a
leader in the field of career coaching, the
founder of Career Coach Institute, where I
received my coaching certification, Marcia
Bench.
Master Certified Career Coach Marcia Bench,
developer of Create Your Ideal Job and other
programs, is ready to reveal how you, as a job
seeker or person in career transition, can find
the job of your dreams. Not just any old job -
but the one that you can't wait to get up in the
morning to go to!
In nearly 20 years of work with job seekers,
Marcia has found that those who do not succeed
in getting the job they want do the same things,
and do them wrong! If you will give her one hour
of your time on February 10, she will share with
you the five most common job seeking mistakes
and how to overcome them. And there's absolutely
no charge! You'll discover how to overcome the
most common mistakes made by people in job
transition, in key areas such as resume design
and use, accessing published vs. unpublished
opportunities, interviewing faux pas,
negotiations, and more.
- Date: February 10, 2005
- Time: 1:30 pm Central Time
- Duration: One hour
- Cost: One hour of your time. No dollar
compensation is required to attend the
teleseminar. It's Marcia's way of giving
back to a universe that has allowed her to
create a successful business.
Bonuses: Bonuses valued at hundreds of dollars
will be given away. All Marcia asks is that you
attend the "5 Secrets" teleseminar with the
mindset that you are about to change your career
and life for the better!
Complimentary Sessions Offered in Honor of
National Coaching Week
February 6-13, 2005
How could career coaching benefit you? Coaching
is a completely customizable process in which we
work together on whatever is most important to
you in moving your career forward.
Use your complimentary session to discover how
you can love your job again, envision your ideal
career, review and update your resume, prepare
for your performance review, regain balance in
your life, brainstorm effective job search
strategies, or overcome barriers holding you
back.
So You're Expected to Be Superwoman?
Goal Setting for Today's Woman
As working women, we have an endless list of
roles and responsibilities: wife, mother,
daughter, sister, friend, professional, manager,
co-worker, PTO member, volunteer, caretaker,
etc., etc., etc. Often we put everyone else's
needs ahead of our own, leaving no time for our
own dreams and desires.
Please join me to reflect on the roles and goals
we've had in the past year and set our
intentions for the year ahead. We will learn
specific strategies for setting balanced goals
which help us accomplish more with greater ease,
less stress and enhanced personal fulfillment.
I will be delivering this program at the
Kishwaukee Women's Network in Sycamore, IL, on
Thursday, February 17, from 11:30-1:00. For
additional information or to RSVP, please call
the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce at
1-815-895-3456.
I will also be offering this program as a free
teleclass on Thursday, March 10, from 12:00-1:00
Central. If you are interested in participating
in this free teleclass, please send a note via
the link below.
Support the Avon Walk For Breast Cancer
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I will be walking a marathon (or a
marathon and a half!) in the Avon
Walk for Breast Cancer on June 4 -
5, 2005 in Chicago in memory of a
college friend of mine who recently
died from breast cancer and
leukemia.
In order to walk, I have commited to
raising at least $1800 I hope to raise
even more! To support this cause, I will
donate 10% of all my sales between now
and February 28, 2005, to the
walk-a-thon.
To learn more about my walk or to donate
directly, click here |
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