“Time is not measured by the passing of years
but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.â€
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
What skills and abilities do you chose to utilize in your life? How do you manage your finances, now and for the future? Career & Finance resources include:
- Career Planning & Development:
- Assessing Yourself
- Searching for a Job
- Writing Your Cover Letter
- Interviewing
- Accepting the Job
- Jobbing Temporarily – internships, summer jobs, temp jobs
- Achieving Success on the Job
- Finances:
- Organizing
- Budgeting
CAREER PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
What career path do you want to take? Â Do you know what you want to do? Â Are you happy with the path you are on not? Â This section includes assessing yourself, searching for a job, writing your resume and cover letter, interviewing, accepting the job, finding a temporary job, and achieving success on the job.
Assessing Yourself
- Campbell Interest & Skills Survey – Contact me if you are interested in taking this assessment.
- Jung Typology Test – Test is based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality assessment.
- Employment Skills – Do you have the skills the employers want?
- Entrepreneur Profiler
- Risk Attitudes Profiler
- World-of-Work Map: Data People, Idea, Things
- Career Guides and Publications
Searching for a Job
- Job Search Strategies – Video (23 minutes) including an introduction to the job search process, how to identify potential employers, how to research the employer, and how to apply for job openings.
- Monster.com
- Flip Dog.com
Writing Your Cover Letter
Interviewing
- Interview Preparation – 32-minute video
- Dress for Success – 68-minute video.
- The 30-Second Commercial: How to Introduce Yourself – 8-minute video.
Accepting the Job
- Salary Negotiation – 43-minute video.
Jobbing Temporarily: Internships, summer jobs, temp jobs
- Internship & Summer Job Success – 17-minute video.
- Internship & Community service
Achieving Success on the Job
FINANCES
How do you manage your money? Â Are you able to purchase what you want without debt while saving for the future? Â This section includes organizing, budgeting, and saving your money.
Organizing
- Mint.com – FREE online resource to manage your money.
Budgeting
- Learning To Budget Your Money By Example: BudgetByExample.com
- 10 Budgeting Tips
- Budget Planning 101: How to Budget Your Money
- MoneyMindEd – Give your teen a competitive advantage.
- Money 101: A step by step guide to gaining control of your financial life.
- Junior Achievement’s Mission Fed Finance Park -Â a paperless, high-tech learning center that helps students imagine who they want to be and gives them hands-on tools and skills to plan for a financially secure future.
- California gets an “F” in Financial Literacy: Change the Statistics