Dealing with Change
- Record-keeping
- Job Search Budget
- How most people feel when they have lost their job
- The down-side of holding onto negative emotions
- Learning to Let Go
- You and your family
- Adjusting to your altered life-style
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Making the Transition
- Knowing what to change and what to keep
- Exploring your strengths
- Summing it up: goals, assets, areas to improve, attitude
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- Deciding where you want to go
- Identifying your weaknesses
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Organizing the Job Search
- Assessing opportunities in the job market
- Developing a Job Search Strategy and campaign
- Three tools for job seekers: resume, network, letters
- Interview techniques
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- Reality Check - Jobs vs Goals
- The resume, its role, its uses, importance
- Other job search tools: internet, ads, etc.
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Conducting a Job Search Campaign
- Following your plan
- Looking for opportunity behind every obstacle
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- Persevere, be realistic and adaptable
- Matching job offers - your goals vs reality
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Topics Covered in Career Transition Programs
