| A career is the sum total of all of your
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| | change from moment to moment."When I
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| work-related contributions to society in
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| | attended a recent California Career
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| a lifetime. This includes time and
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| | Development Conference, I heard several
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| effort spent to provide goods, services,
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| | other metaphors to describe the career
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| or benefit to others. A career includes
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| | development process. One person said,
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| paid, un-paid, volunteer, part-time, and
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| | "The old career was a marriage. The new
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| full-time positions. Your career
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| | career is a date." And someone else
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| includes many life roles you may not
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| | mentioned, "A career is like going to an
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| think of: student, homemaker,
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| | amusement park, where you go from one
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| babysitter, office worker, doctor,
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| | ride to the next."Obviously, the concept
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| lawyer, etc. A career encompasses all
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| | of climbing the career ladder is
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| the roles you play and duties you
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| | antiquated. Rather than "moving up" in
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| perform. You may have many jobs or
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| | one organization, you will find yourself
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| positions that make up your career, but
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| | moving up, down, and even off the ladder.
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| you only have one overall career. There
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| | It could, in fact, seem more like a
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| are various career options in the modern
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| | maze, with many twists and turns, stops
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| world of work: Self-Employed,
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| | and starts.My own concept of career is
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| Organization Employed, or
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| | like a wardrobe, where you "try on"
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| Project-Employed.By definition, career
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| | different outfits throughout your
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| development is the interaction of
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| | lifetime, and continue to check the
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| psychological, sociological, economic,
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| | mirror to see if it still fits and
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| physical and chance factors that shape
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| | matches your current style and taste. In
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| the sequence of jobs, occupations, or
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| | the modern world of work, you will need
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| positions a person may engage in
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| | to find work that is "suited" to you.
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| throughout his or her lifetime. Career
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| | Think of your life's work as your
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| development is an ongoing process that
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| | wardrobe. It is ever-changing as you
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| includes the aspects of planning and
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| | move through life, changing as your
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| strategizing your career based on
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| | styles and interests change. Throughout
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| information about your self, the world of
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| | the process, you will be tailoring
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| work, the match between them, and the
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| | yourself to fit different roles, and to
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| action you will take to create your
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| | meet changing work styles and
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| life's work. Formal career development
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| | expectations.Thus, today, the way in
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| occurs in high schools, colleges and
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| | which we go about planning and
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| universities, adult education programs,
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| | strategizing our work life is constantly
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| business and industry, military,
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| | changing. We are taking a more
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| community and government agencies, trade
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| | proactive---therefore more exciting and
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| and technical schools. Consider all the
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| | challenging approach--- to managing which
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| places you have developed your career
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| | way our career takes us. People are
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| with either academic or work experience.
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| | daring to walk their unique paths, and
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| Where can you go next and what can you do
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| | ignoring traditional routes. In fact,
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| to further develop your career?You have
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| | tomorrow's jobs are relatively unknown to
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| the power to create what you want,
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| | us at this time, as there will be new
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| whether you wish to be self-employed,
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| | titles and new career fields that will
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| change career fields entirely, hold a
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| | develop. If a modern career is like a
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| certain kind of position, or volunteer
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| | wardrobe, you will wear many kinds of
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| your time. Smart career development
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| | outfits throughout a lifetime, sometimes
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| requires you to be self-reflective,
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| | mixing and matching ensembles, but always
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| resourceful, motivated, flexible, and
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| | checking to see that it still reflects
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| able to keep your skills and competencies
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| | your current style and remains a good
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| up-to-date.Contemporary Career
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| | fit. It has been said that clothes make
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| ConceptsStatistics say that we will
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| | the man-what you are displaying to the
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| experience many job transitions
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| | world through your choice of clothing is
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| throughout our life. For example: the
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| | how you express yourself. Similarly, how
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| U.S. Department of Labor says that the
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| | you express yourself and what you value
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| average person will have 3.5 different
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| | is reflected in the work you choose to
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| careers in his lifetime and work for ten
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| | perform.As Mark Twain said, "There is no
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| employers, keeping each job for 3.5
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| | security in life, only opportunity."
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| years.From the 1995 National Association
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| | Given today's changing times, we cannot
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| of Colleges and Employers Journal of
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| | hold onto one idea for very long---there
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| Career Planning, "The average American
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| | is so much good work that must be done to
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| beginning his or her career in the 1990s
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| | help us evolve to our fullest potential.
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| will probably work in ten or more jobs
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| | We are multi-talented, multi-faceted
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| for five or more employers before
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| | beings with many gifts to share. We
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| retiring."In the mid 1990s, Richard
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| | cannot lock ourselves into any one job or
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| Knowdell said, "Career planning in the
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| | job path. We must walk our path, but
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| 1950s and 1960s was like riding on a
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| | remain flexible and open to new
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| train. The train remained on the track
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| | experiences. We also need to learn our
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| and one could quite possibly stay on that
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| | lessons along the way. Each job, no
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| track until retirement day. In the 1970s
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| | matter how small, is meaningful and is
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| and 1980s career planning was like
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| | part of our career plan in that we are
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| getting on a bus. One could change buses
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| | always building onto our careers.
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| and it was a little closer to driving
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| | Today's work will prepare us for
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| than on a train. For the 1990s and
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| | tomorrow's opportunities.**Excerpt from
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| beyond, career planning is more like an
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| | the book, Get Smart! About Modern Career
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| all-terrain vehicle. The worker gets to
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| | Development (2001). all rights
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| drive, has to read the map, and has to be
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| | reserved---Michelle Casto.
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| attuned to the terrain, which could
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