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Job Searching
There is only one reliable generalization about searching for a good job, and this is it: There are no reliable generalizations about searching for a good job.
Each person begins their search for meaningful and rewarding work at a different point in their life's journey. Each person brings with them a personal history that has led them to a particular set of circumstances. Each person has their own interests, passions, fears, commitments, and hopes. Each person has begun their life's journey from a different starting point; each person stands in a different set of circumstances on the day they begin looking for work; each person is headed to their own destination.
Each person's search for meaningful work is unique.
We all have our own ideas about what constitutes a good job. Some people hate waiting tables and would do almost anything to avoid schlepping food in a restaurant; others love the challenges of providing excellent service and enjoy the interaction with the restaurant's patrons. Some people see teaching middle-school students as a punishment worthy of one of the circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno. Others count it a privilege to work with children at this turning point in their lives. Some people love the energy and stimulation of a fast-paced office or newsroom; others consider any day that they don't spend outdoors working in a garden or forest a day lost.
At the Career Resource Center we meet each person where he or she is on their path to meaningful and rewarding work. We'll help you to discern your gifts, your skills, your passions, and your commitments. We'll help you to see how you can transfer your skills and gifts from one kind of work to another, from one field to another. We'll help you to identify the employers who are eager to hire people with your skills, and we'll suggest ways for you to approach those employers.
No matter what you're interested in--starting your own business or non-profit organization, going to graduate school, volunteering to serve with a nonprofit organization, or taking some time to explore your own path to the future--we will help you to frame a vision for your life and how to move toward that vision by setting goals and pursuing them.
The CRC includes a library of books, magazines, newsletters, employment bulletins, online resources, and more--and a staff and crew to help you use them.
We can help you at every stage in the job search process: choosing among different kinds of work, writing and submitting a resume; approaching interviews with confidence; and relocating to a new part of the world.
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