chapter 3,4,5,6 "you majored in what"

In the chapter 3 we Will Explore and Develop Key Mindsets

Most college students know that they are developing new ways of thinking while they’re in school. But have you ever stopped to identify the key mindsets you’ve developed and why they might interest an employer? Becoming aware of your mindsets and their value is an important component of your sales pitch to potential employers.



Chapter 4: Wandering Beyond Majors and Minors

In Chapter 4 we are using the wandering map that was introduced to us in Chapter 2. This time we are adding skills, interests and ideas to the wandering map. By doing this it can help us relate or make some kind of connection to our majors. This is a great benefit since it will allow us to better understand our career paths.


Chapter 5: Identifying Your Possible Lives

Many college students who are majoring in liberal arts usually have more than one career goal. These students have trouble focusing on one career because they don’t want to limit themselves. Well this is not a problem because is always good to have more than one option, but it has to be well organized if not it will be confusing.

In chapter 5 the theme is Identifying Your Possible lives. Students who are having problems with their choice of career are because their career goals are all over the place. This is not a problem because this chapter introduces an exercise to map out and organized them to be less confusing. This map is called “The Possible Lives Map” is about how you could narrow down and put your career choices into categories.


Chapter 6: Even Wanderers Make Plans

Chapter 6 talks about making plans for the future. Here we are introduced to The Wise Wanderings system which has three planning strategies:

• The first one is Probability Planning (Wandering Strategy I) which means you know what you want to do.

• The second one is Possibility Planning (Wandering Strategy II) which is when you have several ideas for the future.

• And the last one is Seeking the Butterfly (Wandering Strategy III) meaning when you have no idea what you are going to do.

lab assigment -nov/14

http://www.smallbusinessadvocate.com/
 This  website delivers valuable original information to help business owners and managers have the maximum opportunity to be successful.
We can read and listen many articles about small business.

http://www.amcf.org/amcf/


AMCF is the premier international association of firms engaged in the practice of consulting to management. Founded in 1929 as AMCE (Association of Management Consulting Engineers), AMCF today remains in the forefront of promoting excellence and integrity in the profession.

Just as consultants help clients manage change within their industries, AMCF helps its members cope with the rapid changes affecting their practices today. Headquartered in New York, AMCF serves as a resource for information on the management of a consulting practice. It provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, helping consultants to better understand developments within the profession and to capitalize on new opportunities.

informational interview

An informational interview is an interview conducted to collect information about a job, career field, industry or company.
An informational interview is not a job interview.it's an interview with an individual working in a career you would like to learn more about.
 when a person do a informational interview, they are attempting to discover what the person's job is like, what they do, what responsibilities they have, and what it's like to work in their job at their company.

http://career.ucla.edu/Students/ExploreCareers/WhatIsAnInformationalInterview.aspx
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2010/summer/art03.pdf
http://www.k-state.edu/ces/students/informationalinterviewingguide.htm

these websites give us a useful information about informational interview. Also There are some questions that we can use in the interview. Some of those common questions are:

• How did you get into this career field?
• Why did you choose this profession?
• How does your position fit into the overall operation of the organization?
• What does the future look like for this profession?
• Describe a typical day on the job.
• What do you like most about your job?
• What do you like least about your job?
• What skills and abilities are most important in your work?
• What advice would you give someone starting out in this career?
• Can you suggest any reading, classes, or opportunities I should pursue?
• What other types of careers are related to this field?
• Could you suggest a couple of colleagues that would be a good source of information about the field?
• Could I use your name when I contact them?
• Is there anything else you feel I should know about this career field?

lab assigment-10/24 job interviews

A job interview is a process in which a potential employee is evaluated by an employer for prospective employment in their, company, organization or firm.

http://careerplanning.about.com/od/jobinterviews/a/job_interview.htm
 This website give us a definition of what job interview means and also tells us about the types of interviews. Some of those are: The Screening Interview, The group Interview and The stress interview.
-The screening interview is usually an interview with someone in human resources. It may take place in person or on the telephone.
-In The group Interview several job candidates are questioned at once. Since any group naturally stratifies into leaders and followers, the interviewer can easily find out into which category each candidate falls.
-the stress interview is a technique employers sometimes use to weed out candidates who cannot handle adversity.

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/interviewquest.htm
in this website we can find the common questions that employers make to people who are interviewed.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5091021_answer-question-job-interview.html
this last website give you some tips and advices of how to answer the questions of a job interview

lab assigment 10/17

 A resume is a brief summary of your background; a snapshot of your skills and abilities. Its primary purpose is to obtain an interview. It should be a clear, accurate and succinct document that outlines your career objective, education, skills/accomplishments and work experience.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Resume
This website give many tips of how to write a good resume.
some of those tips are to understand the purpose of the resume,make it easy to read, choose a style, make a master list, make it interesting and proofread.
i find this website very helpful for people that dont know how to make a resume, including me. it has many useful information.

http://www2.ucsc.edu/careers/handouts/resume/No_Experience_Resume.html
this is an example of no work experience resume for persons that dont have any work experience. this is different from the first one because this is used for people that have never had a job experience.

http://www.bestsampleresume.com/resume-advice.html
This last website give some advices when people write a resume.
It says that people can take professional help, ask around, dont make grammatical errors, and originality.

All of these websites are very helpful for people that doesnt know or are confused about how to write a correct resume.

You majored in what? chapter 1 & 2

In the chapter 1 of "You majored in what" by katharine Brooks discuss about the linear thinking about careers. In page 2 The linear theory says:"I'm studying accounting so i can be an accountant", or "i'm going to be an english major so i can teach english". Many people that are starting a career think is only a reduced path that should go in a line for all the life. The author says that students should expand their careers paths with different options.

In chapter 1 also discuss the chaos theory. This is based on mathematical formulas designed to develop a better weather prediction model. We also know that the greater the distance between now and the future , the weaker our prediction will be.

We are introduced to the wandering map in chapter 2. it is a way to illustrate and organize your skills, experiences and characteristics. This is an exercise that is a way to connect the dots and see the pattern of skills and experiences that people have acquired. This is a very helpful tool because students can get new career ideas.

portable skills and resume writing

http://nolbal.hubpages.com/hub/Portable-Skills
http://career-advice.monster.com/job-search/career-assessment/assessing-your-skills/article.aspx

The first website gives the definition about portable skills. Portable skills can be defined as those skills that you can keep or still use when you move from one job or situation to another.
The second website show different portable skills that are important and useful.
I used to work in a restaurant,some of my portable skills were:

Customer focus

Communications

Very organized

Time management

Good attitude

Good sense of humor

Introduction to class

Hi my name is Paul. I am from Ecuador.First of all my english is not so good but im trying to improve it. I live in corona queens. Things  that i like to do in my freetime is draw, sing, play handball, but the thing that i really love is to play soccer. am a student of La Guardia Community College. I change my major from liberal arts to business managment this semester. I hope to pass this class with a good grade to raise my GPA. I would like to become a succesful businessesman in the future, so thats why i will work hard in all my classes, well, i'll try.