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CCI 4.0 Career Guidance Program

How to Land Your Best Career

Whether you plan to enroll in college or enter the workforce after graduation, gaining career path clarity—with a well-planned, forward-thinking, goal oriented method—is vital. Our orchestrated support program of interactive interviews, teleconferencing workshops, résumé building/rating, and weekly calls with top HR professionals gives you the knowledge to manage and direct your career path.

 

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Why Risk the Financial and Emotional Frustration of a Career Misstep?

In today's multi-skilled marketplace, it's impossible to know about all careers. Ask yourself, "How can questions like, 'Do I want to be a Writer or Engineer?' deliver accurate results?" Ask any guidance counselor. They know career perception is mostly about familiarity, ego and social pressures. Compare our support services against the most popular occupational test, The Strong Interest Inventory®.

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CCI 4.0 Step-By-Step Guidance Program

Today, job seekers and counselors are confronted with expanding, diverse, ever-changing job descriptions. What a momentous task! Why risk making a career decision based on myths, not facts?  Our comprehensive career guidance program gives support at each step of the job cycle. You gain the capability to avoid the three NOs!

  • ● NO Decision! You gain all that's needed to make smart career investment decisions. Not able to take preparatory courses or even focus in the classroom.

  • ● NO Opportunity! Selecting occupations with few job openings, not higher-paying, niche careers.

  • ● NO Fun! After investing in an education, you dislike the day-to-day tasks. Work then becomes a stressful drag. Yes, your performance is dramatically diminished.

Getting a Job Life Cycle

SIX STEPS TO GETTING HIRED

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Click on the Links Below to Experience the Entire CCI 4.0 Career Program

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1. INVESTIGATE JOB MARKET

Pick from the CCI 4.0 assessment a:

  1. 1.  “Right Now” Occupational Goal or

  2. 2.  “Five Year” Occupational Goal or

  3. 3.  “Ten Year” Occupational Goal.
     Report Example » Jobseeker Info » Counselor Info »

Then investigate each of them to be sure, using the by-occupation O*Net link.

2. IDENTIFY A CAREER PATH

If doing the actual tasks of an occupation are fun, chances are it's an easy skill for you to do!

  1. 1.  Ask yourself, “Why are the tasks/career fun?”

  2. 2.  Consider using the non-language workplace self-evaluation ».

3. SETTING GOALS

  1. 1.  Create a business plan: 3 Steps to a Job You'll Love ».

  2. 2.  Enlist the support of knowledgeable associates to critique it.
    Counselors: Career Day Program »

4.  SELLING YOURSELF

  1. 1.  Copy a résumé format that promotes achievements.

  2. 2.  Use your Dewey Career Support Network » for assistance. Career Portal Overview »

  3. 3.  Create targeted résumés. Check out the niche, higher-playing careers listed on the “More Info” link pages. Aim your targeted résumé at them by identifying those occupations that have similar job duties or other characteristics.

5. RUNNING THE NUMBERS

  1. 1.  Get advice from our teleconferencing support »

  2. 2.  Use the O*Net networking list of outside associations and organizations at the bottom of each "More Info" link occupational page. Meeting individuals that actually do the profession is by far the best way to land a job!

6. GETTING HIRED

  1. 1.  Role-play: How to Slam Dunk an Interview. No, it's not goofy. It works!

  2. 2.  Consider using a workplace self-evaluation ». You'll be surprised at how the back section of our Color Leadership Evaluation 5.0 (CLE 5.0) identifies and advises you on how to build strengths and manage weaknesses.