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Apr. 9 Corporate trainer: This was a few months ago, but I did an online test and it listed some career choices like a corporate trainer. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/startup/week2-etype-communicator-trainer.htm Teacher: I have imagined what it's like to be a teacher.  However, I don't want to teach elementary, jr. high or high school kids because they will give me attitude.  Not all kids, but some.  At least with college kids or adult education classes, they don't. I don't want to spend 4 yrs to get a Bachelor's degree in Education.  I also don't have the patience to teach people. Article: On Nov. 10, 2012, there was an article called "Corporate trainers aim to drive success" by Kathryn Boothby.  It profiled Philippe Ayoub who interested in cars and theatre arts that lead him to make training videos for Nissan Canada. Ayoub: "When you learn how to be on camera, you learn how to make things come across in a compelling way.  And as a trainer, you have to entertain or you will lose your audience." Linda White works at Scotiabank and she says: "Our rigorous on-boarding program helps new employees to understand the bank's values and culture, how we're organized, and the customer values and culture, how we're organized, and the customer value proposition.  We want them to be the best at helping customers to be better off through timely advice and better solutions." "Training never stops- even at the most senior level.  The world is so complex and frequently changing.  We have to keep learning and growing all the time." "There are many people that want to teach, but not at the school level.  Corporate training offers an alternative, combining an interesting mix of teaching and business." Ayoub was inspired to teach and train when in gr.10, he was failing math and the teacher helped him to get 95%. Ayoub: I want to motivate others in that way.  It's very enriching." You can get a certification at the Canadian Society for Training and Development: http://www.cstd.ca/ Career counselor: On Dec. 1, 2012, I found an article called "Counseling offers a diverse job field" by Denise Deveau.  It profiled Harris Silverman who spends a lot of time "advising and career management, as well as coaching clients on interview skills, resumes and job search techniques." He was in human resources for years.  "You have to think in terms of their interests and be a creative thinker in order to guide them to what they want.  Sometimes that means coming up with ideas on one has thought of yet." There is: Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counseling: http://www.ceric.ca/?q=en Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners: http://cccda.org/cccda/index.php/certification/canadian-standards-guidelines-for-career-development-practitioners-sg The book Where's the Work?  Helping Career Development Practitioners Explore Their Career Options by Deirdre Pickerell. Buzzwords: On Dec. 5, 2012, I found an article in the Globe and Mail.  It listed the most common words on a resume.  LinkedIn looked at 187 million profiles and made a list: Creative, analytical, effective, experimental, motivated, multinational, responsible, and specialized. In 2011, it was: Creative, organizational, and effective. The lesson was to use different words to make your resume stand out. Apr. 10 Career Connections: I was the U of A job fair back in 2011.  I had picked up lots of papers and brochures and wrote about it.  It turns out I didn't finish reading this Career Connections magazine I picked up.  The issue was mainly about undergraduate research so it did not particularly pertain to me.  The job articles were good about signing up for a professional association to make networking connections, mentoring, salary negotiation, and information interviewing. It's like 40 pages and mostly ads for AB companies to work for.  It's free. Practice Perfect: In Dec. 5, 2012, there was an article "Be like an NFL player and practice your job" by Harvey Schachter.   HS reviewed the book Practice Perfect by Doug Lemov and Erica Woolway. It talks about practice makes perfect, and the authors say practice makes permanent.  "A critical goal of practice, then, should be ensuring that participants encode success- they they practice getting it right- whatever 'it' might be." "To become great, you should focus more on practicing the 20 percent of things that most create value than on the other 80 percent  of things you could plausibly spend your time on." HS: "Eliminate complexity until you start to see mastery, and then start building the extras back in." Leadership 2.0: This book is written by psychologists Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves says leadership is down to 7 skills. 1. Strategy 2. Action 3. Results 4. Emotional intelligence 5. Organizational justice 6. Character 7. Development Interior decorator: I think it would be fun to be an interior decorator.  I can be creative.  I enjoy reading about interior design in the Edmonton Journal's Home section, The Globe and Mail Life and Arts section where they cover it once a week (and Globe Style), and the National Post Weekend Post where they write about design. However, I don't really want to pursue it because it's not my passion.  It's just decorating a room or house.  I like it, but I don't love it enough to pursue a career in it. Apr. 11 ARPA: I was going through my papers and I found this brochure for Alberta Recreation and Parks Association and their programs and services.  I know I got this from the 2011 job fair.  I then checked my blog to see if I had written about it.  No, I haven't. It's in Groat Road, so that's really far away.  I went to their website and it's really good.  It offers memberships, programs, events, volunteering, scholarships and awards.  There's an extensive job board from office jobs like clerical staff and coordinator, and lifeguards. To be a part-time jr. lifeguard is $19.21/hr.  That sounds like fun to be sitting by the pool all summer.  I'm going to put this on my Facebook status so people know about these jobs. http://arpaonline.ca/jobs/P10/ Free job apps: On Mar. 27, 2013, there was an article in the Globe and Mail by Jessica Leeder who reviewed some apps. Jobaware: This is really good because it has over 100,000 Canadian postings, syncs with LinkedIn, FT, PT, freelance, private or public sector jobs. Wowjobs.ca: It has thousands of job postings and "worth downloading if you can stomach the clunky design." Indeed.com: It has lots of postings.  The cons were that it was picking up Kijiji jobs, and outdated postings.  Download if you're patient. Monster: It's "worth a shot."  The pros: it filters by "posting date, job type, career level, education level and geographic radius." Canadian Job Force: It lacks Canadian jobs and it brings some US results.  The article says: "Take a pass."