Life Long Laborers

Creating a Career Path

Jared Wass — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:00:24 +0000

CNN recently posted an article that provides some helpful perspective on job hunting. If you are on the verge of graduating from college and figuring out what is next or if you feel established in a job and want to think intentionally about your career and possible future steps, this article is for you.

Below is an excerpt from the article with questions to ask when considering possible career paths.

• What level of responsibility do you want to have?

• What projects would you like to head?

• What results do you want to achieve in your department or organization?

• What type of company do you want to work for (culture, size, integrity, reputation, etc.)?

• What problems or concerns do you care enough about to focus your entire career on solving?

• What type of environment do you want to work in?

• What type of people do you like to work with?

• What compensation (salary, benefits) do you desire?

• What type of work/life balance is best for you?

Piper on boasting only in Christ when applying for a job

Jared Wass — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:22:28 +0000

The following is an edited transcript of an “Ask Pastor John” audio

How do I boast only in Christ when applying for a job?

I think there’s an external boast and an internal boast.

Internally, as you offer yourself with your skills—and that’s what they’re getting at: you have to sell yourself to get a job—you are saying,

“God, if I have any skills this company needs from me at all, they’re from you. And I thank you.”

“I thank you that I know video stuff,” or “I thank you that I am really fast as a typist,” or “I thank you that I have learned engineering skills.”

“And this is a gift from you, and I just want to speak the truth. I don’t want to overstate the case about what I’m capable of doing or understate the case of what I’m capable of doing. I want to just tell the truth, and inside I’m thanking you and I’m humbly submitting to you as my benefactor and my lord.”

Now the external, verbal part—if you sense it’s appropriate (and I think it would be, usually)—is to say who you are, what you can do, and just say “I’m thankful to God that he’s let me get an education in engineering,” or whatever field it is.

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LinkedIn Best Practices

nstromwall — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:02:14 +0000

Great website to look at best practices for using LinkedIn - http://relationshipcurrency.com/linkedinbestpractices.html
12 suggestions for using LinkedIn – best practices
Best Practices – http://www.cocodesign.com/article/linkedin-best-practices-for-business

Hand out from tonight’s meeting:

Managing your Online Presence