Career Planning

GROUP WORKSHOPS

Career Solutions has a passion for helping people discover their direction, which is why we provide career-related learning workshops for high schools, colleges, agencies, and  private organizations. 

Each workshop can vary in time and scope, from engaging 20-minute overviews to 80-minute long instructional sessions and intensive full-day workshops involving project-based learning activities.   Groups of almost any size can be accommodated.

Career Solutions provides  instructors with worksheets and digital media to support the material covered, which can be used to document state-mandated Career-Related Learning standards.

Career Planning & Research

Making Smart Career Choices: (30 or 60 min.)
By describing the career planning process, the goal is to get people to consider careers they may not know of yet, the importance of choosing jobs based on style and values, and how to find the best future career options.
(Any size/age group)

Options After High School: (80 min.)
The main objective is to explain over two dozen options in four different categories: job options, training options, military options, and alternative options. Then students can pick two from each category to research further, and in turn create a realistic “Plan A, B and C” where each plan has three different elements.
(Any size/age group)

Writing In-Depth Career Research Reports: (60 min.)
This computer lab workshop brings participants through a hands-on career research process that results in 20-30 page In-Depth Career Reports on 3 different occupations. (Small groups – HS JR or older)

Creating Effective Digital Career Portfolios: (60 min.)
In detailing the portfolio writing process, the goal is to give people ideas on what to put in a portfolio, why digitizing evidence is critical, which evidence is most effective, and how to structure portfolios for presentation. (Any size/age group)

 

Resumes & Job Interviewing

Employment 201: (60 min.)
This overview of the employment process details the four elements of a résumé package, what to do before, during, and after the interview, and how to overcome the 3 most common barriers to employment. (Any size group – HS JR or older)

Résumés 301: (45 min.)
Participants critique and grade their current résumés by evaluating format, content, and grammar so they can produce polished final drafts. (Any size group – HS JR or older)

Mastering the Interview: (60 min.)
Interviews usually boil down to 5-6 key questions that are almost impossible to answer well without prior planning. Through role playing, we cover what those questions are, why they’re asked, and how to answer them properly. (Any size group – HS JR or older)

 

College Planning & Financial Aid

How to Choose a College Wisely: (60 min.)
After learning the 4 questions one should answer before shopping schools, we discuss the 7 things to look for in a college, why tuition should never be one of them, and how to narrow down college options without being misled.
(Any size/age group)


The REAL Secret to Aid & Scholarships: (45 min.)
Discover the REAL secret to earning grants, scholarships, tax credits, and a range of alternative funding sources, along with where to find them, why the internet is often a waste of time, and how to write a winning essay. (Any size group – HS JR or older)


Choosing the Right College & Paying For It: (80 min.)
This workshop combines “Choosing a College” with “Financial Aid & Scholarships” and can be geared toward students or parents.

How to Write A Really BAD Scholarship Essay: (30-45 min.)

Using excerpts from actual student essays, see very real examples of when students
simply failed to answer the question being asked, where they had to have turned spell check off, why failing to emotionally engage readers is the biggest mistake of all, and how to write a really GOOD essay instead of a really BAD one. 

 

Goal Setting & Time Management

The Race: (60 min.)
You can drive the fastest production car made in America, and go going to the finest racing school in the world, but you'll have to learn how to assemble a team, manage time, get sponsors, and set realistic goals if you plan to win this race called life! (Any size/age group)

 

What is the Goal?: (45 min.)
This true story about a Mt. Hood climbing tragedy asks participants to reexamine what the goal really is,  how success can still mean failure, why time is our most valuable asset, and where the key to reaching most any goal can be found - in never giving up.
(Any size/age group)

 

Staff Development Training

Instructors will explore new techniques for using technology and parables to engage “digitally distracted” students while interrelating curricula to increase student involvement. CRLs portfolio tracking systems are also available.

Workshop Costs

- FREE Scholarship & Financial Aid Workshops for Students
- FREE Parent Night "How to Choose a College & Pay For It" Workshops

- One Career-Related Learning Workshop:                          $195
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Additional Same-Day (CRL) Workshops:                              $95

Please call (360) 608-7905 to schedule a workshop


Handouts for up to 35 participants are included with each workshop.  Additional copies can be purchased.
For locations more than 60 miles from Portland, add 55 cent per mile in travel expenses.
For locations more than 150 miles from Portland, add lodging and meal expenses.

 

 

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