Career Assessment Workshops
Unless otherwise noted, all workshops will be at the Center. Your registration is complete upon the receipt of payment to the Center for Life Decisions, 3121 East Madison, Suite 209, Seattle, WA 98112. Timely payment is the only way to guarantee your registration and space for your desired workshop(s) and avoid last minute cancellations of workshops.
To view the Calendar of Workshops and Seminars, click here.
To register for a Workshop or Seminar, click here.
Please inquire about workshops of interest, even if they are not currently scheduled. They will be provided on a demand/as needed basis. Call The Center (206-325-9093) to register and have your name placed on a waiting list.
As If The Planet Really Mattered - Possibly the most important career development workshop you will ever take.
There’s more at stake when making career decisions in today’s world than whether our job will be satisfying or provide a livelihood. We are increasingly being made aware that our career decisions have implications not only for ourselves and our family but also for our community and world.
This unique workshop blends the best in traditional career assessment with a new work ethic focusing on service to the common good, a wiser stewardship of resources and the sustainability of the planet for this and future generations. According to this new ethic all jobs are understood as service jobs - they either contribute to our planetary well being or detract from it.
Most jobs are not necessarily new or different when viewed from the perspective of this ethic but contain a new consciousness and way of doing business. Instead of seeking only profits, shareholder value, and market share both employers and employees are equally motivated by making a contribution to the common good and the health of the planet through their individual jobs, the way they do them, the products and services of their organization and the organization’s role in the community - local, regional and global.
In this course you will be provided the essentials for developing and implementing a self- empowering life and career plan. It offers the benefits of group interaction, feedback and support, as well as the reduced cost not possible with individual counseling. Participants will assess the three foundational points upon which an effective career plan is built: preferred skills, ideal work setting and core values. This information, coupled with the results of the Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory, provides the backdrop for the creation of a list of 20-30 job ideas for each participant and the necessary focus for conducting an effective and ultimately successful job search. You’ll also be given the most current and hard to find resources for this new - socially and environmentally responsible/sustainable - way of making career decisions. The workshop fee includes a three hour follow-up session.
Location: Center
for Life Decisions
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Cost: $195.00 Workshop fee includes a three hour follow-up session.
To Register: Call the Center at 206-325-9093, or click
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Career
Exploration for Educators
Whether you are a
classroom teacher in a public or private school,
or an instructor at a community college, trade school, adult
education facility or university, engage with one of the most
seasoned career counselors and effective career resource brokers in
the Northwest and other educators in a productive time of career
reflection, exploration and strategic planning. Learn career tools
that work regardless of whether you decide to stay in education or
pursue another business sector. Discover how to know ‘what’s
out
there?’, how to decide between alternatives and how to achieve
your ideal alternative. Class includes an exercise from Margaret M.
Gisler’s book, “101 Career Alternatives for Teachers”,
and the
career tools necessary to transition into these alternatives.
Instructor: Larry Gaffin is a career counselor and consultant in private practice with the Center For Life Decisions. His career work is regularly featured in area media. He is professionally involved with the nonprofit community, academic and religious institutions, the environmental, manufacturing and business sectors.
Location: Discover
U, 2150 N 107th St., Suite B-52-, Seattle, WA 98133
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Cost: $45, plus $3 for materials
To Register: Call 206-365-0400, or click here
Class Registration: #BS248P
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"Work is a search for daily meaning and daily bread," said Studs Terkel in his classic, Working. Work must nourish the soul and spirit as does food the body. Yet, for too many, work is little more than a paycheck and far too stressful for balance. This class will explore jobs with meaning and for money, careers that are good for both us and the environment, futures that help promote for generations to come the values and work of the volunteer organization Sustainable Seattle. It’s for those who want to better merge, rather than submerge, their personal and professional values with those of their company or organization. Find out about companies and organizations that are on the forefront of this worker trend. Explore the personal, social and environmental impacts of career choices. Discuss the age-old desire for obtaining more meaning from our work while also trying to bring more money home. Debate the three basic principles defining good work.
Location: PCC,
1810 -12th Ave. NW, Issaquah
Or: 4201 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers
To Register: Call PCC at 206-547-1222
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How to Start and Succeed in Your Own Consulting Business
Turn your years of professional experience into an exciting new business for yourself. Consulting is one of America’s fastest-growing businesses. As companies "right-size," the work still needs to be done, and companies are turning more and more to private consultants to do training, projects, short-term tasks and all kinds of jobs. With career expert and successful consultant Larry Gaffin, learn the different types of consulting, why and how firms engage consultants, how to attract clients and promote your services, and how to get started. Consulting can be your most exciting and fulfilling career yet! This is a thorough, detailed and comprehensive, yet introductory, course. (Lunch is not provided.)
Location:
Bellevue Community College - Factoria Center, Room T204, 12400 SE 38th,
Bellevue
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: $99.00
To Register: Call BCC at 425-641-2263, mention item 9757, or click
here
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Mentoring in a Time of Economic and Workplace Transition
Learn about the 5 major career transition times when mentors are needed, learn about the 6 areas of concern for those seeking a mentor, develop a personalized script for approaching a potential mentor and gain information about the mentoring function of mid-career internships. Call for information.
Length:
2 1/2 hours
Cost: $39
Preregistration and prepayment required.
To Register: Call the Center at 206-325-9093,
or click here
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This three-day workshop is for professional church workers and will again be held in Seattle. Consultation to Clergy is the sponsor. For information and to register, write Consultation to Clergy, 911 Stewart St., Seattle, WA 98101.
Location: Consultation
to Clergy, Seattle
Cost: Approximately $250.00
To Register: Call 206-623-8193, or click here
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Ten Steps to Career Bliss and Workplace Nirvana
These are the most important and most often overlooked steps needed by every successful job seeker. Take an inventory measuring your accomplishment in each of the ten areas. Come gain fresh insights into these steps and develop a personal action plan leading to your workplace success. Call for information.
Length: 2 1/2
hours
Cost: $39
Preregistration and prepayment required.
To Register: Call the Center at 206-325-9093
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The Unusual, the Upbeat, and Off-The Beaten-Path Careers
Gather ideas and special resources for finding alternative workplace settings for the multitalented, idiosyncratic and curious job seeker. You will discuss the characteristics of these niche-seeking individuals as well as receive encouragement and support for finding fulfilling work. The workshop is divided into two sections for maximum learning and usefulness. The first section involves assessment, focus, and the brainstorming of exotic job options. The second is devoted to practical and innovative problem-solving regarding both the common and uncommon job search obstacles of niche job seekers. Fee includes class materials. Call for information.
Location: Center
For Life Decisions
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Cost: $90.00
To Register: Call the Center at 206-325-9093, or click
here
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