Week #12

      I would like to start off with saying that both the elementary and higher education workshops were both very interesting and informative. I really enjoyed the hands of activity and revisiting elementary school. I also enjoyed the presentation of the elementary school group with the dressing up as a pilot and answering questions by pretend elementary school students.  Also liked the closing activity of a group session with the higher education workshop. I think that hearing other people's fears and concerns and their coping strategies is an effective way to gain knowledge from people that are experiencing the same issues. I wish that more of those activities would have been available to me during elementary school and college.

     Brown's (2012) chapter on Facilitating the Global Job Search was very interesting. The section about resume writing caught my attention the most. The paragraph that talked about the least important items on a resume were nonsense things such as spouses occupation, number of children and information regarding their parents. I cannot believe that some people would actually put that information on their resume. I am constantly changing my resume to make it more applicable to the job that I am applying for. I have taken off all of my high school and undergraduate jobs as those would be of no help to obtaining a position in the mental health field. I also change my references according to the position because I want the people talking about my work habits and personality to be referring to skills that the position I hope to obtain would acquire.

   I am also surprised with the number of websites to help create a resume. I did not ask for help from my parents or experienced relatives for help to create my resume. I simply typed the required information into a web generator that automatically created my resume; I just chose the layout and could edit it to my liking. I think technology has come a long way and is a great tool for researching jobs as well as for social networking to help find careers.

Brown, D. (2012). Career information, career counseling and career development. (10^thed.). New York: Pearson Education Inc.