Career Maximizer Group Launch

On June 20th, I will be launching the Career Maximizer group for 10 -12 individuals looking to make that career transition, role change or enhancing their job search.

The event will be from 8 - 11 at the Old National Bank on Rangeline Road in Carmel, IN.  We will spend time developing the purpose of the group, reviewing a couple of career assessments that one of the group members completed in advance, reviewing some content related to the job search and much much more.

If you are interested, feel free to send me a note and we can meet in advance to see if the group is a good fit for you.

New Satisfaction Study

I am personally tired of the negative press related to unemployment.  I look at the numbers in reverse by saying to myself, "90% of Americans are going to work today."  That just feels more positive.

Anyway, this link in today's Indianapolis Star provides some interesting information regarding workers satisfaction with their employment.  The study found that 45% of Americans are currently satisfied with their work.  I think this might be a little high.  The reasons cited included low wages, bad boss and health insurance costs.  Another reason was the fact that workers found their jobs uninteresting.

Americans need to take risk, follow their interests and strengths and consider their hearts when pursuing their next career.  I might suggest that the growth of America is dependent on this and your personal happiness, growth and life engagement is at risk as well.

50 Meetings 90 Days 2 Ice Creams

During the next 90 days I will be completing jouranlistic type interviews with 50 people with the intent of learning about their personal cause. I hope to find out what gets them up in the morning and why they do what they do. Yesterday, the person I interviewed spoke of the incredible impact of her school and that is what drew her to raising money for the school. Each day she faces the poossiblility of being rejected and the possibility of gathering funds to move the school from "survival to sustainable"

My observation this week has centered around the fact that someone's life experience draws them into their life of cause. Kudos to this person for allowing herself to be impacted and now wanting to provide others with the chance to be deeply impacted.

Ironically, I went to this high school too and I thank God for it.

Oh and by the way, I had two ice creams today. I felt like I wanted to reward myself and so I did it twice. What a great day? I will pay for it tomorrow.

Exploration

This has been an exciting month. I have started on a new journey regarding my career. I have started to interview 10 people in various careers of interest. Everything from a sports coach to a director of a non-profit organization. Most of the people I have interviewed have been people of "cause." To me a cause is something larger than yourself that invigorates your heart and leads you to invest your time, your dollars and your mind.

A person in fund development shared that the "cause" was the university they raise dollars for. These dollars lead to outstanding student athletes, students and people of cause when they leave. This person shared that her desire is to "find the place where they can be the most impactful on the planet and go do that."

I look forward to sharing more of this with you in the coming months. My desire is to complete this exploration by January 1st 2010.