Designing Your Career
The final course that we have completed through Stanford University’s online program is Designing Your Career. As Counselors at CCP, career counseling is one of our daily duties. Getting new information and learning different approaches is always valuable. This course is a simple set of instructional videos and exercises designed to provide direction on how to approach a career search. While much of the information presented is not new to us, some of the exercises and videos will be useful with our students once we return to CCP. The main approach of this course is a focus on building, and using, connections. The statement is made that for every one job posted to the outside world, there are four more available to workers on the inside of an organization. How to connect through networking, conducting information interviews, and how to use your elevator conversation are some of the topics addressed. These are all great additional resources for our students.