Bev Bayley
Choices Career Consulting Inc.

Career building continues throughout our lives. Each day provides us with choices to make as we move along our career path. Successful career building requires a thorough understanding of ourselves, and what we desire in our personal and work environments. When we combine our interests, skills and personality with current up-to-date career information we are able to discover potential career choices. Making informed choices allows us to work more efficiently and assists in clarifying what we find personally meaningful.

There are four main stages of career building. These stages are loosely interwoven with the ongoing process of reassessment as we continue to receive new information and discover what excites us most and what works best for us.

Self Discovery: Assessing your interests, skills, values, beliefs, personality and aptitude in order to discover who you are, what you do well, and your opportunities for improvement.

Exploration: Investigating the many occupational possibilities and identifying those that are most interesting to you.

Goal Setting: Identifying career goals and the small steps, which will lead towards the attainment of these goals. Educational upgrading ensures that your skills are current and may provide you with an additional edge in the current career market.

Action Planning: Putting your ideas and goals into action. Utilize your skills and insight to ensure efficient and focused career direction and selection.

The world of work is constantly changing. It is essential that we update our skills, reassess ourselves and continue to explore the ever-changing work options that are available. Goal setting and action planning initiatives ensure that we remain focused on our goals and provide ourselves with the opportunity to be successful. In putting the pieces together we direct our journey towards informed and meaningful career choices.

Bev Bayley is a Career Consultant with Choices Career Consulting Incorporated. She provides individual career counselling and is certified to administer and interpret various assessments conducive to individual career and educational exploration, group workshops and team building initiatives.

Choices Career Consulting Inc.
140 Dunlop Street East, Suite 204,
Barrie, Ontario
L4M 6H9
(705) 726-1250
Website: www.choicescc.ca