Take the RE-START Challenge!
Here we all are ... two years plus after the beginning of a pandemic. If you found this, you are probably ready to refocus or refresh YOUR life!
By actively participating in this RE-START challenge you will gain clarity on what is important to you, your strengths and how you want to use those to establish your goals.
For a total of four days or less, you will have the opportunity to identify and articulate:
The STRENGTHS that make you WHO YOU ARE and the VALUES that YOU CARE ABOUT along with the GOALS you wish to achieve to create a STRATEGIC VISION for WHAT you wish to accomplish.
It's free! GET STARTED here.
]]>A generic resume or generic cover letter are NOT enough to land you your dream job.
Here is a tried and true process that has worked in my collaboration with clients to develop targeted resumes and cover letters to gain interviews and obtain new positions.
One has about 7 seconds or less for resumes and cover letters to be personally skimmed to determine a match. Your resume needs to stand out and pop so YOU stand out as a candidate. YOU need to do the work to demonstrate you are a match because you don’t want the readers to have to work to figure that out. Automated Resume Screening Systems function the same way. Each process is screening for key words for the position.
TARGETED RESUME TIPS
A 'benefit statement' includes what you did and the value it added or addresses the ‘why’ it was important. Your resume should NOT read like a job description. It should read to show your impact.
TARGETED COVER LETTER TIPS
© Ruth Beauchamp, Oranda LLC 2022
]]>"What do you what to do when you grow up?" is a question that has perplexed youth time and time again. An updated version of that is "What problems do you want to solve?" or "How do you want to use your talents and abilities to uniquely contribute in the wold?
Young people will sigh with relief with the self-knowledge to advocate for themselves and the positions they are best suited .
Young and old will also benefit from talking with others about their career choices as a means to determine a career direction and one career over another.
Below find the Maroon Bell Package @ $147.00 and a FREE informational interview resource.
Ideal for individuals early in their career including high school and college students. Approx. 3-4 hour commitment. Here is what you get:
- Free informational interview resource to help you gain clarity on which careers are worth pursuing -
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With cell phones having multiple purposes from calendar to social media - it can be a challenge to limit screen time to the recommended less than two hours per day.
Recently, I was reminded by Abby Jones how important it is for adults to set limits AND how important it is that we are aware of other options to engage with life and each other.
Abby's TedxCherryCreek talk on the subject can be found here.
At 12 years of age, Abby inspired me to make alternatives to screen time visible and accessible to my teens.
I grabbed a holiday box from a recent gift and together my teens and I generated a number of ideas on pieces of cards to put into the box.
In doing so, we made 'a game' out of the on-going conundrum:
"What else is there to do?"
Now we have the option to go to the 'Quality of Life Box' (working title) and pick a card to shift from screen time to me time and/or connection with others.
How has Abby inspired you AND what ideas does your family have to hack screen addition OR add to YOUR "Quality of Life Box"?
Share your ideas here AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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If you are looking for a playful way to engage children in social emotional literacy - how to name and manage their feelings, look no further!
Get one for yourself, for a friend and an organization that supports the well-being of our kiddos!
This is a TRUE GIFT for families and caregivers to learn about and from each other.Thank you Heather Criswell for your dedication to building strong families.
One of the most important tools we can share with our kiddos is to name and understand their feelings.
With this self-knowledge we build the blocks for self-management and self-regulation which are directly linked to success in LIFE and EDUCATION and WORK.
Most students spend 30-40 hours on their essays & college applications. Help your student get a head start on their college application pieces before the chaos of Senior year, - filled with sports, activities and intense homework! This boot camp will reduce stress and help improve outcomes!
What: Receive Guidance, Tools, & Templates for the College Essay, Academic-Activity Resume, Letter of Recommendation Requests & tips for completing The Common Application.
When: Monday August 6th – Thursday August 9th Time: 10:00-12:30
Day 1: Academic-Activity Resumes, Letter of Recommendations Requests & Essay Warm -Up Exercises
Day 2: Essay Essentials, Tips, Prompts, Brainstorming, & Topic Selection
Day 3: Work on essays; feedback provided (verbal and written)
Day 4: Continue working on essays; feedback provided. Review tips for completing the Common Application
Cost: $479
Provided by: Ferah Aziz, College Coach with launchphase2 LLC
and Carol Jones, Editor & Author of Toward College Success
Contact Ferah to register at 720-340-8111 or email: ferah_aziz@launchphase2.com
9th-12th Graders: Discover & Explore Your Career Options!
Did you know that 33% of students changes their college majors at least once? It is no wonder that only 36% graduate from college within four years, and that 60% of students take six years to graduate, which increases the costs of college attendance.* This boot camp will help your student discover major/careers of interest to hit the ground running during high school and college.
What: Identify Career Aptitudes, Strengths & Career Matches and Receive Guidance in Planning Courses.
When: Monday August 6th – Thursday August 9th Time: 1:30 – 3:30
Day 1: YouScience Aptitude and Interest Assessment
Day 2: Who You Are MATTERS! Game for Career and Life Clarification
Day 3: Debrief of YouScience Results and Game Outcomes
Day 4: Identify Top Career Interests, High School and Post-High School Courses
Cost: $387
Provided by: Ruth Beauchamp, Oranda Career Development Coach
Contact Ruth to register at 970.658.9903 (c) or email: ruth@oranda.org
Here are some screenshots to introduce you to what Youscience is about:
When I completed the assessment, I received a detailed online and PDF report of my results, such as: words to describe myself for resumes and interviews, amplifiers and career matches, etc.
Take a look here at a few examples:
When exploring a specific career, this is the information YouScience linked to me:
And these are just some of the details that YouScience provided to help me decide if Career Coaching was a match:
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Presented by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences International, the Bammy Award is a cross discipline award that recognizes educators from across the education field.
"Nominees like Ruth Beauchamp are demonstrating that there are a lot of people who are not waiting for Superman and are doing excellent work and making a difference in education right now, " said Errol St. Clair Smith, spokesperson for the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences International. "The nomination alone is a meaningful statement that the nominee is making a difference and is standing out in the field."
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