Getting on Track
Written by: Lilly Walker, David Ness,
Paula Battle, Kathy Biehl
University of Manitoba Counselling Service
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Welcome to the Getting on Track Career PlannerThis career planner is designed to help you begin the process of discovering your career track. Knowing where your career track is headed will help make your career journey more exciting, rewarding and successful, regardless of whether or not you decide to attend the University of Manitoba, another university or a different educational institution altogether (e.g., a community college). As you become involved in this journey you will discover new horizons, explore areas of which you were previously unaware, experience adventures and arrive at a destination that will engage and delight you. As you commence this journey there are many paths or tracks which you can choose.The track you choose will take you in a particular direction and lead to specific career options. You may have already selected the track you wish to pursue. This career planner will help you ensure that this track meets your needs and desires. Perhaps you have several tracks that appear inviting and you are unclear about which one you should select. This career planner will help you make a decision that fits your needs. It is quite possible that you have who you know started out on one track and changed directions. So although you believe you know which direction you are going, you may want to ensure you have some opportunity for exploring options and alternatives which may interest you. For many people, the freedom and opportunity to design their own future is a confusing process. This career planner will help you feel more confident about your choices. By working through the exercises in this career planner you will learn ways to confidently determine the educational track that fits you. You will begin this process by discovering your competitive edge. Knowing your edge provides you with insight about the life-career tracks that you will find most fulfilling. Knowing your edge will give you the basis for determining the best mix of courses to take where-ever you decide to go. Knowing your edge will give you a basis for productively exploring the world of work. Using your edge will help you successfully navigate your first year in post-secondary education. Using your edge you can freely explore the potential and possibilities which various career tracks hold for you.
Authors of the Getting on Track Career Planner:Dr. Paula Battle: Counsellor and previously a Ph.D student in psychology at the University of Manitoba, Paula has had two previous careers and has also studied at universities across Ontario. As a first year undergraduate, Paula remembers the tremendous adjustments she made that year, living away from home for the first time, learning how to function in this new environment, making new friends. Her goal in this career planner is to help prepare people for the exciting and sometimes scary journey they are embarking on, and to help them discover the internal resources they have to meet this challenge.Kathy Biehl: Acting Coordinator of the Career Resource Centre and recent graduate of the University of Manitoba. Kathy remembers feeling very young and naive in her first year of University, but soon came to appreciate the exposure to different ideas and ways of thinking. "It really broadened my understanding of the world around me". Kathy sees her competitive edge as versatility. "Gaining a diversity of skills through education, volunteering, and paid work has given me the ability to apply my combined experience to a variety of career options within my area of interest". David Ness: Counsellor and former student at the University of Manitoba. David always wanted to attend university but was not sure of what he wanted to be until his final year as an undergraduate. "I remember enjoying first year university so much that I rarely studied. Of course, that may have been why I enjoyed first year so much". David believes that there is an ideal career for each and every one of us and he enjoys helping people find their own career niche. Dr. Lilly Walker: Psychologist, professor, and parent of a recent university graduate remembers vividly the exhilaration and apprehension she felt as a confused first year university student. Her initial reactions were "Everyone I meet is at the top of their class, will I succeed here?" Her goal in this career planner is to help you find ways to ensure that you will be successful in post-secondary education. She describes her edge as her ability to use her enthusiastic, optimistic, life perspective to assist others to discover their own power and potential. |
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October 14, 1998