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This week, Jennifer Bouley joins me on the show to share some great advice for high school and college students who are deciding what career path to take.
Jennifer is the owner of Bouley-Mak Consulting and Coaching, a company with a sole focus on helping individuals and organizations plan and execute sustainable employment progress plans. They help both job seekers and job providers to avoid the obstacles of the labor force, through strategic planning and research.
Jennifer is a career coach and HR consultant who specializes in working with millennials, recent graduates and people going through career changes/choices.
She practices a philosophy that life is not what happens to you, it is about how you can prepare and make change happen! She is a graduate of the Athabasca Universities, Bachelor of Human Resources & Labor Relations program and Sheridan Colleges Social Service Worker Diploma program.
We’ll be talking about some practical tips for students who are trying to choose the right career path. They include:
- Examining what you naturally do well, and what do people tell you you are good at. Then, researching the job market for opportunities, and school programs related to that.
- Taking 2-3 different career tests, and using the test results to determine your common strengths and interests.
- Interviewing professionals in fields you are interested in,and asking questions about how they got to where they are and what their daily work life is like.
