Careers for people with disabilities: special opportunities if you are deaf, hard of hearing : using today's technology you can succeed in any mainstream profession - PDF
نویسندگان: Institute for Career Research
خلاصه: WHEN WE WERE FIVE YEARS OLD , THE QUESTION, “WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BEwhen you grow up?” seemed so easy to answer, and we confidentlygave different answers from one day to the next. As you get closer tomaking significant decisions about your future, though, it becomesimportant to consider this question more carefully. Now is the time totake steps to make the things happen that need to happen for you toget where you want to go.This will require some research and some soul-searching. But itwill be fun – because it’s all about what you’re good at and whatnourishes you personally, intellectually, psychologically and spiritually.There is no dearth of literature, vocational tests and Web sitesproffering questionnaires, worksheets and exercises to help youanswer these questions. But there is one source we recommend aboveall, and that source is Richard N. Bolles.Richard Bolles is the author of What Color Is Your Parachute? APractical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers (Ten SpeedPress), as well as The What Color Is Your Parachute? Workbook, TheThree Boxes of Life And How to Get Out of Them (an introduction tolife/work planning), How to Find Your Mission in Life and Job-HuntingTips for the So-Called Handicapped.Although What Color Is Your Parachute? has been dubbed TheJob Hunter’s Bible, it’s about much more than becoming gainfullyemployed. Parachute contains five chapters (over 150 pages in the2002 paperback edition) devoted to identifying your passions andfavorite skills, finding your mission in life, specifying what you’d mostlove to do, and figuring out how it all translates into a distinct jobtitle. There’s also a chapter on starting your own business. You cantake Parachute out of the library, but you’ll probably end up wantingto own a copy since you’ll refer to it again and again. The workbook,of course, must be purchased because you’ll write in it.Here are some exercises and ideas to get you started on findingyour dream job