WEBVTT 00:00:00.618 --> 00:00:08.500 In working with you guys the one that was the most successful was the visualization exercise. 00:00:08.500 --> 00:00:12.497 And this one is really important but it is prefaced with: 00:00:12.497 --> 00:00:17.519 just before I administer an assessment I give you these little instructions and I say 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:22.305 “This is a really important exercise and it’s shoes off”. 00:00:22.305 --> 00:00:23.911 And everybody says “Shoes off? What is shoes off?” 00:00:23.911 --> 00:00:30.014 It means that you are not sitting at your desk at work and the phone is ringing and somebody is coming in and you are trying to figure out what your dream job is. 00:00:30.014 --> 00:00:31.515 You’re still immersed in it. 00:00:31.515 --> 00:00:37.737 You’re still in that military world where you’re not really thinking “What do I really want to be when I grow up?” 00:00:37.737 --> 00:00:39.022 So do that shoes off. 00:00:39.022 --> 00:00:45.731 I say do it at home on your couch, cold beer, glass of wine, no noises and just think: 00:00:45.731 --> 00:00:50.724 What would a dream day look like for me what would a great day at work look like. 00:00:50.724 --> 00:00:53.951 Start with what time are you getting up? 00:00:53.951 --> 00:00:56.431 What are you wearing? How are you getting to work? 00:00:56.431 --> 00:01:03.214 “I’ve done the 1.5 hour trek from Kanata to STARTOP….I’m done with that. 00:01:03.214 --> 00:01:06.221 I want to be able to work from home. I want to start my own business”. 00:01:06.221 --> 00:01:14.563 These ideas start formulating in your head and then that starts to narrow the focus because that’s what it comes back to is focus. 00:01:14.563 --> 00:01:20.555 It’s going to be narrowing it down to: this is the job I want, job title based on the NOC. 00:01:20.555 --> 00:01:22.366 This is the industry I want to work in. 00:01:22.366 --> 00:01:24.050 These are the companies I want to follow. 00:01:24.050 --> 00:01:25.937 That’s when you start marketing the product. 00:01:25.937 --> 00:01:33.557 You are the product you can’t write a resume until you have a job, a career a title in mind. 00:01:33.557 --> 00:01:40.604 Once you know the industry, the job, the company then you can start marketing and creating that amazing brochure. 00:01:40.604 --> 00:01:49.408 So that visualization exercise is really important: shoes off, sitting at home and start with what time do you get up? 00:01:49.408 --> 00:01:50.802 What is the day going to look like? 00:01:50.802 --> 00:01:53.413 Are you working by yourself? Are you working in a pod? 00:01:53.413 --> 00:01:55.664 Are you working outside with your hands? 00:01:55.664 --> 00:02:00.817 Some people want to be in finance, some people want to start homeless shelters. 00:02:00.817 --> 00:02:02.075 It’s what do you want. 00:02:02.075 --> 00:02:04.887 So that is where we start talking again about getting to know the product. 00:02:04.887 --> 00:02:06.134 What are your values? 00:02:06.134 --> 00:02:07.874 Have you ever really thought about your work values? 00:02:07.874 --> 00:02:10.874 So that is the kind of stuff you want to start thinking about. 00:02:10.874 --> 00:02:16.725 I want to be in a fast paced high pressure, “go-go-go” or I’m done. 00:02:16.725 --> 00:02:19.244 I’m done with that. I only want part-time. I want to work volunteer. 00:02:19.244 --> 00:02:24.371 So use that visualization exercise and just jot everything down. 00:02:24.371 --> 00:02:27.216 What do you hope to make? What are your salary expectations? 00:02:27.216 --> 00:02:35.856 Because that is the career counsellor’s job to manage your expectations, but also if you are a full-time, well-versed job seeker 00:02:35.856 --> 00:02:40.206 you can do your own salary research and get some ideas of what to expect. 00:02:40.206 --> 00:02:43.332 Picture yourself: what does the day look like? 00:02:43.332 --> 00:02:44.521 What does your dream job look like? 00:02:44.521 --> 00:02:46.270 Who are the people you are working with? 00:02:46.270 --> 00:02:48.864 What differences are you making in the world or in the day? 00:02:48.864 --> 00:02:50.349 Are you leading team? 00:02:50.349 --> 00:02:51.537 Are they big teams, small teams? 00:02:51.537 --> 00:02:53.822 Start to get that focus. 00:02:53.822 --> 00:03:00.213 Know that it’s the financial sector, the health sector, manufacturing sector, trades, the nine different sectors. 00:03:00.213 --> 00:03:01.745 Start to narrow that down. 00:03:01.745 --> 00:03:10.284 And that is usually one of the biggest detriments when you transition is that lack of focus 00:03:10.284 --> 00:03:13.634 but once you have it then you are good to go, 00:03:13.634 --> 00:03:17.214 because now you know who the enemy is and you will approach it with that same mindset. 00:03:17.214 --> 00:03:20.645 Oh, I always get you to write a little line at the bottom: 00:03:20.645 --> 00:03:24.926 “I know this will sound crazy but I’ve always wanted to …” 00:03:24.926 --> 00:03:32.659 and then finish that sentence and if it’s open a bar in Bora Bora or if it’s start my own bed and breakfast, 00:03:32.659 --> 00:03:42.327 whatever it is even it it’s just not doable that is important because it starts talking about who you are and your personality 00:03:42.327 --> 00:03:48.018 and where your interests lie and maybe we can’t get you a bar in Bora Bora or you can make that your long term goal!