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Career Planning - Elite Resumes

Today's workplace is in constant change and careers are evolving to keep pace. It will not be unusual for people to change careers 5-7 times during their working lives. Furthermore, research indicates that over 50% of working people hold jobs that do not utilize their natural talents, so they are neither motivated nor fully satisfied with their work.

With increased understanding of the talents you bring to the workplace, you can maximize your ability to succeed and achieve career satisfaction. One way to reach this understanding is through self-assessment using the following tools:

Career Planning Insights - A 3 part report generated from the Success Insights™ DISC instrument that compares your natural and adapted behavioural style to your past /current work environment and your perception of the ideal work environment. This report tells us howyou respond to challenges, authority and how you make decisions; howyou influence and motivate others; howyou respond to change and your preferred activity level; and how you respond to rules, policies and procedures.

Details your strengths, weaknesses, motivations, needs, communication preferences; describes specific aspects of the work environment that you would enjoy and those that would create frustration, essential information when changing careers or positions.

Includes a complete listing of possible career choices based on your temperament, using the latest issue of the Occupational Information Network O*NET database.

Workplace Motivators™ - Apatented assessment that measures the internal motivators or drivers of your behaviour… your values. If you choose a career that is aligned with your values and passions you will be energized and fulfilled. The Workplace Motivators report ranks your interest in six different values categories:

Utilitarian – a characteristic interest in money/utility and return on investment of time and resources

Theoretical – an interest in the discovery of knowledge, and continuous learning

Aesthetic – a relative interest in beauty, form, balance and harmony

Individualistic – an interest in exerting power, control and influence

Social – a keen interest in helping others

Traditional – a focused interest in following a specific system for living.

Includes a Values Action Plan to affirm strengths and encourage growth and development.

Leadership/Management Attribute Index™ - A comprehensive assessment of your leadership talent that measures your cognitive structure and how you perceive yourself and the world around you. The report ranks your capacity or individual potential for workplace performance in over 80 attributes, comparing your score to norms for approximately 50 attributes, including Self-Management, Results Orientation, Empathy, Personal Accountability etc. Depending on your field of interest, the report is also available in six other versions including: Sales Management, Sales, General Employment, Emotional Intelligence, Customer Service and Healthcare.

When combined with Career Planning Insights, and Workplace Motivators reports, the Attribute Index TM presents a complete picture of your talent.

Other reports available include : Success Insights- Sales Strategy Index™; Relationship Insights™; 360 Degree Feedback; Success Insights – Executive version™; TriMetrix Personal Talent Report™; and various other individual, team and organizational assessments.

Rebecca Heaslip, an Associate of Elite Resumes, is a skilled Career Coach and President of LEADERSHIP INSIGHT, a successful talent management consulting practice, operating in the Greater Toronto Area for the past eight years. Rebecca helps clients to discover their passions, values, attitudes and ideal work environment to land that perfect job. Drawing on her insight, intuition and extensive business experience, and utilizing leading-edge, validated behavioural assessments, Rebecca brings a higher level of clarity and focus to your job search.

Choose from a variety of reasonably priced, online assessments that describe in detail your temperament, personal motivators, work preferences and career choices. This information will give you the confidence you need when assessing job opportunities and participating in interviews as you will clearly understand your strengths and areas for development.