Workshops

Re-Careering At Any Age Workshop

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Antonio F. Vianna
Tel: (760) 931-9695
Email: simpatico1@juno.com

Gold Watch Career Structure Gets the Pink Slip
Preparing for the Inevitable Five-year Boot in A 21st-century US Job Market

CARLSBAD, Calif. - Career Management & Employee Portfolio Tool Kit, 3rd Edition (2010)
                                by Antonio F. Vianna

Welcome to your very, very short career track! That's right; if you can hang on to the same job beyond five years, then consider yourself one lucky employee. But chances are, your boss will be tickled pink (slip) to kick your sorry bottom curbside when you're no longer needed. Now's the time to prepare yourself for the nine-point type résumé because you could conceivably hold at least a half-dozen ‘career path' jobs in your lifetime. And what better way to cushion your job's changing ups ‘n downs than with the ultimate guidebook that's dialed into today's dynamic job market.

Career Management & Employee Portfolio Tool Kit, 3rd Edition (published by AuthorHouse) is a two-part workbook that focuses on up-to-date principles of managing your career and cultivating the prerequisite skills designed to empower individuals to assume direct involvement in the performance management process. Fear of failure; fear of success; fearful of what others might think or say; it all boils down to the same thing-your self-concept is the main roadblock to your dream career destination, and yet it can also be the key to your income-generating paradise, if you are willing to take charge and undergo some introspective self-evaluation. According to author Antonio F. Vianna, all careers pivot around five key elements: interests, competencies, motivation, capabilities and fit. These conceptual backbones, together with hands-on exercises, help the reader to assess who they are, what they want to be and where they want to go. Adaptable to solitary study or group participation via workshop or seminar, this workbook is not some sugar-coated career guide, but rather an honest, fair-handed, and realistic analysis of the grunt work one must undergo to discover themselves and the unlimited opportunities in the world outside-the-box. And is there a price one must pay to change? Yes. But why not invest in yourself; you're a priceless individual, right?

About the Author

Antonio F. Vianna is a prime example of someone who's refashioned both himself and his career to stay in step with the changing times. In fact, you might say he wrote the book on it and his "Re-Careering At Any Age" workshops have enjoyed much success. With a M.M. from Northwestern University, Vianna is on myriad university faculty rosters. This former U.S. Air Force officer parlayed his soldierly management skills into a professional human resources position within the private sector. Vianna's frequent television and radio guest appearances, plus his membership in Publishers and Writers of San Diego and the Military Writers Society of America are testaments to his lifelong commitment to the writer's craft. Author of 16 books, he lives in Carlsbad, Calif.

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Workshop

The Workbook described in the press release above is the cornerstone of the "Re-Careering At Any Age" workshop. In addition, the Workshop gives you guidance on how to brand yourself whether you are re-inventing yourself or joining the labor market for the first time. You've got to follow the same marketing principles that small and large businesses use to market their products and services. Further, you'll learn about the secretive code words that organizations look for when hiring personnel, and then, learn how to incorporate those code words into your cover letter, resume, and job interview dialogue. I've helped thousands of people from Seattle to San Diego find out who they are, what they want to be, and how to get there. Look for a Workshop near you ... if you can't find one contact me at simpatico1@juno.com; perhaps we can organize one in your area.

Remember these following six tips:

1. Find careers that interest you. Talk to others in careers that interest you; shadow others; read about careers and professionals in those careers.
2. Continually improve your competencies. Subscribe to relevant publications; attend workshops; join professional groups; return to college.
3. Be positively motivated; understand your core values and needs; stay focused.
4. Get out of your comfort zone; take reasonable risks; revise your preferences (location, industry, etc.); be a temporary/part-timer/contract contributor; start your own business.
5. Network face to face and on the Internet; subscribe to linked-in.com; write articles on ezinearticles.com.
6. Find the right environment to succeed. Not all organizational environments match who you are and what you want to become. Pick your environment wisely.

How To Write A Book and Get Published Workshop

There is a writer in all of us. Learn the five basic steps of writing a book: Planning, Organizing, Writing the Draft, Revising and Editing, and Submitting and Publishing. Writing is essentially a project. It is an undertaking that has a definitive start, middle, and end. There are specific processes that I suggest you follow regardless if your book is fiction or non-fiction. Additionally, this Workshop considers Branding and Marketing your book and yourself. Seasoned writers, new writers, and those thinking of writing will profit from this workshop. Look for a Workshop near you ... if you can't find one, then contact me at simpatico1@juno.com; perhaps we can organize one in your area.