Volume 3, Issue 12 December 2000 Job Link Career Planning Tips
Notable QuotableAnnandale Office to Move
Our Disciplines and Locations
CAREER PLANNING TIPS The following tips are from The Employment Guide’s Career Web, www.cweb.com. In total there are 25 tips. The first tips were outlined in October and November’s JobLink. Those tips can be viewed online at www.nri-staffing.com, click on the Candidate Tips button. The listing below represents the final tips!
Before you begin your career search, ask yourself a few questions-and answer them. What do you want to do? What are you good at? By answering these questions at the outset, you create a career plan-a clear, targeted objective you can use to focus your search. Review the following tips organized to help your further in your career planning process.
- If you are currently unhappy in your present position, start planning now. If you don’t start planning now, typically your attitude will continue to deteriorate and usually begin to affect your job performance-which may put your employment in jeopardy. It is more difficult mentally to conduct a job search in the later stages of this process, especially if you are fired. Although sometimes issues can be worked out with your employer, often you need to begin to explore alternatives.
- Assess your career choices. Make an assessment inventory to get a fix on your appropriate options, ensuring you do not overlook options, and helping you find the right fit. This can help you be happier, more fulfilled and even more effective in your occupational choices. Compare the facts you have collected about yourself and facts you have collected about jobs and decide questions such as: Can you see yourself carrying out all the different duties of the job? Would you be happy doing those tasks? Can you use your abilities in that job? Does this career satisfy your needs?
NOTABLE QUOTABLE If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
-Milton Berle
Comedian and Actor- Talk to the people you know. Talk to friends, parents, teachers and/or career counselors. Brainstorm with them; let them know what your interests and skills are and they may be able to think of possible career choices that you weren’t able to.
- Maximize your online resources. There are many sites on the Internet, which discuss the thousands of career options available. Explore the Internet world of options and explore this list of resources, which can help you in your career search.
- Narrow your focus. After all of the researching, interviewing, exploring, and assessing you have completed, you should have a general idea of your likes and dislikes and a general idea of what you are good at. Now it is time to focus on the specific job you might consider. Define a set of target jobs that meet your criteria and then get ready to go for it!
- Look for new career ideas in all areas of your life. Careers can be built on ideas from anywhere. Look for, or create environments in which they can flourish. Foster creativity in all areas of your life: at work, in traffic, shopping, or in the shower. Make brainstorming a part of your career search. Encourage others to join you in this endeavor. Use outside sources for new thoughts. Break your routines. Go to a library, museum, or city hall. Read a different newspaper or magazine. See a different kind of movie. You want new ideas and they can come from anywhere.
- Listen! Be patient and be real. Do not expect glamorous careers immediately. Use your common sense. Listen to other people’s advice. Do what is expected of you, and do it well. Be yourself in your career search-your better self, of course. Identify the style that brought you success in the past. Those are the skills you’re most comfortable with and can use to your best advantage.
ANNANDALE OFFICE TO MOVE Our Annandale location is scheduled to move in January! They aren’t going far (the building next door!), but please note their new address:
7611 Little River Turnpike
Suite 402 West
Annandale, VA 22003Our phone and fax numbers will remain the same:
NRI Staffing Resources
Phone: 703-658-1705NRI HealthCare
Phone: 703-658-4033
Fax: 703-658-1493NRI Staffing Resources
Email: nri-annandale@nri-staffing.comNRI HealthCare
Email: nri-healthcare-va@nri-staffing.comThe new space will provide an additional 500 square fee for our Staffing and HealthCare offices. This means we will be able to have additional interviewing rooms, testing areas and increase the number of staff available to assist you.
A postcard announcing the move with exact dates will be sent to you in January. If you get a chance stop by!
OUR DISCIPLINES AND LOCATIONS
- NRI Accounting Resources®
Specializing in Accounting and Financial Positions- 11400 Rockville Pike, Suite 820, Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: (301) 230-0440, Fax: (301) 770-6125, email: nri-accounting-md@nri-staffing.com
734 15th Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 628-3060, Fax: (202) 628-2838, email: nri-accounting-dc@nri-staffing.com
- NRI HealthCare®
Specializing in Clinical and Non-Clinical Professionals- 11400 Rockville Pike, Suite 820, Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: (301) 230-0444, Fax: (301) 230-0451, email: nri-healthcare-md@nri-staffing.com
1302 Concourse Drive, Suite 2-3, Linthicum, MD 21090
Phone: (410) 850-4035, Fax: (410) 850-5263, email: nri-baltimore@nri-staffing.com
7617 Little River Turnpike, Suite 603, Annandale, VA 22003
Phone: (703) 658-4033, Fax: (703) 658-1493, email: nri-healthcare-va@nri-staffing.com
- NRI Legal Resources®
Specializing in Legal Secretaries, Paralegals and Law Firm Administration
- 734 15th Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 628-3022, Fax: (202) 628-2838, email: nri-legal-dc@nri-staffing.com1302 Concourse Drive, Suite 2-3, Linthicum, MD 21090
Phone: (410) 850-4035, Fax: (410) 850-5263, email: nri-baltimore@nri-staffing.com.
- NRI Staffing Resources®
Specializing in Office Support and Administrative Positions
- 11400 Rockville Pike, Suite 820, Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: (301) 230-0400, Fax: (301) 770-3198, email: nri-staffing-md@nri-staffing.com
1302 Concourse Drive, Suite 2-3, Linthicum, MD 21090
Phone: (410) 850-4035, Fax: (410) 850-5263, email: nri-baltimore@nri-staffing.com1899 L Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 466-4670, Fax: (202) 466-6593, email: nri-staffing-dc@nri-staffing.com7617 Little River Turnpike, Suite 603, Annandale, VA 22003
Phone: (703) 658-1705, Fax: (703) 658-1493, email: nri-annandale@nri-staffing.com10780-90 Parkridge Boulevard, Suite 140, Reston, VA 22191
Phone: (703) 391-8000, Fax: (703) 391-9091, email: nri-reston@nri-staffing.com
- NRI Technology Solutions®
Specializing in IT and Technical Engineering Professionals
- 1899 L Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 466-4670, Fax: (202) 466-6593, email: nri-technology@nri-staffing.com10780-90 Parkridge Boulevard, Suite 140, Reston, VA 22191
Phone: (703) 391-8008, Fax: (703) 391-9091, email: nri-technology@nri-staffing.com1302 Concourse Drive, Suite 2-3, Linthicum, MD 21090
Phone: (410) 850-4035, Fax: (410) 850-5263, email: nri-technology@nri-staffing.com