Games2careers: Career Success Is Child's Play
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Choosing a career is one of the most critical decisions we make in our lives. Achieving a career that will bring both personal and professional fulfillment can often be like solving a puzzle. Games2Careers will remove the mystery in the career planning process and reveal the rules of the game. You will discover how your childhood interests are the secret to finding career success. This book is for anyone and everyonestudents, parents, grandparents, teachers, career counselorswho wants to win at the career game!
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The concept of Games2Careers, which, in unique fashion, uses a young persons natural abilities to stimulate career choices, is long overdue in print. I have no doubt this book will change the lives of countless students who are exposed to its wisdom.
Scott Passeser, Host of News 12 Long Islands Jobline
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Authors Susan H. Gubing and Karen McKenna are winning players on the same team. As professional career advisers with over fifty years combined experience in counseling and education in the career planning process, they both have successfully guided countless individuals to attain career objectives. Principals in their own consulting firms, Susan and Karen speak independently to schools and organizations throughout the country about their unique perspective in achieving career success. You can find invaluable career planning insights and resources on their Web site: www.games2careers.com.
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Games2careers - Gubing
2008 Susan H. Gubing and Karen McKenna All Rights Reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.
First published by AuthorHouse 3/6/2008
ISBN: 978-1-4343-7681-7
Image3207.JPGCover design, interior layout,
and print ready file by Legwork Team Publishing
Footnotes:
1. Page 31, reference to multiple intelligences—Frames of Mind: The theory of multiple intelligences, New York: Basic Books. Gardner, Howard (1983; 1993) Second edition, Fontana Press, Britain
2. Page 32, reference to Dr. John L. Holland—The Self-Directed Search and Related Holland Career Materials: A Practitioner’s Guide, Reardon, Robert C., PhD., Lenz, Janet G., PhD. PAR Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc., 1998, Odessa, FL., Page 31.
3. Page 121, reference to the Networking Event for Adults—based on The Party
from Your Ideal Job or Next Career, Bolles, Richard N., Ten Speed Press, 1991, Berkley, CA, page 27.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
A Note From the Authors
Introduction
Solving the Career Success Puzzle
PART I
Choosing a Career is Child’s Play
1. Meet Paul and Amanda Holmes and Their Family
2. Paul Learns About His Career DNA
3. Amanda Ponders Her Career Choices
PART II
Everyday Clues for the Holmes Family
4. Bill the Persuader
5. Ed the Doer
6. The Twins: Sarah the Thinker and Chad the Organizer
7. Signs Beyond the Playground
PART III
Making the Puzzle Pieces Fit
8. Educational Building Blocks
9. Creative Ways to Win the Career Game
10. Solving the Grad School Puzzle
11. Reaching the Finish Line to Capture the Prize
PART IV
The Career Planning Process
12. Rules of the Game
PART V
Connecting Games to Careers
13. Career DNA Synopsis by Interest Group
PART VI
Ready, Set, Play
14. What’s Your Career DNA?
Games2Careers Play Sheet
About the Authors
We dedicate this book to parents, educators, and all who
will use it to inspire children to reach their fullest career
potential. May all who read this book find career fulfillment
by recognizing and applying their natural
interests and abilities.
Acknowledgments
Because many people have inspired the making of this book, there are too many names to include here. However, we would like to take this opportunity to sincerely express our deepest appreciation to all who have played a significant role in feeding our passion for career development. Without your constant support and guidance, Games2Careers may have never made it to the press.
We wish to thank Stephen Wirth, Jim Ryan, and Maggie Kalas for providing the setting for the final chapter in getting this book published. A chance meeting with Stephen led us to Jim, who shared his recent experience as an author. Jim introduced us to Maggie, and it all fell into place. Maggie has been our friend, mentor, sounding board, and connection to the publishing world. She helped us transform our raw material into a book that could appeal to and help many people. Our sincere appreciation goes to Janet and Yvonne at Legwork Team Publishing for their encouragement and enthusiasm. It is great to have access to a professional publishing team on Long Island.
And we would like to thank, in advance, all the parents and educators who will use the information in this book to make a difference in the lives of countless children.
—Susan H. Gubing and Karen McKenna
My deepest gratitude goes to my husband, Bill, and to my son, Bill, and his wife, Jessica, whose love, patience, wisdom, and undying support is a blessing to me every day.
Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to have many supportive people who allowed me to implement my creative ideas. Much thanks goes to all my supporters at the Smithtown Central School District, namely, career education advocates, Sherrion Elmore and Richard Collins, Dr. Christopher Gallagher, and Edward Ehmann, superintendent of schools. Their innovative leadership spurred me on to think in new and innovative ways.
Special thanks go to those family, friends, and colleagues—you know who you are—who would not let me forget about my promise to write a book. Thank you for not letting me shelve this project under any circumstances.
—Susan H. Gubing
More than anyone, I thank my husband, Rich, for always believing in me and inspiring me with his love and devotion. The last few years have been filled with change and adventure. As partners, we have flourished and grown closer. Without his understanding, flexibility, and support, this book would never have come to be.
Special thanks go to my mom and dad for encouraging me to follow my dreams. You’ve both always cheered me on in so many areas of my life. Without your love and guidance, I know I would have missed a great deal.
To my brother, Jim, and sister, Alison, I give my warmest appreciation for inspiring and believing in me. Knowing that you are there and always willing to help or just listen means the world to me.
Sincere gratitude goes to those colleagues who gave me my big break—the chance to work in career management. I thank Mary Brown, Fran Kent, and Todd Morena for the opportunity to demonstrate my counseling skills at DBM.
I would also like to express my thanks to Kathy Rodgers and Kevin Waxman for remembering me when an opportunity arose with the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) to run a unique training grant program on-site at Chase Career Services. In particular, I want to thank David Rottman for creating an environment that let each of us shine. Under David’s leadership, I felt free to bring my ideas to life