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Looking for a great holiday gift? My new book, Flying Solo: Career Transition Tips for Singles, is an ideal holiday gift for anyone considering a career transition. Order Flying Solo here and receive your bonuses right away! | Happy Holidays Isodifj! Wow it's already December. Where did the time go? My hubby and I just ordered our holiday cards. Shocker - they're focused on Vaughn! Here's a sneak peak: 
Since it's December, it's almost time to review your accomplishments this past year, and set your vision and goals for 2009! I'll send you a tool in January to help you do that. Two of the things I am incredibly grateful for are 1. (you guessed it!) my son Vaughn, and 2. the opportunity I have every day to impact the lives of others and help you achieve your goals. Thank you for subscribing to my ezine and giving me the opportunity to help you. This month's Personal Note & Life Lesson focuses on acting from possibility and not fear. Given the current state of the economy, it can be harder to focus on opportunity and possibility, but it's still vitally important to do so as much as you can. Career Corner this month is about the practical steps you need to take to setting tangible goals for your career transition. 2 Fun Freebies: The December Freebies are a funny video that will make you smile (we all need to do more of that ;), and a free e-book from my co-hort Miriam about successful holiday networking. (Note: You must subscribe to her blog to receive it): Video: www.halliecrawford.com/Newsletter/downloads/Whoneedspockets.wmv Blog/Ebook: www.keppiecareers.com/2008/11/30/holiday-networking-free-ebook/ See you in 2009! Spread joy this holiday season,
Hallie Crawford
Personal Note & Life Lesson Let Go of Fear, Make Strong Decisions With the stock market fluctuating as much as it has been and the global economy struggling, it can be hard to think in terms of possibility rather than lack. I've started to listen more selectively to the news so that it doesn't get me down every time I watch. Here's the deal: Worrying about things does not help; taking action to do something about challenges or issues does. When I work with clients, I encourage them to make decisions from a position of strength or possibility. People often act out of feelings related to fear, weakness or some other negative emotion/energy. Take time this month to notice how you approach your decisions. Do you feel confident and strong? If so your outcome will be better. Think about times when you have made a decision or taken action out of fear or anger? What was the outcome? Probably not so great. This takes practice so start small to try it out. When you're facing an important decision this month, notice how you're feeling about it. If you are experiencing 'bad vibes', try to shift your mindset or, if possible, wait until you feel better or more confident to make that important decision. One of the best career decisions you can act on in a tough economy is to make yourself invaluable to your employer/prospective employer. Invest in your education, in additional classes to beef up your skills, or advanced programs to enhance your value and marketability as an employee. Spending the money to invest in yourself is key.
What's New and Coming Soon  Flying Solo: Career Transition Tips for Singles - Great Gift for the Holidays
Help someone you know get a jumpstart on the New Year with Flying Solo: Career Transition Tips for Singles. The book is a great gift for the holidays. Click here to read more and order your copy today
Get ready to blast off towards your ideal career!! February 5, 2009 I am starting a brand new coaching group called "Identify Your Ideal Career Path". This group follows the exact same 5 step program I use with individual clients---at a fraction of my individual coaching rate! In this 6 month program, you will: - Uncover your values, priorities and what would be most fulfilling for you in a career
- Explore the 6 components of the Kick Ass Career Model
- Combine the components of the Kick Ass Career Model to identify your ideal career path
- Learn to overcome any issues or obstacles that hold you back from defining your ideal career and making it happen
- Create and implement a transition plan for you to land your ideal job
What are the bennies of group coaching? Learn from me and from others. Get support from 3 places (coach, class members, your buddy in the group). Join a community that will support you through your transition. ....All for only $150/month for 6 months -- less than half of my individual coaching rate. Interested in learning more or joining this group? Go here to read more, or contact me directly to set up a complimentary consultation.
Where's Hallie Speaking Events Free Presentation: "Career Transition Tips for Singles"
Come join me at the UGA Atlanta Alumni Center January 13, 2009! It's free and open to the public. Discover the unique challenges singles face when they try to make a career transition on their own.
This program is especially for career-minded singles who want to: - Switch their career to a new field of interest
- Start their own business and become an entrepreneur
- Find the courage to leave an unfulfilling job
- Make their career transition as smooth as possible
Register here I'm taking my passion on the road! If you'd like me to speak at your next association, club or networking meeting feel free to contact me here. Articles I was thrilled to provide information for The Wall Street Journal this month: "Where'd My Job Go?" The Wall Street Journal - November 22, 2008
Career Corner The Career Seeker's Guide to Setting Tangible Goals One of the most challenging aspects of making a career change is learning how to harness your dreams and make them happen. Bring your fantasy of "the perfect career for me" back down to earth and turn it into a workable plan that you can knock out step by step. I suggest you begin by setting tangible goals. Let's start with the goal. When your mind is feeling creative and unrestrained, you might write down a career objective that sounds something like this: Quit my job, open flower shop. This is a great starting point and indeed a goal to aspire to, but the problem is that this goal has no time frame. You can see that you still need a practical working plan to help carry out this goal, along with a time frame to make it happen. Does this mean the goal is no good? Not at all! The idea is to keep this as your Master Goal, but then create smaller, practical sub-goals with time frames that you can fulfill in order to reach this major milestone in your professional life. When the time comes to set your personal goals... make sure they are tangible, measurable, realistic and include a time frame. Your goals should be achievable, yet also a stretch so you're pushing yourself beyond what you'd normally do in order to move forward. One thing that you will find when setting goals, is that the best plans will manifest themselves in outline form. Beneath the umbrella goal of "Quit my job, open flower shop," you might list out a series of sub-goals. These could hypothetically be: - Start a savings plan.
- Further business education.
- Look into real estate possibilities for future store.
- Do informational interviews - talk to others who own their own flower shop.
(There will be more goals on your list obviously). Notice that these goals STILL are not meeting the requirement of being tangible, measurable, time-sensitive and so forth. Which is why you will then need to zoom in even closer on your list of goals to make them even more specific. Let's look at Sub Goal 1: "Start a Savings Plan." Here, you can break this down into still more stepping-stone goals, which could be: a. Set up investment plan with financial advisor that will allow you to accumulate savings, of a specific amount, that you can dip into and use within a year. Deadline for goal: November 1, 2009. b. Redesign household budget plan, making cuts in some areas and setting aside a surplus of $ xxxx amount to be invested in savings for future business. Deadline for goal: November 1, 2009.
As you can see, once you break down the larger goals into smaller goals which can then be feasibly achieved by a certain time, you can then determine how long it will take to achieve all the sub-goals, and then assign a long-term deadline to the major goal. This process will allow you to stick to your plan without feeling overwhelmed by a sense of vagueness and "how am I going to get there?!" If in the end, you figure out that all of your Savings Plan sub-goals could easily be completed by Dec. 31, 2009 then this could be the final deadline to have your savings plan in place. And when your savings plan is solid and attainable, it can better fulfill its purpose of helping further your dream of the flower shop along. To learn more about my coaching services, contact me for a personal consultation today!
Special Career Corner for Young Professionals & Recent College Grads Making a Change to Something Bigger and Better (excerpted from Flying Solo: Career Transition tips for singles) Do you fall into the category of "I know I need to make a change and the time is now!" Or are you on the fence, still wondering if the place you are in is really a fit? Is it possible that you are unhappy for some other reason than the job? Whether you're single or not, being uncertain about making a change is completely normal. Having doubts and fears is common. We all have our ups and downs at work so it's important to define whether you really need to change jobs, or if you're just going through a rough patch you need to work through. Signs That It's Time to Make a Change: - You dread getting out of bed in the morning--every morning.
- Your work relationships and performance are beginning to suffer.
- You work tirelessly.
- You start to slack off at work and have little or no motivation to perform.
- You become "someone else" at work.
- The position doesn't make use of your talents.
- You spend most of your time complaining about your job.
- You regularly fantasize about quitting your job, being fired or let go.
If any of these red flags are waving at you, it's probably time to seriously consider changing jobs, whether it's moving into a new position at your current company or changing your course completely by choosing an entirely different career path. Read the rest of this excerpt here Reprinted from Flying Solo: Career Transition Tips for Singles, by Hallie Crawford, CPCC, (www.halliecrawford.com) reprinted by permission of the author. ©2008 Hallie Crawford. All rights reserved. If you'd like to use these tips in your newsletter or website: You can, as long as you include this "blurb" with it: Hallie Crawford, certified Career Coach is changing the way people feel about work-from just a paycheck to a fulfilling endeavor that is an extension of their purpose and passion. If you're ready to have a career you love, learn more about Hallie at http://www.HallieCrawford.com. Want to see more tips like this one? Visit and bookmark my Career Tips Blog.
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