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Your career transition is one of the most important research projects in your life! Whether you're checking out various fields of work, changing occupations, need to tune-up your resume and interview skills or seeking internship and job opportunities, Career Services can assist you with your career direction.

The global workplace is moving fast. In fact, it's estimated that most people will be switching careers 12-14 times in their lifetime! That means that managing your career will be full of choices and changes throughout your workspan.

At Cascades, we're into "process and planning" when it come to career transition.We're talking about a method that includes a conscious, creative, thorough and committed on-going effort in exploring your career change and taking action. It's like continuously trying to put the puzzle pieces together-the puzzle pieces of your life. Our holistic model consists of the following interchangeable steps:

• Become self-aware-explore my unique qualities - how do I fit with different career types?
• Become career-aware-explore career possibilities - what do people do in different careers? Should I start my own business?
• Integrate awareness information-explore challenges, make decisions & set goals - does this mean following my heart or my head, or both?
• Market yourself-prepare myself to obtain work - can I pull it all together to convince an employer I'm the right person for the job?
• Workplace Success-explore methods for success - how can I start out on the right foot?
• Balanced lifestyle-review, reflect, research, and respond to personal, family/social, career, leisure, and community integration - Yikes! How do I keep all the balls in the air?