Free Stuff

1. CareerTalk - the online career newsletter for young professionals. Published quarterly with new ideas, thoughts and career tips in every issue. There is no cost or obligation.

• No time to suspend career dreams - a recession-proof strategy (January 2009)
• "Thanks for the raise" - but how am I doing, really?(September 2007)
• "To MBA or not to MBA"....The question is Why? (April 2007)
• "Then one foggy Xmas eve"...Rudolph found his dream job (December 2006)
• Conscious Career Tradeoffs: A savvy approach to 'getting it all' (September 2006)
• "And the Oscar goes to": Getting support for 'risky' career choices (May 2006)
• Career by Default: 'Fall-back' blues! (February 2006)
• Opportunity Knocks: Smart career detours! (September 2005)
• Getting Great Career Advice: Reformatting the information interview (May 2005)
• Early Career Blues: Look before you leap! (February 2005)
• Career Indecision: It may be a good thing! (November 2004)

• TO SUBSCRIBE: email irenegiesbrecht@telus.net and type in 'YES'

2. Free Speaking Services - As part of my community outreach, I'm delighted to offer my speaking services free of charge to non-profit, professional, and community groups. Presentations are tailored to the interests of your group. Topics include:

• For This I Went to College? Turning those early career lemons into lemonade (for young professionals and those floundering in under-employment).
• It's Not Too Late to Run Away and Join the Circus (for new graduates about to launch their first professional career).
• Working 'On' Your Career, Not Just 'In' It: Career self-reliance for young professionals.
• A Tough Act to Follow: What today's parents need to know to guide their childrens' career development (for parents of teens to 'twenty-somethings').

3. Articles

• Working on Your Career - Not Just In It. Summary of presentation given to annual meeting of the Division for the Advancement of Women in Engineering and Geoscience(DAWEG)

"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing."
- Dale Carnegie

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