{"id":471,"date":"2025-01-12T12:32:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T12:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ciwib.org\/?page_id=471"},"modified":"2025-01-12T12:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T12:32:24","slug":"career-growth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ciwib.org\/?page_id=471","title":{"rendered":"Career Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Find a career that\u2019s a good fit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before applying for new jobs, explore different career options that align with your interests and existing skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>from the Department of Labor offers many resources to assist with this important part of the process. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless of which field you choose, you need to figure out how to make that bridge into a new career. Will you do an internship? Volunteer? Do part-time work?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ciwib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IT-Careers-1024x728.webp\" alt=\"career growth\" class=\"wp-image-472\" style=\"width:449px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Or maybe you stay in your current job and offer to do extra projects. For example, a sustainability student may volunteer for extra work within his or her job\u2014say as the company\u2019s new \u201cgreen\u201d coordinator. Make that bridge, and build your r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Informational interviews are a good way to get yourself noticed. Employers like to hire people they know\u2014personally or through their network. Making connections in your industry can help you land your new job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do a reality check.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Honestly look at the steps involved and make sure you have a support system in place that will make this exciting change an easier transition for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jobs.washingtonpost.com\">https:\/\/jobs.washingtonpost.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.gov\/news\/blog\/2024\/12\/numbers-us-economy-adds-227000-jobs-november-exceeding-expectations\">https:\/\/www.commerce.gov\/news\/blog\/2024\/12\/numbers-us-economy-adds-227000-jobs-november-exceeding-expectations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Psychology of Career Decisions | Sharon Belden Castonguay | TEDxWesleyanU\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4e6KSaCxcHs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find a career that\u2019s a good fit Before applying for new jobs, explore different career options that align with your interests and existing skills. from the Department of Labor offers many resources to assist with this important part of the process. For example: Regardless of which field you choose, you need to figure out how&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-471","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ciwib.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ciwib.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ciwib.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ciwib.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ciwib.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ciwib.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ciwib.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/menu-items\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ciwib.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}