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Career Decisions

I am an adult developmental psychologist by training and a career counselor by trade, currently the Director of the Gordon Career Center at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. In this course, I draw from my decades of experience as well as research from the fields of psychology, organizational behavior, and sociology to help you understand best practices for making career decisions. This content will help you develop the tools you need to make the right choices for you, from deciding an area of study to exploring potential lines of work to pursue—and knowing when to pivot at any time in your career.
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Rating 4.3★ based on 9 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Starts Jun 26 (43 weeks ago)
Cost $49
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Instructor Sharon Belden Castonguay
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Language English
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sometimes she uses unnecessary

Sometimes she uses unnecessary technical words.

also sociology as well

Dr. Sharon provides the knowledge from different perspectives not limited only in the filed of psychology but also sociology as well, so it makes this course so valuable and important for people to understand how people make their career decisions or how they define their success in life.

knowledge from different perspectives

reflect on / assess

helpful first step A really fascinating and useful course - it has not only helped me to start asking myself some of the right questions, but to step back and reflect on / assess some of the less conscious influences that got me to where I am and break down the actions I need to take to move myself forward in a more conscious and meaningful way.

linkages into positive psychology/wellbeing

Further, I see linkages into positive psychology/wellbeing.

design thinking concepts

I haven't worked out exactly what is next, but I have some great tools to work with and in particular, I am finding the Design Thinking concepts to be a great mechanism for applying system 2 thinking (interestingly, not my first time using this approach, but applying it to 'me' is a whole new direction!).

dr. sharon provides

very very insightful

Very very insightful and thought provoking, really helps to open my mind to the career decisions that I make and will make in the future.

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Rating 4.3★ based on 9 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Starts Jun 26 (43 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Wesleyan University via Coursera
Instructor Sharon Belden Castonguay
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Tags Personal Development

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