What are the steps of
The Career Growth Basics System
and how do they lead to
  solutions to end career rut?

The steps of the Career Growth Basics system are the process that supports the twofold purpose of CGB which is to:

1.develop abilities to get out of a career rut. 

2.create a career advancement plan.

Here are the details of how to use and how to work The CGB System process to achieve the purpose to design and create your own process and purpose for ending career rut and getting on a path to the career you dream about.

"However difficult life may seem,

there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

-Stephen Hawkings

The CGB System Steps

The steps of The CGB System encourage discovery of where you want to go.

Each CGB System PDF Course-In-An-eBook is a self-paced guide.

Stories and examples and questions encourage taking the time to think about where you’ve been with your job/career and where you are and where you want to go.

KnowWhereGoing

The steps of The CGB System are the process of how to work The Career Growth Basics System. This process is:

1.Read the material.

2.Take notes about the material.

3.Evaluate the material.

4.Research to get more information.

5.Read the material again.

6.Write responses to the questions in the PDF Course-In-An-eBook.

This work is based on the actions of reading and thinking and writing.

Remember:

·       There are no tests.

·       The user sets the pace.

·       The user sets the plan.

·       The user is in charge of the outcomes.

How do the steps of The CGB System
encourage finding solutions to get out of a career rut?

The steps of The Career Growth Basics System PDF Course encourage:

1.Curiosity to find a path forward based on a personally defined purpose for career advancement.

2.Organization which enhances focus.

3.Exploration of how to apply skills and abilities in a career growth plan.

4.Researching new solutions to support problem solving.

5.Building confidence to make informed decisions that opens doors to new possibilities.

Go HERE to get more details about the origins of the steps of The CGB System.

The Benefits of Writing Answers to the Questions in The CGB System

Writing responses to the questions in The CGB System creates a written record of your thoughts and feelings about your job/career. This written record can be used to:

  • Maintain career advancement.
  • Keep a focus on career advancement.
  • Adjust a career advancement path as needed.

This is where to find more details about The CGB System and how it works.

A summary of one person’s use of The CGB System.

I have permission to tell this story but I do not have permission to use the user’s name.

So, although the name of the user is fictitious, the experience is not.

Chrissy approached me after class saying she did not belong in college and wanted to drop out.

I asked her where she did belong.

Her startled reply was: “I don’t know.”

I asked her if she was willing to do some work over the weekend to see if we could work together to find out where she did belong.

She said yes.

I asked her to write down these questions:


  1. What are the reasons you decided to attend college?
  2. What are you doing now?
  3. What do you not like doing?
  4. What are the reasons you do not like doing it?
  5. What do you like doing?
  6. What are the reasons you like doing it?


I emphasized that there are no right or wrong answers and that she should take the time to spend time thinking about her responses.

I told her to write her responses in a form that made sense to her. She could use sentences or a mind map or drawings or an outline or bullet points. I was not going to read her responses. What I wanted her to do was to present her responses to me after the next class.

She said OK.

This is what Chrissy presented. 

I am a waitress.

I do not like standing on my feet for such a long time…..every day. It’s good because it’s a busy restaurant. I make good money; but there’s little time to sit down.

I do not like what I see when I think about spending the next twenty years being a waitress.

(I asked her what she saw. She said, “old and tired…unhappy.”)

I like talking to my customers and taking care of them.

I’ve always messed around with doing my friends’ and families’ hair. It’s like a hobby. I like taking care of them. We have fun trying new things and hanging out and talking.

I entered college because my Mom nagged me about doing something with my life that made me happy. I'm always complaining about my job.

I thanked her for sharing her career story with me.

She said she didn't have a career, just a job that was going no place.

I asked her the reason she wanted to quit college.

She said she’s not a student and feels like she’s wasting time and money because she doesn’t know what she's doing at college. She said college made her feel lost.

I asked her what work she wanted to do to make money.

She shrugged her shoulders.

I asked her if she ever thought about being a beautician.

She got angry and said she’s not into all that “beauty stuff.” I said it’s called beautician because of the products used to take care of hair.

She said “Oh.”

I asked her if she was willing to do some research. She said yes.

I gave her the name of the person running the beautician school at the Community College. It was a 10-month program that included details about how to start and run a “Beautician Shop”.

I asked her if she ever thought of creating a place called “Chrissy’s Hair Hangout.”

She said “Oh.”

I, also, gave her the name of a Beautician School in the area that had a 15-month program.

She left excited about these new possibilities.

When she returned two days later, she told me she had transferred her tuition dollars to the beautician program at the Community College. When she left me the other day, she found the beautician school on campus and met the manager of the program along with some students. They answered all of her questions. Two of the students walked with her to the registrar's office to sign up for the program.  

Also, she reported that she went to her waitressing job and asked her boss if he would train her to be a bartender so she could wait tables and bartend on Friday and Saturday nights while she completed the college program and while she was establishing her business.


And,

that’s how Chrissy designed her career purpose

and

created her career progress plan.



GOTO the ABOUT PAGE to read more stories about how The CGB System has been used to design and create a career growth plan.


NOTE: The CGB System is meant to fit the needs of the individual. Therefore, outcomes will vary to meet the needs of each user..


P.S. Chrissy finished the program. She earned a certification of completion from the Community College. The last time I saw her she was happily busy setting up her new business.

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