Having a Job Just Like Recess: A Parent's Manual for Guiding and Gracing Your Child's Career Path - Softcover

Roo, Mark De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 059526168X ISBN 13: 9780595261680

Publisher: iUniverse, 2003

Synopsis

As a parent, you wear all the hats: doctor, disciplinarian, dietician, counselor, coach, entertainer, educator, etc. How about "career counselor?" For most parents, that hat doesn't fit as comfortably. Many parents feel the extent of their career guidance is confined to, "You'll be good at whatever you want to do." While such words are thoughtful, they lack substance. More importantly, they fail to consider the creative and necessary steps, activities, and tools that eventually make for a meaningful and successful career path.Having a Job Just Like Recess provides those tools. The book offers ideas and insights for parents at any age. You'll identify real-time career options consistent with your child's profile. Mostly importantly, you'll discover that each of us-parent and child-is part of God's creation whose greater purpose can be fulfilled through our vocation.Parents will find its easy-to-read style anything but work. In fact, the book makes the career planning process fun and invigorating-just like recess!

About this title

Synopsis

As a parent, you must wear all the hats: doctor, disciplinarian, nutritionist, counselor, coach, entertainer, educator, etc. How about "career counselor?" For most parents, that hat doesn't fit as comfortably. Many parents feel the extent of their career guidance is contained in these encouraging words of wisdom, "You'll be great at anything you do!" While such support is helpful, it lacks the steps, activities, and essential tools that eventually result in a meaningful and successful career path for their kids. This book provides those tools. It offers ideas and insights for parents of a child at any age. It recognizes each of us parent and child as God's creation whose greater purpose can be fulfilled through our vocation. Parents will find its easy-to-read style anything but work. In fact, the book makes the career planning process invigorating and fun just like recess!

About the Author

Mark de Roo is President of Keystone Coaching & Consulting, LLC. He has 20 years experience in human resources, career counseling and business coaching. He is married (Roxanne) and is the fortunate father of three children: Ingrid, Taylor, and Hillary. He resides in Holland, Michigan.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 059526168X
• ISBN 13: 9780595261680
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248