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I practiced tight-roping for about an hour a day and after about a week I started to feel like I’m now getting my balance. Janine Antoni, Artist

Networking on the High Wire Supporting student career decision-making with the assistance of parents and technology: 

Networking on the High Wire Supporting student career decision-making with the assistance of parents and technology Dr. Sally Gelardin Jobjuggler.net

What you said you wanted to learn…: 

What you said you wanted to learn… Latest technologies to communicate with today's students and how to effectively use "helicopter parents." New ideas, new challenges. Tools and resources that will enhance my ability to coach and connect students, alumni, faculty and employers.

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Living in a very rural and economically challenged community, I'm eager to expand my cyber-knowledge with the continued goal of staying connected and supporting college students. …tapping into that percentage of our students who never walks through the office doors -- how to reach them and serve them relevantly

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…updated insight into what is current trends and thinking as well as technology …how to set up a system to help parents and students interact and make decisions together using technology. …parents and technology and the relationship with college student's career decision-making.

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not sure …much more confidence, knowledge, get caught up,etc. …learn a little something new, and expand my horizons pertaining to technology …latest information about using technology in the work that we do...career and educational counseling.

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I don't want to be left behind technologically-speaking. I want to be able to offer students assistance in a way that's most convenient for them and efficient for me. …a clearer understanding of how cyber-counseling works and how to deal with the complexity of issues most students are dealing with in that capacity

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…how to use technology to do my job more efficiently. …how I can begin to work with students using the latest technology. Also, how I can reach more students in a more convenient and comfortable way for them. I want to also be aware of the latest technology so I can better meet the changing needs of students.

This is what I learned about you…: 

This is what I learned about you… You spend an average of 5.1 hours a day at your computer. You spend an average of 3.1 hours a day on the Internet. (54%) have a website. (23%) have responded to a blog. (17%) have started their own blog.

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(11%) have created your own ePortfolio. (17%) have helped a client create an ePortfolio. (94%) participate in a listserv or other eCommunity like Yahoo Groups. (66%) receive e-mail alerts about breaking news items. You have counseled an average of 434 clients/students during the past 12 month period.

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You report that 12% of your students would like to do some or all of their advising sessions in a distance modality (40%) were were moderately or definitely interested in doing career cyber-counseling.

Here are the 6 most common keywords or phrases describing your work and personal passions:: 

Here are the 6 most common keywords or phrases describing your work and personal passions: Work Education Community Job search Career/counseling Students Access Personal Family Learning People/relationships/friends/community/connection Reading Sports/fitness/exercise Gardening

How can we serve more students efficiently, effectively, and economically?: 

How can we serve more students efficiently, effectively, and economically?

What is “networking on the high wire?”: 

What is “networking on the high wire?” Answer: Connecting with students on the Internet

Since I am not a techie, how did I get into an online business?: 

Since I am not a techie, how did I get into an online business? My extended family lives across the country. Since I can’t be with them, I bring them to work…virtually.

What do families and technology have to do with students’ career decision-making?: 

What do families and technology have to do with students’ career decision-making?

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Parents are becoming more and more involved in their college-age children's education. Families and career advisors have more technology tools than ever before. Parents have the most influence on their children. Career centers can benefit their educational institutions by serving the entire family.

Savickas’s Suggestions: 

Savickas’s Suggestions Role models Favorite books, magazines Leisure activities Performance in school subjects Mottoes and sayings Ambitions parents had for student Decision-making strategy

Who has the time to use narrative tools with individual students, or even with a group of students…in person?: 

Who has the time to use narrative tools with individual students, or even with a group of students…in person?

Employ assistance of family and Electronic Tools: 

Employ assistance of family and Electronic Tools E-Portfolio E-Collage Blogging Digital Storytelling E-Forums E-Support Group (job clubs, lifework book clubs) E-Career Assessment Map Podcasting Screencasting Email Cell phone

WHY Enlist the Support of Families and Technology? : 

WHY Enlist the Support of Families and Technology?

How can we go from information overload to a more “Zen” approach?: 

How can we go from information overload to a more “Zen” approach?

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Here’s how I got into use of technology for career development…

What are your strengths?: 

What are your strengths? Skills Interests Values Personality traits Environmental preferences

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What Are Your Motivations?

HOW Do You Prefer To Learn?: 

HOW Do You Prefer To Learn?

EXTERNAL Resources: 

EXTERNAL Resources WHO can help? WHAT can help? HOW can you get help?

HOW Can You Gain Family Support?: 

HOW Can You Gain Family Support? Inform families that career development is important for students. Encourage them to become positive influences. Inform them of the wide-reaching, long-term effects.

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Encourage families to express interest and pride in students. Encourage parents to give their offspring plenty of opportunity to make decisions and plan for their future. Let families know that students/job seekers need both warmth and autonomy to have optimum career development. Communicate electronically with families. Provide families with a list of local career resources and with an online job search strategies e-course that members of the family can work on together.

WHAT Can Support You?: 

WHAT Can Support You? Career information systems Career planning resources Career assessment resources

WHAT Else Can Support You?: 

WHAT Else Can Support You? eNewspapers eJournals eBook reviews and newsletters eMagazines Digital stories Web and audio-casts ePortfolios eNewsletters Professional/trade publications eCommunities, Listservs eBooks Blogs

Enlist the Support of Online Global Families : 

Enlist the Support of Online Global Families Value of Virtual Communities Entrepreneurship GCDF ACAeport Ncda-forums

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7 tips for making better career decisions in this age of information overload.

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Stay connected, both internally and externally. Employ technology to stay connected. Be conscious of the present as you reflect on the past and plan for the future. Envision your career as an integration of your work and personal life. Identify you inner motivations and preferred learning style, as well as your skills, interests, values, and personality traits. Make career decisions based on an organized process. Have courage to step out of the box.

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Life is a circus in the fast-moving 21st century. Juggling job responsibilities, work and home responsibilities, wage and age – it’s all a juggling act. Successful career practitioners don’t become obsessed with dropping the ball, because they know they will bounce back. Stay balanced on the high wire, and don’t be afraid to go a little off-balance. May you find joy, fulfillment, and peace within the rising and falling. Parting Reflections…