Career Counselor Interviews - Glen Hiemstra, Founder, Futurist.com, Kirkland, Washington

Posted by: Jan Reha, MA, LHMC (Seattle, Bellevue WA) | Sunday, December 14, 2008 | 0 Comments

In the following Career Discovery Show video series, Jan Reha, Career Discovery, a career counselor who services Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland areas, highlights self employed and small business owners who constitute the majority of the employed people in the USA.  As noted, often small businesses are started during recessionary times.

Glen Heimstra’s childhood interest of following historical events led him to transforming his fascination into a career as a Futurist and futurist speaker who has his own internet media TV show, blog and website at Futurist.com - Futurist Speaker Glen Hiemstra . Glen is a futurist speaker, futurist consultant, author, blogger, internet TV show host, and Founder of Futurist.com - Futurist Speaker.

Futurist.com is dedicated to disseminating information about the future. Whether you are interested in the future of energy, the future of transportation, the future of housing, future trends in technology, climate change, or any of the other compelling issues of our time, you will find answers here. Futurist.com is also dedicated to creating preferred futures, and offers expertise in long-range planning.

Many of these people started their careers during difficult times.  As indicated in this series of interviews, we discover our creativity and ingenuity during difficult times.  Usually it comes with hard choices, determination and perseverance.  Sometimes through happenstance, a career can emerge.  However with turbulent times, many old institutions crumble and their jobs with them.  Confusion follows these endings. At this juncture, it is critical to find your new career solutions. The questions arise again.  Who am I?  What are my strengths? Where are the new jobs?  And how to I find them?

Career counseling with a skilled and knowledgeable career counselor can facilitate rediscovering your strengths, skills and inclinations.  A career counselor can quickly identify the additional skills and training needed to bridge to new occupations.  With this information an educational and career road map will emerge that will greatly help to alleviate your anxiety of the unknown and thus assist in regaining a sense of mastery over your life again.

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