Alan: Come on, they won t let you go. You've been for so long. Besides, you're your jo Barbara: That might be, but I feel that I ve reached the glass ceiling in this company Ala Barbara: I've been working here for ten years. I haven't gotten a promotion in three years. I thought I should be Vice President by now. If I were a man, I'm sure i would be vice President Alan: There's no official company policy, but it's true that they dont promote women to management positions here Barbara: I can see the writing on the wall. I think it's time to change job, and maybe even careers, if I want to get ahead n: Change career? Thats a big jump. If you change careers, what will you de Barbara: I'm doing market research here, but I studies public relations in college. Id like to do Pr for a large multinational company Ala That sounds exciting, and the pay would be better, too. Yeah, if I would keep an eye on the job positing on the Internet Barbara: Sooner or later something good is bound to turn up in the job market Keys: TTFFF Task3 Career Transitions Script In July of 2001, my husband, a professional in the information technology consulting industry, lost his job. Despite my experience as a career counselor who had counseled hundreds of people about career changes, when the bad news finally arrived, we were both caught unprepared. Unprepared to tell our children, unprepared for the mix of emotions and most dramatically, unprepared for the sudden loss of routine in our lives The reality was that thought we both knew well how to find jobs, we had never been in this awkward unemployment situation together before. I remember watching my husband sitting in our office as he patted his forehead and muttered to himself, "Now what am I supposed to do? Being laid-off created a whole new set of questions and challenge. We turned to the bookstore for assistance and found lots of books about job search, but not a single book on the day-to-day challenges you face when you get laid-off10 .Alan: Come on, they won’t let you go. You’ve been for so long. Besides, you’re good at your job. Barbara: That might be, but I feel that I’ve reached the glass ceiling in this company. Alan: Glass ceiling? What do you mean by that? Barbara: I’ve been working here for ten years. I haven’t gotten a promotion in three years. I thought I should be Vice President by now. If I were a man, I’m sure I would be Vice President. Alan: There’s no official company policy, but it’s true that they don’t promote women to management positions here. Barbara: I can see the writing on the wall. I think it’s time to change job, and maybe even careers, if I want to get ahead. Alan: Change career? That’s a big jump. If you change careers, what will you do? Barbara: I’m doing market research here, but I studies public relations in college. I’d like to do PR for a large multinational company. Alan: That sounds exciting, and the pay would be better, too. Yeah, if I would keep an eye on the job positing on the Internet. Barbara: Sooner or later something good is bound to turn up in the job market. Keys: TTFFF Task3: Career Transitions Script In July of 2001, my husband, a professional in the information technology consulting industry, lost his job. Despite my experience as a career counselor who had counseled hundreds of people about career changes, when the bad news finally arrived, we were both caught unprepared. Unprepared to tell our children, unprepared for the mix of emotions and most dramatically, unprepared for the sudden loss of routine in our lives. The reality was that thought we both knew well how to find jobs, we had never been in this awkward unemployment situation together before. I remember watching my husband sitting in our office as he patted his forehead and muttered to himself, “ Now what am I supposed to do?” Being laid-off created a whole new set of questions and challenge. We turned to the bookstore for assistance and found lots of books about job search, but not a single book on the day-to-day challenges you face when you get laid-off