KCSpeaks

During this time of the year, it is extremely important to take a moment to remind yourself why you are thankful and in workforce development, we get so many reminders. I am thankful for having a job, for it brings joys and blessings to my family. I am thankful that I get to help people achieve employment and get on their career path. A job is not just a job, but the path to so many other things in life. I am thankful. Are you? I can be reached at kcirincione@gmail.com. Thank you for reading. I am thankful you are reading this. ~ Karen Cirincione

    The newest addition to my exercise routine is Tai Chi. Unlike the other exercise classes I do, Tai Chi is not just something you do. It is deliberate. Without going into a long discourse on the subject, Tai Chi is slow. It is focused. Each movement the body makes flows into another one. Unlike a high-impact dance aerobics class, where the goal is to get faster and increase your heart rate, Tai Chi is the opposite. The goal is to learn the preciseness of the form at a slow pace in order to complete the move correctly. Also it’s sort of meditative.   This class gives me time to think and concentrate. I am developing my core muscles in a stress-free way. All this slow preciseness makes me wonder how I can take my Tai Chi and move it to my life in workforce development.   Don’t get me wrong. I am not ready to pack in my fast paced life just yet, but I can certainly apply some of the principles I have learned in Tai Chi to life in workforce development....

Like most people, I have had a good jobs and bad jobs. I was running an errand one day and I ran into a former colleague. She was telling me about her job. She was upset because the position she accepted was different than it was promoted to her during the hiring process. One of the biggest issues was that this former colleague was looking to grow and develop her skills in a certain area and it turned out that her current position will not allow her to do this. After a few minutes, she told me that she was looking for another job, after only being in this particular position for a short period of time.     Her story is not unique, so many of the job seekers that use the services of the One Stop can relate to her experience. I don’t foresee this problem going away any time soon because many employers are either dysfunctional or the people that do the hiring are delusional. There will always be “bad jobs.”   Before we parted, I told her that the lessons she learn...