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Career Planning NSWC, Dahlgren

28 June 2013 Alan J. Dean

“Let him who would move the world --- first move himself”

Socrates

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Tomahawk

Operation Odyssey Dawn • 24/7 Distance Support to CTF-

69 and 3 submarines, including USS Florida

• Results: 8 missiles recovered and subsequently launched

• Strike Reconstruction Analysis performed for SUBFOR, OPNAV, and PEOs

Enhanced Distance Support

Bunker Busters: Thermobarics JSOC / SOCOM Support

Armored HMMWVs

Warfare Centers Interact with the Warfighters Daily Meeting Naval, Joint and National Needs Now and for the Future

• BLU-118/B Thermobaric Bomb for tunnel defeat capability - 67 days

• Thermobaric Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW-NE) - 9 months

Unique capabilities that only Warfare Centers can provide

• Currently averaging 4300 Fleet calls per month

• Significantly improved turn around time due to reduced ship visits.

• Leading DoD life-cycle support capability for electro-optics.

• Special weapons • Maritime mobility

Improved Marine Corps Armor Kit (MAK)

•Polymer and ceramic expertise

•Blast modeling and simulation expertise

•Shop fabrication capabilities

Small Unit Riverine Craft

• Currently deployed under I MEF in support of OIF II

• Provides sustained, conventional reachback operations - MEF

Submarine Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) • 2012 PACRIM Exercise

"live fire" CONOPS involving USS North Carolina and HMAS Farncomb.

• UAV deployment from submerged posture with hand-off to coalition partner

• Providing subs with Over the Horizon targeting and Battle Damage assessment (BDA)

USS Hartford Temporary Electronic Imaging System

• Unexpected, urgent Fleet requirement - Both periscopes damaged beyond repair

• Rapid response design, assembly, and installation of new imaging system

Fleet interface: • Over 24,400 total Technical Assists

* Includes CASREP and non-CASREP, on site and remote assistance

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Where We Are…


What We Do…

S&T R&D T&E Product Delivery

Fleet Support

Patents Awarded

Break- Throughs

Transitions

Design Teams

SW Devl

Demonstrations HW Devl

DT/OT Events

CSSQTs

Tests @ Ranges/Major

Facilities

Procedures Written

Modernizations & Alterations

Manufactured Products

Integrations & Certifications

Installs

Distance Support

CASREPs Resolved

Depot Maint Repairs

Onboard Tech Assists

Tech Manuals

Build an affordable future Fleet Sustain the current Fleet

FY12 Reimbursable Funding ($M)

The life-cycle of Navy systems is long: spanning 30 years or more. Warfare Centers provide continuous support from cradle to grave

S&T, $307, 6%

RDT&E, $1,326,

26%

Products Delivery, $1,379,

27%

Fleet Support, $2,118,

41%

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Presenter

Presentation Notes

The WFCs provide a stable organic resource to execute NAVSEA’s mission. NAVSEA’s long term mission to build and sustain the fleet requires multiple and diverse skills and capabilities which are not easily developed. WFCs provide a stable, experienced, and educated workforce that spans the product lifecycle.


Provide research, development, test and evaluation, analysis, systems engineering, integration and certification of complex naval warfare systems related to surface warfare, strategic systems, combat and weapons systems associated with surface warfare. Provide system integration and certification for weapons, combat systems and warfare systems. Execute other responsibilities as assigned by the Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center.

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NSWCDD Strategic Mission

Destroy and Disrupt the Adversaries’ Ability to Fight on Their Terms

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NSWC Dahlgren Division

$1.5B Business Base Huntsville, AL •MDA Support •5 Civilians

NSWC Dahlgren •RDT&E •Systems Eng & Certification •Warfare Systems Integration •3400 Civilians

NSWCDD Dam Neck •Integrated Training & Control •Force Integration •346 Civilians Norfolk •CBR •2 Civilians

SOCOM/CENTCOM Tampa, FL •On-site Office •2 Civilians

San Diego, CA CBR Waterfront Team •2 Civilians

STRATCOM Omaha, NE •2 Civilian Updated 2/12

Naval Observatory, DC • Reentry Systems • 16 Civilians

Wallops Island,VA •Sys Certification •19 Civilians

Presenter

Presentation Notes

The Dahlgren Division is a naval Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) institution founded in Naval Warfare, focused to meet the needs of the Department of Navy (DoN), which also support Joint and National initiatives that have naval implications. The Dahlgren Division exists to develop and support systems, technologies, concepts, tactics and training that enable naval forces to conduct their missions effectively and safely across the complete spectrum of operations with a concentration on the application of deadly force to disrupt and destroy enemy capabilities. The Dahlgren Division provides the science, technology, engineering leadership and innovation that our nation’s naval and joint forces rely upon for superior warfighting capability. NSWCDD works closely with the warfighter to fully understand operational challenges and requirements and provides the bridge technology innovations and prototypes to the industrial capabilities and production capacities of our private sector partners. This critical linkage results in delivery of effective, affordable and timely warfighting capabilities to our men and women in uniform.


NSWCDD, Dahlgren, Virginia Integrated Capabilities

Ordnance Testing

E3 Testing

Railgun

Almost 95 years of providing capabilities and innovative solutions in the areas of weapons and sensor systems, and combat systems.

Tomahawk

Naval Directed Energy Center

Sensors and Surface Combat Systems Facility

SLBM Fire Control Systems

Chem-Bio Defense

Presenter

Presentation Notes

Now looking at the Dahlgren site and Division Headquarters location. We are located on about 5000 acres along the Potomac River about 50 miles southwest of Washington DC. Our proximity to the Washington area is definitely an asset in working with our sponsors such as the Office of Naval Research, the naval acquisition commands at the Navy Yard and the Marine Corps Systems Command at Quantico, VA. The Dahlgren site was selected in 1918 because of the geography which allows an over water instrumented firing range of about 25 miles with extensions into the upper Chesapeake Bay. Technical Facilities on this slide represent just a few of the many labs supporting hundreds of programs. Shipboard Fire Control Systems Since the 1950s, Dahlgren has had lead technical roles for fire control, targeting, reentry dynamics and system accuracy, founded on our expertise in ballistics and computational science. The products we provide to the warfighter and the fleet are certified to stringent nuclear weapons standards. Facilities include Fire Control test labs built to recreate combat scenarios. Significant modeling and simulation labs are used during design and development. Ordnance Testing Through the years, Dahlgren established itself as the major testing area for naval guns and ammunition. Today it continues to provide the military with this unique test range as well as a matured technical capability and leadership to solve complex warfighting needs. Facilities: Fast Cook off facilities, counter explosive test facilities, Naval Ordnance Transient Electromagnetic Simulator (NOTES), restrained missile testing, and testing supporting a variety of ship gunnery. E3 Electromagnetic Environmental Effects, or E3, as it is also known, represents the impact of the electromagnetic environment upon the operational capability of military forces, equipment, systems and platforms. Our E3 testing facilities support all electromagnetic disciplines, including electromagnetic compatibility and interference; vulnerability; pulse; electronic protection, hazards of electromagnetic radiation to personnel, ordnance and volatile materials; and natural phenomena effects such as lightning and precipitation static. Understanding and controlling E3 is essential for the protection of people, ordnance and missions when operating electronic systems (e.g., communications, radars, weapons, sensors, etc,) in the electromagnetic environment. Railgun One of the most talked about programs we support for ONR is Railgun.


Potomac River Test Range Complex

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Specialty Site for Naval Surface Weapons Systems Integration

NAVSEA 05 Technical Warrant Holder Resident on Campus – Combat and Weapon Control Systems – Surface Ship;

Guns – Surface Ships; Launcher Systems – Surface Ship (except USW); Missiles - Surface Ship; Radar and RF Systems – NAVSEA (except submarines); EMI Control/EMC/EMP/RADHAZ – Surface Ship; Displays & Human Factors Engineering, Directed Energy & Electric Weapons

NAVSEA’s Technical Expert for Directed Energy & Rail Gun

Software Design Agent for SLBM Fire Control and SSGN AWS Launch Control

LSEA for Aegis Combat System ISEA for Aegis Weapons System Computer

Programs Trusted Agent for Safety, Lethality, E3, Integrated

Topside Design, Anti-Tamper, CBR

TDA/DA/AEA/SEA for many programs, including: – Launchers, CEC, Q70, Shipboard Protection System, Navy

Identity Dominance System, Joint Expeditionary Forensics Facilities, CBR Collective Protection Systems, CB Detection, Decontamination and Information Systems, VLS SW, CADRT

Certification Agent for Surface Warfare Systems System Development Activity Lead for Tomahawk

Weapon Control System Coordination Agent for Aegis Combat System IA

Efforts Joint PM for Collective Protection JPO-CB Defense Host office JCTD Technical Manager for Joint Force

Protection Advanced Security Systems

Representative Technical Roles

Presenter

Presentation Notes

This is a representative set of various Technical roles assigned to Dahlgren that span Multiple Programs and Life Cycle Phases. Research…Development…Test and Evaluation…Certification…Integration…Systems Engineering…Technical Management and Oversight Technical Warrants – we hold multiple Tech Warrants in areas of: Combat Systems Surface Combatants Dahlgren’s Product and Quality Legacy: DEVELOPS and CERTIFIES all targeting and fire control programs for Trident Submarines CERTIFIES all Aegis Weapon System computer programs prior to installation for deployment EVALUATES THE SAFETY of combat, weapon and ordnance systems for the Navy and Marine Corps DESIGNS and CERTIFIES all Navy sensors used to detect Chemical and Biological agents and the filtered protection systems which ensure a safe shipboard environment DEVELOPS advanced computing technologies and evaluate commercial computing technologies for designing future Weapon and Combat Systems TESTS and APPROVES Naval gun barrels and ammunition for Fleet use DEVELOPS and EVALUATES system concepts for providing defense against ballistic and cruise missiles CONDUCTS ANALYSES to determine the required number and capabilities of Navy surface combatant ships for the future DEVELOPS and INTEGRATES new technologies to aid in the solution of current Warfighter needs DEVELOPS new capabilities that enable operational forces to prosecute the Global War on Terrorism DEVELOPS National Response Mission capabilities that enable and assure missions spanning the Full Spectrum of Operations Title 10 PM for Counter-Narco Terrorism

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So You Want to Build a Career

Is a Career and an Occupation the Same Thing?

What Are You Good At --------- What is Your Passion

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How Do You Define the Word Career? Comes from Latin carrieria for street or carraria for road for

vehicles

A course of action or events -- occupation followed as a life’s work – Websters

“In my eyes, a career is the vehicle in which you make your mark on the

world. As a Naval Officer, I can vividly recall each tour, the mark I made (good and bad), and the contribution I made to national defense

...”

Captain Kadowaki

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Foundations As Early As 1950

Career Became More Than an Occupation*

• Happens Over a Lifetime • Is Developmental

• Changes Over Time • Includes Life Roles

• Is a Process not an Event

* Super, D.E. Vocational Adjustment: Implementing a Self-Concept,1951 Super, D.E. A Life-Span, Life-Space Approach to Career Development, 1980

Its Like Connecting a Series of Dots Through Time

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Career Steps

Time

Early Development

Full Performance Level

Senior

Exec

Opportunity & Competitive Criteria

Com

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Entry Workforce Distribution

Com

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Com

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Early Development

Full Performance Level

Senior

Exec

Opportunity & Competitive Criteria

Com

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tion

Com

peti

tion

Com

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tion

Career Steps (Underlying Continuous Learning Process)

Individual Growth

Organizational Contribution

Repeated Cycles of

Movement, Apprenticeship, Growth

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Connecting Career Dots (A Series of Roles)

Personal Growth; Organizational Contribution; Decision to Leave

“All the world is a stage, And all the men and women, merely players, They have there exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.”

-William Shakesphere

Software Modifier

HW/SW Designer

Group Leader

Program Manager

SLBM Branch Head

Senior Tech

Staffer

DL Corp Staff

ASW Branch Head

Various Jobs

Graduate As EE

WC Head,

WD

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Questions for Today

What is Affecting Careers Today?

What is The Career Process?

What Affects Career Decisions?

Who has Roles and Responsibilities?

How Do You Develop a Career Roadmap?

Where are the Opportunities to Learn?

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What is Affecting Careers Today Kummerow, ed, New Directions in Career Planning & the Workplace, Chapter 1, Casio,

The Changing World of Work, 2000.

• Globalization • Technology • Change in Demographics • Organizational Restructuring • Intellectual Capital • Speed of Change • Cost Controls

All in the Context of a Diverse Workforce

“Everything is in a State of Flux, including the status quo.”

- Robert Byrne

“Change is the Only Constant”, - Heraclitus, ~500 B.C.

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Workplace Realities Kummerow, ed, New Directions in Career Planning & the Workplace,

Chapter 1, Casio, The Changing World of Work, 2000.

Old Workplace Contract Stability & Predictability Permanence Standard Work Patterns Valuing Loyalty Paternalism Job Security Linear Career Growth Onetime Learning

New Workplace Contract Change & Uncertainty Temporariness Flexible Work Valuing Performance & Skills Self-Reliance Employment Security Multiple Careers Lifelong Learning

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What Is The Career Planning Process? Haines, S. Successful Career & Life Planning;The Systems Thinking Approach, 2000.

Future State

A) Output

Current State

C) Input

Life-Long Learning

B) Feedback (Skills & Competencies)

D) Follow -Thru

IDP

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What Derails Career Planning Process? Haines, S. Successful Career & Life Planning;The Systems Thinking Approach, 2000.

Failure to Believe in Success Lack of Commitment to the Plan

Insufficient Time and Resources Allocated Day-To-Day Pressures Dominate

Focus Limited When Priorities Not Set Unwilling to be Visionary, Proactive & Creative

Tough Choices are Avoided Changing Priorities Among Family

Poor Communications

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What Affects Career Decisions?

Opportunity

External Personal

Work

Events of

Change

Decision Frames

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Decision Frames

Self*

► Values ► Interests

► Skills ► Accomplishments ► Working Style ► Passion (s) ► Motivation

Attitude + Energy + Support = Success

Family

► Family Needs ► Significant Other Goals

► Financial Situation

Work**

► Enjoy the Work ► Personal Growth ► Leave With a Good Feeling

*Matlz & Grahn, A Fork in the Road, A Career Planning Guide for Young Adults, 2003 ** Dr. Jim Colvard

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Who has Roles and Responsibilities? An Balanced Partnership

Employee

• Participate/Perform Activities • Ask Questions

• Indicate Job Interests • Plan Career Roadmap

• Identify Indicators of When to Leave • Pursue Training/Opportunities

• Self/Rotation Evaluations

• Joint Ownership/Retention of New Employee • Defining Skills Requirements for Today & Future • Developmental Work Assignments/Funding • Roadmap Development • Mentoring Efforts • Employee Evaluation/Promotions • Department Orientations Organization

• Support Efforts • Complementary Goals Family

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Connecting Career Dots (Lifelong Learning Exercise)

Software Modifier

HW/SW Designer

Group Leader

Program Manager

SLBM Branch Head

Senior Tech

Staffer

DL Corp Staff

ASW Branch Head

Various Jobs

Graduate As EE

MSEE Degree

NWC Diploma

MA Degree

Special Topic, Management, and Leadership Training

“Over the long run, superior performance

depends on superior learning.” - Peter Senge

WC Head, WD

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Current

Career

Competencies Leadership Activities

Development Assignments

Alt Career

Target: Career

Technical Depth

Tasks (Org. Contribution)

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Perspectives to Success “I believe you can consider yourself successful in a tour or a full career if you can look back and say that you've done everything you can to further the mission of the organization you belong to. In my case, that usually means that I try to create the environment so that others can do their work as efficiently and with minimum distractions, since it isn't usually me that does the mission-accomplishing work.” Captain Smith

Accept the past, focus on the future, and anticipate Pritchett, Pound, The Employee Handbook for Organizational Change.

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Where Are the Opportunities to Learn?

Job Openings

Jobs Looking for People

External Assignments

Co-Lateral Duties on Advisory Panels, IPTs, Corporate Efforts

Volunteer Efforts

“Work & play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions”

- Mark Twain

Dahlgren Tools for Career Planning

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• Electric Weapons - Multi-use (Sense, ID, Engage) - Scalable effects - Lower cost

• Advanced materials - Topside Design - Control of RF environment

• Distributed Networked Systems

•Integration of Unmanned and Autonomous Systems

• Advanced Sensors

Research & Development • Math, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering

• Targeting • Strategic Fire Control Computation • Digital Fire Control

Computational Sciences

• Combat Systems • New Warfare Concepts • Ballistic Missile Defense • Integrated Warfare Systems

Systems Engineering

A Continuing Evolution

Test & Evaluation (Build a Little; Test a Little; Learn a Lot)

Presenter

Presentation Notes

Dahlgren was established as a Naval gunnery test range in 1918. Then (much as today) there was a need to improve accuracy and range of naval guns. “click” Even in the early years, the disciplines of mathematics, physics, and chemistry were applied to improve projectile geometry, gun barrel design, propellants, and other aspects of gunnery. As a result, Dahlgren built a cadre of scientists and engineers. Their skills were later applied during World War II to develop the Norden Bomb Sight, used in targeting the first atomic bomb. “click” The experience in computation, physics, and targeting was later applied in developing a new wave of digital fire control systems, and Dahlgren led the development of a new generation of strategic systems in the 1960s. Dahlgren is still deeply involved in targeting and mission planning for these and other systems. Given its involvement in targeting and in fire control systems, Dahlgren soon began to apply a new discipline—systems engineering—many years before this term was first coined. “click” Systems engineering was needed to bring order to the potential chaos in the “systems of systems” that had developed in Naval weaponry. The first example of this new breed of complex systems was the AEGIS Combat System, used to protect naval battle groups, and is still a major Dahlgren product line. Like the earlier days when math and physics disciplines were applied beyond the gun/projectile problems, Dahlgren’s capability in systems engineering was also applied beyond AEGIS to even more challenging systems problems: Theater Missile Defense and Theater Warfare Systems. These are now among Dahlgren’s core technical capabilities, and, while the thrust of these activities extends well beyond T&E, many T&E activities at Dahlgren still directly support these programs.


First Gun Firing – 16 October 1918 First Radio Controlled Airplane in collaboration with NRL – 1924 First testing of 16-inch HC (High Capacity) projectiles (1938) The First Navy general purpose digital computing machine: March 1945 contracted

for the MK II with Harvard. Delivered Feb 1948 in Collaboration with Harvard World's first operational 6 DOF trajectory simulation. Completer 1950. Developed

for the 12.75 inch diameter antisubmarine rocket (Weapon A). Dr. Charles Cohen First error-checking (for machine error) methods built into a general purpose

computer. For NORC, 1955 First fully autonomous infrared guided munition in the world (5-inch IRGP) - 1974 First Joint warfare and targeting analysis capability – 1994 Patents – 386 since 1986 Rail Gun in Collaboration with ONR (& others) – Famous First with Each Firing –

2000s

Firsts

Presenter

Presentation Notes

This is a representative set of various Technical roles assigned to Dahlgren that span Multiple Programs and Life Cycle Phases. Research…Development…Test and Evaluation…Certification…Integration…Systems Engineering…Technical Management and Oversight Technical Warrants – we hold multiple Tech Warrants in areas of: Combat Systems Surface Combatants Dahlgren’s Product and Quality Legacy: DEVELOPS and CERTIFIES all targeting and fire control programs for Trident Submarines CERTIFIES all Aegis Weapon System computer programs prior to installation for deployment EVALUATES THE SAFETY of combat, weapon and ordnance systems for the Navy and Marine Corps DESIGNS and CERTIFIES all Navy sensors used to detect Chemical and Biological agents and the filtered protection systems which ensure a safe shipboard environment DEVELOPS advanced computing technologies and evaluate commercial computing technologies for designing future Weapon and Combat Systems TESTS and APPROVES Naval gun barrels and ammunition for Fleet use DEVELOPS and EVALUATES system concepts for providing defense against ballistic and cruise missiles CONDUCTS ANALYSES to determine the required number and capabilities of Navy surface combatant ships for the future DEVELOPS and INTEGRATES new technologies to aid in the solution of current Warfighter needs DEVELOPS new capabilities that enable operational forces to prosecute the Global War on Terrorism DEVELOPS National Response Mission capabilities that enable and assure missions spanning the Full Spectrum of Operations Title 10 PM for Counter-Narco Terrorism

Distribution Statement A: Approved for Public Release: Distribution is Unlimited Pre-Decisional - Draft Working Papers - For Official Use Only

Distribution Statement F – Further dissemination only as directed by WFC HQ or higher DoD authority. Not Approved for Public Release

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Many Stories…

1914

1963

1951

1869/1992

1910

1896 1939

1992

1918 Washington Navy Yard

1794 NAVSEA

1974 1890 1946

1963 1945

1941

1974

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Takeaways

Partnership Between You, Your Family and the Organization with Each having Specific Roles

Change Demands Continuous Skill/Competency

Development

Career Planning Process Provides a Roadmap

Your Career is Your Career

How Are You Going To Connect the Dots?

“Human Capital is Our Technology” - Dale Galyen, ALC, Oct 2003

“Knowledge Without Action is Worthless”

- Donna Tyson, ALC, Oct 2003

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References Grahn, B., Maltz, S., A Fork in the Road: A Career Planning Guide for Young Adults, Impact Publications, Manassas, VA, 2003. Haines, S., Successful Career and Life Planning: The Systems Thinking Approach, Crisp Learning, Menlo Park, CA, 2000. Burke, Dr. A. M., Official Know-It-All-Guide: Career Planning, Frederick Fell Publishers Inc., Hollywood FL, 2002. Pritchett, Price, Pound, Ron, The Employee Handbook for Organizational Change, Pritchett, LLC, 2003. Kummerow, J., ed, New Directions in Career Planning and the Workplace, Davis Black Publishing, Palo Alto, CA, 2000. http://Assessment.com, 2003. http://www.careerjournal.com, 2003. http://www.thomasmore.edu/career/career-plan/self.asp, 2003.

http://assessment.com/

http://www.careerjournal.com/

http://www.thomasmore.edu/career/career-plan/self.asp



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