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  • a guiding force that influences people's career choices, based on self-perception of their own skills, motivation, and values. The term was coined by Edgar Schein in Career Anchors: Discovering Your Real Values, published in 1985. He believed that people develop one underlying anchor, perhaps subconsciously, that they are unwilling to give up when faced with different pressures. Schein distinguishes several career anchor groups such as technical/functional competence, managerial competence, creativity, security or stability, and autonomy.

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Writing A Career Plan
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Tags: Career Services, Career Plan, Professional Development, Career
White papers 2007-01-01
The Key To Career Planning: Define Your Career Values
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Tags: Career Planning, Professional Development, Training And Certification, Career
White papers 2008-01-01
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Tags: Professional Development, Career
White papers 2008-06-28
Jennings at work: personal glimpses of the ABC news anchor, by his colleagues.(Peter Jennings )
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Tags: ABC Inc.
Research articles 2005-08-15
ABC 7/WJLA-TV Anchor Kathleen Matthews Departs from Daily News to Marriott International; ABC to Search for 5 PM Co-Anchor (Photo)
ARLINGTON, Va., July 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today award-winning journalist and respected ABC 7 News co-anchor Kathleen Matthews announced her departure from the ABC 7 News at 5 anchor chair, and from daily television. Matthews will embark on a new career ARLINGTON, Va., July 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today...
Tags: ABC Inc., Marriott International Inc., photograph
Research articles 2006-07-10
TV news is his heritage: On his way to law career, Sorenson found television--and stayed. (The Fifth Estater).(Brief Article)
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Tags: MSNBC, TV
Research articles 2001-12-10
Financial Management During A Job Change
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Tags: Job, Financial, Financial Management, Professional Development, Career
White papers 2008-01-01
New Career Tips
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Tags: Planning, Professional Development, Career
White papers 2008-01-01
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Tags: Career Planning, Professional Development, Training And Certification, Career
White papers 2008-01-01
O'Brien wakes up CNN's mornings.(10 Women To Watch In Media)(a profile of CNN 'American Morning' co-anchor Soledad O'Brien)(Biography)
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Tags: CNN, women
Research articles 2003-10-20
Rethink Your Career Transition
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Tags: Career, Professional Development, GoDaddy
White papers 2008-01-01
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Tags: Professional Development, Career
White papers 2008-01-01
Marin drive; TV news veteran reinvents herself as a documentary maker. But is there room for her amid the `reality' shows and sweeps stunts?(News)
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Tags: CNN, documentary
Research articles 2004-01-26
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Tags: Professional Development, Career Success, Career
White papers 2008-01-01
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Tags: Professional Development, Career
White papers 2008-01-01
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Tags: Career Planning, Professional Development, Career
White papers 2008-01-01
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Tags: Career, Professional Development
White papers
Tips For Career Development
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Tags: Career Development, Professional Development, Training And Certification, Career
White papers 2008-01-01
The politics of coverage: CBS' Dan Rather sounds off.(Top of the Week)(Interview)
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Tags: Dan
Research articles 2004-08-30
Career Development
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Tags: Career Development, Professional Development, Career
White papers 2006-11-10
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