On Wednesday, I decided to try one of the seminars offered by my local Worksource location (at North Seattle Community College). They provide services for unemployed folks. Their lobby is filled with computers as well as phone lines, printers, fax machines. All for job seekers use free.
True Colors is actually a professional seminar...
Learning who your are can affect how you plan, control, and shape your life. This workshop will help you gain new and exciting information about yourself (using the True Colors personality tools taught by a certified instructor) and how to apply it to your job search.
But they offer it for free here. I foolishly showed up fifteen minutes before the start and they told me that it's restricted to 20 people (first come first served) and you had to show up 1 1/2 hrs early to get a spot. Oh. I decided to sign up for another workshop, took my parking permit but was called back (thanks to my fellow jobseekers). Someone had dropped out just at that second and I got the spot. Sweet.
They classify you into one of 4 colors...
Gold - interested in order and routine
Green - interested in knowledge and analysis
Orange - creative and spontaneous
Blue - interested in people and relationships
I'm a Blue but Green and Orange are also strong. Gold? Forget it, no chance, can't relate. Interesting because the largest group (by far) was Gold.
Towards the end, we all sat with our groups and made a poster about our color, our values, strengths, concerns, etc. No limit on what you could put on but everybody had to agree.
The Gold people really were concerned on following directions and making sure that their job was done.
The Green people had a hard time agreeing because they were all sure they knew what should be on there
Only one Orange person.
But, the Blue group, we all bonded immediately and launched into peace, love, harmony, community. We had lots of ideas. We made the heart with hands clasped within it. Our goals involved a path into the future, music, nature. Our house built with collaboration and vision. Our concerns; a cyclone causing disharmony. We did this in 20 minutes. By FAR, the best poster. I won't lie, the man who did the actual drawing is a talent, you can tell.
The instructor mused that sometimes the Blue Groups go out to luncb afterwards. We were pretty close to that, for sure.
Fun!
I always need to be reminded that a straight administrative job keeping order is wrong wrong wrong for me.
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