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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:
Faith and Work Chicago’s Four-part Series on Calling: https://www.faithandworkchicago.com
VOCA’s Career Navigator: vocacenter.org/careernavigator
The Highlands Ability Battery (HAB): https://www.highlandsco.com/
"The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)” by Seth Godin
The Calling and Vocation Overview by Theology of Work Project
Drew Crandall Resources on Calling and Career by Called To Work
13-week Called To Work series Called To Work Training by Called To Work, specifically:
5 steps to Know God’s will in my Calling, Career, Community – Missional Life
Know 5P career planning: Purpose, Principle, Passion, People, Performance
Know self, Know others, Known by others (mentor, network, interview)
Webinar Panelists
Dr. Chip ROPER
Dr. Chip Roper is the Founder and President of the VOCA Center, a faith-based organization driven to help people in their effectiveness and joy at work through coaching and training. In addition to coaching, the VOCA Center hosts the Resilience Webinar series, the Resilient Faith and Work Podcast, and the Career Navigator Podcast. Chip is also the managing partner of RKE Partners Inc., a talent and leadership consultancy that combines powerful frameworks, professional coaching, and the IQ compounding of a team to drive performance-enhancing results for leaders and teams. With Executive Coaching training from Columbia University in New York City as well as graduate-level training in leadership, counseling, and pastoral care, Chip tackles client challenges from 30+ years of P/L leadership responsibility as a small businessman, a pastor, a career coach, and a business consultant.
MAY TANG
May Tang has over 16 years of experience working in Sales and Business Development for Fortune 500 companies, and currently works as an Architect and Design Manager at Toto USA. She also recently obtained her Master for Mental Health Counseling at Alliance Theological Seminary and has a passion for working with marginalized communities, as well as those recovering from substance use disorder(s). May has extensive experience tutoring and mentoring immigrant Chinese youth at Chinese Christian Herald Crusades, a social service organization in NYC. She has traveled to South America, Asia, Europe, and Africa, inspiring a desire to take her professional experience and skills abroad to serve Central and South America through partnering with community-based missions organizations in the future.
Dr. Joseph Chiu
Dr. Joseph Chiu is a physician with 30+ years’ clinical research experience in developing new treatments and vaccines against infectious diseases of global public health importance. His career has taken him to Thailand during the country’s AIDS epidemic, where he spearheaded a community-based HIV prevention program to mobilize local churches in HIV prevention and care. During his career with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a non-profit, he was involved with many collaborative research projects conducted in developing countries. Since retiring at the end of 2019, he has been able to use his medical expertise to help the community deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Joseph and his wife Eugenia have been married for 38 years and have two grown children (Jocelyn & Derek) who were raised overseas.