career opportunities & management
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Career Opportunities & Career Opportunities & ManagementManagement
Career - Today’s SessionCareer - Today’s Session
• What is Career Management?• Where to Start• Decision Making• Getting What You Want
I Just Concentrated On My I Just Concentrated On My DegreeDegree
• Definitely Need to Do More
• May Need to Do Something Specific
What is career??What is career??• Job vs. Career
– Job – “What can I do now to make money?”
– Career – Chosen Profession for your life. Requires a willingness to get the training needed to build your skills for the future.
• A career is the work a person does. It is the sequence of jobs that an individual has held throughout his or her working life E.g. occupation of teaching.
Career planning what’s Career planning what’s that?? that??
“Career planning consists of activities and actions that you take to achieve your individual career goals”
““Intuition, instinct, passion Intuition, instinct, passion and, “I’ve always wanted and, “I’ve always wanted
to be…” Will not be to be…” Will not be enough to convince 21st enough to convince 21st century recruiters…….”century recruiters…….”
“Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane “Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane Ratchford & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance Ratchford & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance
Today Vol9 No3 May/June 2001Today Vol9 No3 May/June 2001
Where Do I Start?Where Do I Start?
• Where are you on the scale (1 – 10)???• No idea at all• I think I want to “work with people”• I’m interested in accountancy,
business• I know I want to…...
Where Do I Start?Where Do I Start?
Career Planning is Career Planning is NOT…NOT…
• Leaving the decision to chance• Getting information and never deciding• Going along with someone else’s plans
It’s OUR future. WE need to make our career decision!!
OLD: Choose a DESTINATION“What will you be when ...”
NEW: Follow your HEART“Who are you now?”“What are your special assets?”“Who needs what you like to do?”“What work arrangements make sense?”“What skills do you need to manage your career?”
Paradigm ShiftParadigm Shift
The High The High FiveFive
1. Career Management Principles
Know yourself, believe in yourself and follow your heart.
Focus on the journey, not the destination. Become a good traveler.
You’re not alone. Access your allies, and be a good ally.
Change is constant, and brings with it new opportunities.
Learning is lifelong, and it’s good. We are most alive when we are learning.
The knowledge to manage your career comes from
you (why, who, how) and from an understanding of the career you wish to enter (what, where, when):
Why? … identify your goalsWho? … network with peopleHow? … learn the skills
necessaryWhat? … understand
requirementsWhere? … find out points of entry When? … know when to start
looking
Six Easy Words To Help Six Easy Words To Help You Navigate For Career You Navigate For Career
SuccessSuccess
Deeper insight … Deeper insight … • It is the life- long process a person goes through
to learn about self such as– purpose,– personality– interests– skills – talents
• Develop a self- concept, learn about careers, and work situations
• Make a career choice, while developing and coping social skills
Career planning : An Career planning : An ongoing processongoing process
Here You… • Explore your interests and
abilities • Strategically plan your
career goals• Create your future work
success by designing learning and action plans to help you achieve your goals.
Career Management SkillsCareer Management Skills
• Opportunity Awareness• Self Awareness• Self Promotion• Decision Making• Action Planning
Career - OpportunitiesCareer - Opportunities• Career StreamsCareer Streams
– Finance– Human Resources– Journalism– Legal– Insurance– Hospitality– Fashion Designing– Administration – Marketing
Career - FinanceCareer - Finance• Professional coursesProfessional courses
– CA (Chartered Accountant)– ICWA (Cost Accountant)– ACS (Company Secretary)– MBA – M.Com
• Job oriented careersJob oriented careers– Finance & Administration– Audits – Taxation
Career – Human Career – Human ResourcesResources
• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– MBA– MSW– Diploma
• Job oriented careersJob oriented careers– General Administration– Training & Development– Compensation & Benefits– Consulting
Career – Journalism Career – Journalism
• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– Degree– Diploma
• Job oriented careerJob oriented career– Reporters– Writer– Cartoonist
Career – Legal Career – Legal
• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– LLB
• Areas of specializationAreas of specialization– Civil– Criminal – Taxation– Insurance – Corporate Law
Career – Insurance Career – Insurance
• Job oriented careersJob oriented careers– Life insurance– Health insurance– Vehicle insurance– Corporate insurance– Property insurance
Career – Hospitality Career – Hospitality
• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– Diploma
• Hotel ManagementHotel Management• Travel & TourismTravel & Tourism
Career – Fashion Career – Fashion DesigningDesigning
• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– Diploma
• Merchandising Merchandising • Designer Designer
Career – Administration Career – Administration
• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– MBA– Diploma
• Job oriented careersJob oriented careers– General Administration– Planning – Operations – Logistics– Procurement – MIS
Career – Marketing Career – Marketing
• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– MBA– Diploma
• Job oriented careersJob oriented careers– Market Research– Marketing – Promotion & Advertisement– Sales
Career – Corporate Career – Corporate SectorsSectors
• Banking• Industries (Manufacturing / IT / Services)• Insurance• Education• Hotels• Hospitals• Travel & Tourism
Career – Civil ServicesCareer – Civil Services
• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– Central – UPSC (Union Public Service
Commission)– State – KAS (Karnataka
Administrative Service)• Areas of SpecializationAreas of Specialization
– IAS– IPS– IFS– IRS
Career – Armed ServicesCareer – Armed Services
• ArmyArmy• NavyNavy• Air force Air force
– Long Service Commission– Short Service Commission
Career – Others Career – Others
• BPO’s • Retailing• Franchisee• Contract• Commission Agents
Career – Select InstitutesCareer – Select Institutes
• Identify the right institutesIdentify the right institutes– Reputation – Facilities– Faculty– Industry Collaboration
Career – Entry Into Career – Entry Into InstitutesInstitutes
• Understanding the requirementUnderstanding the requirement– Selection process– Competitive examinations
• Self preparationSelf preparation– Quantitative– Qualitative
““With the stakes so high With the stakes so high it is essential for it is essential for
individuals to seek out individuals to seek out and exploit good quality and exploit good quality information, advice and information, advice and
guidance.”guidance.”“Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane “Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane
Ratchford & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance Today Ratchford & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance Today Vol9 No3 May/June 2001Vol9 No3 May/June 2001
What Next?What Next?
• Action Plan• Basic information / personal
research?• Specific research?
Opportunities ResearchOpportunities Research• Need opportunity informationNeed opportunity information• Information Room• Internet• Newspapers / Job Fairs• Talks Program - NOW!!!!• Creative research• KNOWING THE MARKET
While technical and job-specific skills have sufficed in the past, it is increasingly being accepted that the worker of the future will need a more comprehensive set of meta-competencies that are not occupation-specific and are transferable across all facets of life and work.
The economic value, to the individual and the nation as a whole, of a workforce equipped with these meta-competencies cannot be underestimated and their development cannot be left to chance.
Meta-competenciesMeta-competencies
Source: Managing Life, Learning and Work in the 21st Century. (2003) Miles Morgan Australia for the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training
““On the list of candidate On the list of candidate essentials must be an in-depth essentials must be an in-depth understanding of self, including understanding of self, including
personal philosophies, personal philosophies, drivers,competences, attributes, drivers,competences, attributes, interests and abilities - and how interests and abilities - and how these mesh with the demands these mesh with the demands
both of the post on offer and the both of the post on offer and the employer and industry.”employer and industry.”
““Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane Ratchford Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane Ratchford & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance Today Vol 9 No 3 & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance Today Vol 9 No 3
May/June 2001May/June 2001
A PERSONAL MANAGEMENT1 Build and maintain a positive self-concept2 Interact effectively with others3 Change and grow throughout life
B LEARNING AND WORK EXPLORATION4 Engage in lifelong learning5 Locate and effectively use information6 Understand work/society/economy relationship
C LIFE/WORK BUILDING7 Secure or create and maintain work8 Make life and work decisions9 Maintain balanced life and work roles10 Understand changing nature of life/work roles11 Manage one’s career building process
Career Career ManagementManagement CompetenciesCompetencies
Personal ResearchPersonal Research• Know Yourself• Review and analyze• Part-time work, leisure, travel
etc• Skills Update - practical• CV Update
Decision MakingDecision Making
• Review what you know Review what you know • Realistic / UnrealisticRealistic / Unrealistic• ValuesValues• ConstraintsConstraints
Getting What You WantGetting What You Want
• Confidence to ConvinceConfidence to Convince• Need Evidence and KnowledgeNeed Evidence and Knowledge• Good CVGood CV• Application Form / Interview Application Form / Interview
QuestionsQuestions
Answer ThisAnswer This• Describe an occasion when you Describe an occasion when you
came up with a new idea or a came up with a new idea or a better way of doing somethingbetter way of doing something
• How did it happenHow did it happen• How did you overcome How did you overcome
difficultiesdifficulties• What was the outcomeWhat was the outcome
Thank youThank you