career planning course with aritculate

8/4/2019 Career Planning Course With Aritculate

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Career Planning


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Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to inform participants about careerplanning, both short and long term, to help guide you along thedesired career path of your choice. You will be introduced to aSWOT analysis to evaluate your own strengths, weaknesses,opportunities and threats to your career. You will learn aboutmarketable job skills and the importance of networking.

Once a career path is chosen, you will learn effective resume writingand interviewing skills.

The course covers how to write a quality resume, the importance ofcover letters, helpful tips on what to include and exclude from thesedocuments and important interviewing techniques that are crucial tolanding the job.

After successful completion of this course, you will know whatimportant skills you should include in your resume and how toprepare for a successful interview.


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Agenda

Here are the topics covered in the Career Planning section of thecourse:

Short Term Planning

Long Term Planning

Marketable Job Skills

SWOT Analysis

Career Strengths

Career Weaknesses

Career Opportunities

Career Threats

Networking

Where to Network

Networking Strategies

Goals

Objectives

Plan


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Short Term Planning

Short term career planning focuses on a timeframe rangingfrom the coming year to the next few years.

Here are the steps to creating a short term career plan:1. Identify your next career move. Narrow down the choices and

focus on one or two careers.

2. Conduct detailed career research and gather information on thecareers that most interest you.3. Pinpoint the qualifications you need to move to the next step in

your career or to make the move to a new career path.4. Compare your current profile with the qualifications developed in

step 3. How far apart are the two profiles? F fairly well-matched, itmay be time to switch to a job search. If fairly apart, can yourealistically achieve the qualifications in the short term?

5. Develop a plan to get qualified. Make a list of the types ofqualifications you need to enhance your standing for your nextcareer move. Develop a timeline and action pan for achieving eachtype, being sure o set specific goals and priorities.


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Long Term Planning

Long term career planning: Involves a planning of five years or longer and a broader

set of guidelines and preparation.

Should be more about identifying and developing coreskills that employers will always value while developing

your personal and career goals in broad strokes. Core workplace skills: Communication (verbal and written),

critical and creative thinking, teamwork and team-building,listening, social, problem-solving, decision-making,interpersonal, project management, planning andorganizing, computer/technology and commitment to

continuous/lifelong learning. Identifying career Trends: How you prepare for future

career changes and developments. Conducting researchon careers.


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Marketable Job Skills Overview

There are a five mainmarketable job skillsthat you should not

only be aware of,but possess andinclude in yourcareer planningassessment.

Research andPlanning

WorkSurvival

Communication

Organization,Management

andLeadership

HumanRelations


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Marketable Job Skills - Communication

Communication: the skillfulexpression, transmissionand interpretation of

knowledge and ideas.

Speaking effectively Writing conciselyListening attentively Expressing ideas

Facilitating group

discussion

Providing

appropriate

feedback

NegotiatingPerceivingnonverbalmessages

Persuading Reportinginformation

Describing feelings Interviewing

Editing


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Marketable Job Skills Research andPlanning

Research and Planning: thesearch for specificknowledge and the ability toconceptualize future needs

and solutions for meetingthose needs.

Forecasting,predicting

Creating ideas

Identifying problems Imaginingalternatives

Identifyingresources

Gatheringinformation

Solving problems Setting goals

Extracting importantinformation

Defining needs

Analyzing Developingevaluationstrategies


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Marketable Job Skills HumanRelations

Human Relations: the set ofinterpersonal skills forresolving conflict, relating to

and helping people.

Developing rapport Being sensitive

Listening Conveying feelings

Providing supportfor others

Motivating

Sharing credit Counseling

Cooperating Delegating with

respect

Representing others Perceiving feelings,

situations

Asserting


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Marketable Job Skills Organization,Management and Leadership

Organization, Managementand Leadership: theability to supervise, direct

and guide individuals andgroups in the completionof tasks and fulfillment ofgoals.

Initiating new ideas Handling details

Coordinating tasks Managing groups

Delegatingresponsibility

Teaching

Coaching Counseling

Promoting change Selling ideas orproducts

Decision makingwith others

Managing conflict


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Marketable Job Skills Work Survival

Work Survival: the dailyskills that assist inpromoting effectiveproduction.

Implementingdecisions

Cooperating

Enforcing policies Being punctual

Managing time Attention to detail

Meeting goals Enlisting help

Acceptingresponsibility

Setting and meetingdeadlines

OrganizingMaking decisions


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SWOT Analysis

In order to accurately evaluate and understand your careerplanning, you should conduct a SWOT analysis (Strengths,Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats).

When you look at your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities

and threats, it can help develop a career direction bymatching your capabilities and experiences with the correctcareer path you are looking into.

You can learn more about SWOT analysis at:http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_05.htm
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Career Strengths

Your strengths are the positive aspects of your life that makeyour knowledge and work experience different from everyoneelse.

Examples:

+ Work experience

+ Education

+ Strong technical knowledge within your field

+ Specific transferable skills such as communication, teamworkand leadership

+ Personal characteristics such as strong work ethic, self

discipline, ability to work under pressure, creativity and highlevel of energy

+ Good contacts or successful networking

+ Interaction with professional organizations


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Career Strengths (Articles)

Here are some good online articles that describe how looking at yourstrengths is beneficial to your career planning:

Article on Focusing on your Strengths:

http://www.jobseekersadvice.com/career_advice/articles/focus_on_your_strengths.htm

Article on Assessing Strengths and Weaknesses:http://interview.monster.com/articles/biggest/
http://www.jobseekersadvice.com/career_advice/articles/focus_on_your_strengths.htmhttp://interview.monster.com/articles/biggest/http://interview.monster.com/articles/biggest/http://www.jobseekersadvice.com/career_advice/articles/focus_on_your_strengths.htm


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Career Weaknesses

Your weaknesses are the negative aspects of your life that youneed to improve on.

Examples:

Lack of work experience

Low GPA or a different major then your career field

Lack of goals, self knowledge or lack of job knowledge

Weak technical skills

Weak business skills, such as leadership, interpersonal,communication or teamwork

Weak job-hunting skills or negative personal characteristicssuch as poor work ethic, lack of discipline, lack of motivation,indecisiveness, shyness or too emotional


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Career Weaknesses (Articles)

Although you will feel uncomfortable discussing your possibleweaknesses, it may be necessary to do so in an interview.You should always try to turn your weaknesses into apositive, showing that you have changed or are trying toapply a change to lessen these weaknesses.

Here is a good article on how to address interview questionsabout your weaknesses:http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/interviewing/20041006-hirsch.html
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Career Opportunities

Your opportunities are the positive conditions that you do notcontrol, but you plan to take advantage of.

Examples:

+ Positive trends in your field that create more jobs

+ Opportunities you could have in the field by enhancing youreducation

+ A need for your specific knowledge or skills

+ Opportunities for advancement in your field

+ Geography

+ Strong network of contacts


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Career Threats

Your threats are negative conditions that you do not control andyou may not be able to lessen.

Examples:

Negative trends in your field High competition from others in your field with more

knowledge or education

Limited advancement in your field

Companies not hiring people with your education or skills


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Career Threats (Articles)

Have you ever thought about what could happen to the industryyou are looking into or are currently working in? What wouldhappen if your type of job was no longer in demand? This isnot a pleasant thought, but proactively thinking about thethreats and potential obstacles in your career planning can

help you to direct your career planning efforts in the rightdirection.

Here is a good article with a list of potential career obstacles:http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:z6AHQgyx2ksJ:www.ec

u.edu/e3careers/pdf/jobsearch/IdentifyingObstacles.pdf+career+obstacles&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5
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Networking

Have you ever heard the phrase Its all in who you know? Itsstated because its true. Many people land jobs because they

form a relationship with another person who can help themalong their career planning path. For this reason, networkcontacts often turn out to be the best source of information.

They provide you with information about careers. They counsel you in interests, skills, experiences and

goals.

They generate job leads.


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Where to Network

Networking can happen anywhere, ifyou keep your eyes open to theopportunities that exist aroundyou in your everyday activities.

Here are a few great places to

network:

One to one meetings

Conferences and Conventions

Career or Job Fairs

Academic/Training Settings Networking meetings

The Internet

Social/Community settings


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Networking Strategies

Networking with others to further your career path is not as hardas it may sound. It can be as easy as starting up aconversation with a person in a training session to calling anexecutive and building a relationship.

No matter howyou network, you should have a strategy for whatyou can get out of the networking session.

A networking strategy consists of:

Establishing well-defined goals

Setting objectives to reach those goals

Creating a plan to meet those objectives


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Goals

Goals are an end you are striving to reach by various means.

Goals should:

Reflect your own values, not societies

Be realistic and Attainable, not fantasies


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Objectives

Objectives are the mini goals along the way to a goal.

Objectives should be:

Measurable

Realistic Logical means to a desired end


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Plan

A plan is a to do list consisting of actions that will lead toobjectives being met.

A plan should:

Be systematic

Balance quantity and quality

Fit your personal style

Fit your goals

Be based on thorough preparation

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