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Career Development: Solid Suggestions for Savvy
Seniors
Becky Campbell
Director - CareerWorks
CareerWorks Mission Statement
…the career development process promotes a high level of self-knowledge and career competency through self-assessment, career exploration, job-search skill development, and decision-making.
CareerWorks provides resources and services based on this foundation.
WHY NOW?
Why not now?
Career management is your responsibility now and in the future.
The Cultural Shift
• “We no longer look at a job as a function or a certain kind of work. Instead, we see it as a set of skills and competencies.” Intel, like many companies, uses this “skill set” as the basis for training and evaluation.
• Marile Robinson, deployment manager
What has changed?• OLD
• Vocation• Vocational Guidance• Placement office• The DOT• Job• Work• Job descriptions• 9-5
• NEW
• Career• Career development• CareerWorks• Do What You Love...• Work• Projects• Skill sets• Flextime/24-7
What has changed?
• OLD
• One job – 30-40 yrs.• One career• Work where you live• Work in an office/factory• Commute• Work for someone• Education for Education’s
sake• Foundation in the Liberal
Arts
• NEW
• 6-12 “jobs”• 3-5 careers• Work Globally• Work at Home• Telecommute• Work for ourselves• Education for
employment• Foundation in the Liberal
Arts
The Career Development Model and the Pyramid of Success
Career Development Model
Self-Assessment
Exploration
Self-Marketing
80%
The Decision
Career testing, values, interests, experiences, achievements, personality, skills, coursework, journaling, reflecting
Coursework, career counseling, internships, shadowing, research majors, employers, read about, interview for information
Resume, interview, cover letter, networking
Declare a Major, find employment, re-career
Self-Assessment
Exploration
Self-marketing
The Decision
© Seton Hill University, 2005
Entrepreneurial Skills
Liberal ArtsLiberal Arts
Self-MarketingSelf-Marketing
ExplorationExploration
Self-AssessmentSelf-Assessment
CareerWorks Pyramid of SuccessCareerWorks Pyramid of Success
NCSEE*
The Decision
* National Content Standards for Entrepreneurial Education
80%
Liberal Arts & The “E” Word
Entrepreneurship Defined at SHU
• Using your resources creatively for an optimal outcome.
Employers Want Liberal Arts Skills
National Association of Colleges and Employers, 1995-06
• Communication skills• Interpersonal skills• Honesty/Integrity• Teamwork • Initiative• Entrepreneurial skills
• Analytical thinking• Flexibility • Computer skills• Self confidence• Creativity• Strong work ethic
The Skills Employers Want
Communication Skills (oral, written, interpersonal)
Diverse Skill set
Flexibility
Leadership
Life-Long Learner
Critical Thinking
Entrepreneurial
The Skills Employers Want Recommendations from Recruiters
Pittsburgh Technology Council-2005
SHU Entrepreneurial Skills
• Goal setting• Risk taking• Flexibility• Teamwork• Sound decision making informed by values• Learning to learn as a lifelong professional• Transferring knowledge into behavior
Key Phrases in Job DescriptionsSource: Monster.com, 2006
• Seeking entrepreneurial candidates with MS/BS degree in computer science, problem solving skills and desire to succeed.
• Able to work in a culture/environment that promotes an entrepreneurial spirit and a “let’s get it done now attitude.”
• Strong sense of confidence, maturity and intelligence. Self-starting leader with… an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Employees will be expected to work as a team, be entrepreneurial, passionate, accountable, strong work ethic, balanced life and communicate, com., com.
Key Phrases in Job Descriptions
• Monroeville Mall is looking for an energetic, positive, entrepreneur-like intern to assist and learn the basics of Specialty Leasing in a retail environment. This will involve the day-to-day operations like canvassing local area for leads and new tenants, negotiating deals, collecting rents and sales, improving visuals, and meeting and exceeding goals.
The New Model
The Cultural Shift
• The average age of an entrepreneur in the United States has dropped recently from 40 to 34 and continues to fall. (Entrepreneurs Organization, Alexandria, VA)
• The “entrepreneurial spirit” remains elusive, according to the Herman Group. “This perspective, and the courage that goes with it, has not been taught by enough schools…” (Herman Trend Alert: The Secondary Talent Problem, June 2005)
Experiential Learning
• Experiential learning has risen to the forefront of entrepreneurship education and colleges and universities are responding to research that encourages both real-world projects and extracurricular learning activities, such as internships, to better teach entrepreneurship.
• (The Growth and Advancement of Entrepreneurship in Higher Education: An Environmental Scan of College Initiatives, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, 2001.)
Enhance the Internship Program
• Internships integrate the theory of the classroom with the world of work.
• Students apply skills and knowledge to a project.• Career development is an integral process within
the internship, formal and informal.• Goals: Improve the quality of internships. Train
internship supervisors. Integrate entrepreneurial skills. Develop a better process for students, faculty, employers. Collect data for all experiential learning at the University.
“Internships are the number one reason people stay and get jobs in this region.”
JoAnne W. Boyle, President
Seton Hill University
Internship to Full-Time Employment Conversion Rates
20.1%
52.5%
Summer Employees
Interns
Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers, 1999 (1717 employers)
Examples of How CareerWorks Can be a Resource
STUDENTS
• Serve as a resource for all aspects of career development
• Assist with the career development process (and skill sets) within the major
• Resources for grad school, GRE testing
• Online jobs and resume referral to employers
FACULTY• Take part in a dialogue
for Program Reviews• In-class presentations• Career-related handouts
and career library• Integrate entrepreneurial
skills into an internship• Assist with online career
resources for classroom use
Examples of How CareerWorks Can be a Resource
STUDENTS
• Career coaching and counseling students in a developmental career process
• Liaison between students and employers for jobs and internships
• Programming for professional development
• 5 Career-Job Fairs (400+ employers)
FACULTY
• Provide online and paper career testing and interpretation
• On campus recruiters for students
• Develop/compile resources for the career and/or academic advising process
• Compile information on graduates
CareerWorks Staff• Becky Campbell, Director
• Jamie Martin, Assistant Director
• Judy Wiessbock, Administrative Assistant and Global Career Development Facilitator
• Ashley McKoy, Work Study and P-T Internship Coordinator, SHU Senior Music Major
Your Invitation to Join the CareerWorks Advisory Committee
• Help us to develop a process for students that will link career development and entrepreneurial skills to experiential learning/internships.
• “Volunteers will be invited by name if people don’t come forth.” Mary Ann G.
Another invitation…
• CareerWorks and E-Magnify Open House
• Third Administration
• October 12, 2006
• 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (tentative)
• Food
• Prizes
• “Giveaways”
A final quote from William Bridges
What you will need (the person and the organization) is the ability to bend and not break, to let go readily of the outdated and learn the new, to bounce back quickly from disappointment, to live with high levels of uncertainty, and to find your security from within rather than from outside.