Career PlanningCareer Planning

Objective of the session

The purpose of this session is to offer resources and tools to students , that will help them to decide on, prepare for and begin a career in which they can serve as leaders.

• Conducting Interest Assessments

• Exploring career opportunities

• Searching for career experience/internships

• Preparing for permanent employment after graduation

Career Services assists students with all steps of the career planning process including:

DISCOVER YOUR CAREER…DISCOVER YOUR CAREER…

Teacher, minister, doctor, real estate, computer programmer, Teacher, minister, doctor, real estate, computer programmer, banker, coach, accountant, lawyer, etc.banker, coach, accountant, lawyer, etc.

What is “Career Planning”?What is “Career Planning”?  

What is “Career What is “Career Planning”?Planning”?

   Distilled into big questions… Distilled into big questions…

Who are you? Who are you? Where are you now? Where are you now? What do you want? What do you want?

(Develop your 1-2-3-5-10 (Develop your 1-2-3-5-10 …year vision) …year vision)

How can you get there? How can you get there?   

      

  

Career Planning is about:Career Planning is about:   Information & Knowledge Information & Knowledge

about about Yourself Yourself The labour market The labour market Opportunities Opportunities

Finding the right match for Finding the right match for you you

Being pro-active Being pro-active Making it happen! Making it happen!   

What is Career Planning?What is Career Planning?

According to the Thorndike dictionaryAccording to the Thorndike dictionary "A goal that you desire to achieve in "A goal that you desire to achieve in

a selected field or occupation with a a selected field or occupation with a well-thought out plan, to get you well-thought out plan, to get you there is called Career Planning.there is called Career Planning.

"Career planning is a lifelong "Career planning is a lifelong process, which includes process, which includes choosing an choosing an occupationoccupation, , getting a jobgetting a job, , growing in growing in our jobour job, , possibly changing careerspossibly changing careers, , and and eventually retiringeventually retiring. .

““Effective Effective CareerCareer PlanningPlanning   

is about finding a job that works for is about finding a job that works for you, matching who you are to the life you, matching who you are to the life you are going to lead.” (John Lees)you are going to lead.” (John Lees)

      

KNOW HOW TO SURVIVE IN A KNOW HOW TO SURVIVE IN A CHANGING ECONOMYCHANGING ECONOMY

• Individuals are responsible Individuals are responsible for their career path.for their career path.

• A college degree does NOT A college degree does NOT guarantee employment, guarantee employment, but it sure helps give but it sure helps give options.options.

• Individuals must accept Individuals must accept risks that accompany risks that accompany employment and plan for employment and plan for the future.the future.

• Commitment to lifelong Commitment to lifelong learning will help keep an learning will help keep an individual employable.individual employable.

. . . learning has just begun!. . . learning has just begun!

CAREER PLANNING PROCESS

•Explore self

•Explore the work world

•Make decisions & set goals

•Action

Four Step Process:

Explore self

Where are you now ?Where are you now ?   DrDraw a symbol or picture aw a symbol or picture    A symbol or picture which represents A symbol or picture which represents

where you are with your where you are with your careercareer right right now now

Explore self

Gather information about yourself (Gather information about yourself (self assessmentself assessment) )

Interests Interests Values Values Roles Roles Skills/Aptitudes Skills/Aptitudes Preferred Environments Preferred Environments Developmental Needs Developmental Needs Your realities Your realities

SIX EASY WORDS TO HELP YOU SIX EASY WORDS TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE FOR CAREER NAVIGATE FOR CAREER

SUCCESSSUCCESSThe knowledge to manage your career comes from The knowledge to manage your career comes from

you (you (why, who, howwhy, who, how) and from an understanding of ) and from an understanding of the career you wish to enter (the career you wish to enter (what, where, whenwhat, where, when):):

Why?Why? … … identify your goalsidentify your goals

Who?Who? … network with people… network with people

How?How? … … learn the skills necessarylearn the skills necessary

What?What? … understand requirements… understand requirements

WhereWhere? ? … find out points of entry… find out points of entry

When? When? … know when to start … know when to start lookinglooking

CHOOSING A CAREER

• Individual counseling

•Advisors, professionals, etc.

•Career Resource Center

•Attend Career & Job Fairs

•Register for the Career & Life Exploration Class

Gathering career information is an important part of the career planning process.

This information includes employment outlook, salary, related occupations, education and training, and job duties. Find what you need in these articles, descriptions, and interviews.

Exploring Occupations

Make decisions & set goals

During this phase of the process, you During this phase of the process, you will: will:

Identify possible occupations Identify possible occupations Evaluate these occupations Evaluate these occupations Explore alternatives Explore alternatives Choose both a short term and a long Choose both a short term and a long

term optionterm option

ActionAction

You will You will develop the stepsdevelop the steps you need to take you need to take in order to reach your goal, for example: in order to reach your goal, for example:

Investigating sources of additional training Investigating sources of additional training and education, if needed and education, if needed

Developing a job search strategy Developing a job search strategy Writing your resume Writing your resume Gathering company information Gathering company information Composing cover letters Composing cover letters Preparing for job interviews Preparing for job interviews

JOB SEARCH SKILLS

•Resume writing

•Effective interviewing

•Job search strategies

•Negotiating

RESUMES & COVER LETTERSRESUMES & COVER LETTERS

Resumes develop first impression.Resumes develop first impression. A sales brochure, a marketing tool, a 30-second A sales brochure, a marketing tool, a 30-second

commercial advertising a specific product. That commercial advertising a specific product. That product is YOU!product is YOU!

Resumes summarize skills, education, Resumes summarize skills, education, experience and abilities. Try to keep to one experience and abilities. Try to keep to one page.page.

Resumes are NOT an autobiography, telling Resumes are NOT an autobiography, telling your whole life story on a piece of paper. your whole life story on a piece of paper.

Cover Letters serve as an introduction and Cover Letters serve as an introduction and should be company specific if possible. Make a should be company specific if possible. Make a connection and grab the attention of the reader.connection and grab the attention of the reader.

PARTS OF A RESUMEPARTS OF A RESUME Heading Identification

Name, address, phone number and email address Objective or Summary Statement

Summary of employment desired Education

Name of school, type of degree, year of graduation as well as majors and minors

Experience List your experience in reverse chronological order— list most recent

experience and work backwards. Identify duties and accomplishments. Use ACTION verbs to describe duties and accomplishments.

Skills Things you can do that makes you special—using the computer,

speaking a foreign language, etc. The skills you list will change depending on job. Key words are important.

Activities / Awards / Interests Clubs, volunteer experience, sports . . . things that show community

involvement and leadership skills.

EXAMPLES OF ACTION VERBSEXAMPLES OF ACTION VERBS

AccomplishedAccomplished AnalyzedAnalyzed AchievedAchieved CoordinatedCoordinated ContributedContributed DelegatedDelegated DesignedDesigned DevisedDevised

EnhancedEnhanced EstablishedEstablished FormulatedFormulated GeneratedGenerated ImplementedImplemented SupervisedSupervised TrainedTrained ResearchedResearched

A FEW THINGS TO A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER...REMEMBER...

There is There is no ONE no ONE “right way” “right way” to write a to write a RESUME — everyone is RESUME — everyone is unique. unique.

Proofread Proofread your resume your resume very carefully for very carefully for grammar, punctuation, grammar, punctuation, and spelling. You do not and spelling. You do not want ANY mistakes in want ANY mistakes in your resume. Have your resume. Have someone review your someone review your resume for mistakes. resume for mistakes.

Get Get feedbackfeedback from other people. from other people. Make sure that your resume looks Make sure that your resume looks good, is easy to understand, and good, is easy to understand, and says what you want it to say!says what you want it to say!

Resume is the marketing tool to get Resume is the marketing tool to get the the interview!interview!

Career Services will be happy to Career Services will be happy to critique your resume.critique your resume.

Identifying Career OptionsIdentifying Career Options

Internet Internet Contacts and Contacts and

Networks Networks Newspapers and Newspapers and

journals journals Professional Professional

Associations Associations Careers Centre - Careers Centre -

career assessment; career assessment; occupational occupational library; counselling; library; counselling; Internet contactsInternet contacts

Networking Networking

An essential ingredient of career An essential ingredient of career success success

Identify people within your Identify people within your network network

Continually develop and maintain Continually develop and maintain relationships, informally and relationships, informally and formally with these people formally with these people

Build your networks particularly in Build your networks particularly in relation to your career goals relation to your career goals

CAREER FAIRS

ReferencesReferences

http://www.freeresumesamples.org/http://www.freeresumesamples.org/ http://careerplanning.about.com/cs/http://careerplanning.about.com/cs/

choosingacareer/a/cp_process.htmchoosingacareer/a/cp_process.htm http://www.shintonconsulting.com/http://www.shintonconsulting.com/

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