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The CareerPlanning Model

Indiana UniversityKelley School of BusinessC. Randall Powell, Ph.D

Contents used in this presentation are adapted from Career Planning Strategies and used with the permission of the author.

What is Career Planning?

More practical than academicUnderstand interrelated ideasDon't allow circumstances to plan for you

A job search strategy is only one part of your career plan

Career Planning BasicsCareer Planning Basics

• What Do You Have To Offer

• Who Needs It

• How To Make Them Want It

• What Do You Have To Offer

• Who Needs It

• How To Make Them Want It

Catch 22

From employer:– “For which position are you applying?"– "What are your specific qualifications for it?"

From job hunter:– "What do you have available?"

Catch 22

Who will answer first?

It's the employer's lead

Investigate BEFORE Interviewing!

Mentors – Bosses – Career Professionals

Your Career Counselor?

Career Myth #1

Many myths surround career planning!

Your major subjectdetermines yourcareer choice.

False!

It should give you aGENERAL education.

Career Myth #2

They are irreversible.

False!

They are flexible.You CAN changedirections!

CAREER = LIFESTYLE ?Decisions can't be made in isolation

EducationWorkFamilyLeisure

Career Planning Basics

TAKE CHARGE

Know:

1. Yourself

2. Career desires

3. Marketplace

Avoid:

Job desperation

Reactive behavior

Explore Options Before InterviewingInterview Success = Career Planning

Credentials match job opening

Planning is a Process

charting & adjusting course of action

logically organize course of action

allow steps to build upon a base

planning is progressive/collects new data

planning is interactive/recycles to re-examine

What is your strategic career plan?

Career Planning Personal activity

Must decide for yourself!

Career Planning Requires Compromises

Compromises influence only timingStrategy ultimately controlsBe flexible but don'tjust GO WITH THE FLOW!

Career Planning is a series of decisionsContinually adding new information!

Decision Decision

Decision

Decisionsare

Re-evaluated

Career Planning

Self-Assessment

JobPlacement

CareerExploration

PLANNING YOUR CAREER Components

Class GuidelinesAnnouncements

A Career Development ProgramThe Career Planning Model

The Self-AssessmentCareer Exploration

Job Market InfluencesThe SCOOP Sessions

OverviewEvaluation Questions

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Career Planning:The Career Planning Model

Business Career Planning and Placement

Indiana UniversityKelley School of BusinessC. Randall Powell, Ph.D.

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