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1. JOBTALKS Introduction to Career Planning: Assessing Your Talents Indiana UniversityKelley School of Business Contents used in this presentation are adapted from Career Planning Strategies and used with the permission of the author.

2. Introduction toCareer Planning Strategies Long-term career interests deserve more than a rush job Career management requires a broad perspective on your working life This overview gives a broader perspective on your future job search activities Career Planning Strategies can facilitate your career development including the job search phase GOAL: Manage Your Career

3. Career Planning Continuous Process Assessment Exploration Placement

4. Assist in Making Transition College to Career! Need a plan to ensure success

5. A Career Development Program Job Search Career Program Modules Integration Perspective Life Goals Goals Techniques

6. Understanding Career Planning! Structure & patterns organization concepts

7. REVOLVING CONTINUOUS Career Planning search strategies analyzing self LIFE GOALS exploring options establishing goals Integrate life goals with reality

8. What is Career Planning? More practical than academic Understand interrelated ideas Don't allow circumstances to plan for you A job search strategy is only one part of your career plan

9. Career Planning Basics Career Planning Basics • What Do You Have To Offer • Who Needs It • How To Make Them Want It

10. 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?"

11. Catch 22 Who will answer first? It's the employer's lead Investigate BEFORE Interviewing!

12. Your Career Counselor? Mentors – Bosses – Career Professionals

13. Career Planninginvolves personal choices! What do I really want to do? What are some job options? How do I get the job that I really want? What compromises must I make? When should I start a job search?

14. Career Myth #1 Many myths surround career planning! Your major subject determines your career choice. False! It should give you a GENERAL education.

15. Career Myth #2 They are irreversible. False! They are flexible. You CAN change directions!

16. Career Planning Basics TAKE CHARGE Know: 1. Yourself 2. Career desires 3. Marketplace Avoid: Job desperation Reactive behavior

17. DECISION-MAKING Developing Alternatives Evaluating Options

18. Career Planning is a series of decisions Continually adding new information! Decision Decision Decisions are Re-evaluated Decision

19. Career Planning Personal activity-Logical Process Must decide for yourself!

20. Career Planning Requires Compromises Compromises influence only timing Strategy ultimately controls Be flexible but don't just GO WITH THE FLOW!

21. Self-assessment-My Talents What do I want? (strategic) Who am I today? (tactical) • Career Planning Elements • Self-assessment –My Credentials • Exploring Career Options • Planning Search Strategies

22. Self-assessment Be realistic! "Who am I?” "What am I offering?"

23. What are your career options?DEPENDS! Your Highest Competencies and Talents The best decisions about careers come only after a self-understanding FIRST: Who am I? Talents? SECOND: What’s available? Career Options?

24. Self-Assessment Means Know Thyself It's a do-it-yourself project! Initial draft of your resume is one starting point.

25. Self-Assessment Means Going Beyond Your Resume Analyze factors important to you! personality attitude interests appearance values ideas goals education Thorough analysis of each factor influences career decisions

26. Self-Assessment Starts with Assessing Your: V Values I Interests P Personal Qualities S Skills

27. Taking Inventory You want to work for an employer who: - can use your skills to maximum degree To determine your worth, the employer uses: - resume - interview - references Be sure of your talents. Don't let employer make invalid conclusions.

28. Background is Explored During Interview Organize to reveal positive traits Be Thorough! Be Concise! You control the flow only if you understand your credentials Your interviewer probing extends far beyond resume entries!

29. Values Your guiding principles: Important Worthwhile Useful For a successful career, values must be consistent with those in your career field.

30. Values Are Feelings Education Tangible items Family

31. What is Important To Me? Community Job Leisure Friends Travel Money Marriage Security Love Comfort Education Time Study Family Think about the strength of your convictions.

32. "Topping my list of values is cash on the barrelhead ... Then there's family, integrity..." Ranking Your Values What values are most important to you?

33. Assess Your Interests Likes Dislikes How do they stack up against interests of others already in the field?

34. likes INTERESTS dislikes indifferences Personal Preferences What I enjoy Relates to workplace harmony and motivation

35. PERSONAL QUALITIES personality attitudes self-descriptors Analyze very subjective factors How do others perceive your personality? Seek advice from others

36. SKILLS reading writing arithmetic Learned abilities needed to perform a specific task

37. PsychologicalTests Conducting the Self-assessment • Psychological tests • Expert and self interpretation

38. and Psychological Assumptions: Can we measure… 1. Human characteristics? And 2. Job characteristics? Reliability Validity Normative data base Administration Testing

39. Self assessment = Employer assessment Aids YOU in making right choices Aids EMPLOYERS in evaluation of you This assists you in finding best match!

40. Interviewing Techniques preparation presentation evaluation follow-up How to Best Present Yourself!

41. Job Search Techniques Develop Contact Networks Target Industry Focus on Functions Interview for Information Locate Potential Employer Plan Contact Approaches Time the Contact Contact Employer Search Plans come Later!

42. COMMUNICATIONS RESUMES TELEPHONE LETTERS FORMS

43. The Career Planning Model self-assessment exploration clarification Career goals Career decisions Life goals compromise objectives placement information roadway time

44. If you would like to learn more, Career Planning Strategies textbook will supply additional information on this topic.