CAREER MANAGEMENT

1. CAREER MANAGEMENT Career Management Lecturer: Rositsa Milyankova Lecture 1 October 2009

2. Knowing yourself Main objectives: To explore personal traits and establish strengths and areas of potential development To consider how personality characte-ristics, knowledge, skills, abilities and values are likely to affect career aspirations and choices To sell yourself

3. CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(1) KNOW YOURSELF – using diagnostic psychometric instruments as: The Boyatzis model (1982) – competencies as interdependency of knowledge, skills and values/attitudes Meyers Briggs Types Indicator Locus of control test Tolerance of ambiguity test Career orientation inventory Belbin self-perception inventory, etc. Personal audit (personal SWOT analysis)

4. CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(2) PLAN YOUR CAREER Research into the graduate employment market Design future career plans and their critical application Personal learning objectives (at least three), related to self-diagnostics and career opportunities and challenges

5. CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(3) SELL YOURSELF Identify your generic success criteria for business or for your chosen occupation Design a C.V. Design a Motivation letter Access a Career service web-site for job-openings Examine critically the requirements of an on-line application for a chosen job

6. CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(4) SELECTION PROCEDURES Selection interview as a structured conversation Selection committee Interviewing methods Preliminary preparation, dress code, behaviour, manners

7. CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(5) ASSESSMENT CENTRES (AC) Role of the AC in the selection procedure: Group discussions In-tray (in-basket) exercises Group work Case studies Simulations Exercises

8. CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(6) LIFELONG PLANNING How to improve your competencies in order to be successful in achieving your personal development objectives Reflective and critical review of your personal progress achieved Further development needs identified

9. Life planning Everybody hates goal setting Why do you need to plan? “Failing to plan is planning to fail” Goals set direction and test decisions Time planning is “Best kept secret of the Rich” People spend more time planning their summer holidays than their life When do you plan?

10. How to WIN Spending 100% of earnings (not 110%) 70% to live on 10% into savings 20% repay loans Aim to own assets (houses, cars, toys) Are you hanging out with winners? Look to every opportunity as a way of developing your skills

11. LIFELONG LEARNING Career planning report Personal review of experience Summery of main learning points Critical review of personal development (linked to personal learning objectives) and link to future employability

12. SUCCEEDING AT WORK Leading projects Managing time Planning Chairing meetings Negotiations Conflicts resolution Stress management

13. Ten Golden Rules for Career Management (1) 1. Main C.V. objective – to win an interview 2. To prepare your C.V. as a means/device to better sell yourself 3. Choose the most suitable for you C.V. format a/ chronological b/ functional c/ targeted 4. Design a new C.V. for every job-application 5. Make the C.V. as long as ONE page

14. Ten Golden Rules for Career Management (2) 6. Use “powerful” words as: manage, organize, sell, invent, optimize, develop, perfect, coordinate, , produce, negotiate, create, control, monitor, implement, build 7. Be concrete 8. Be specific: arrange a first class presentation of the contents, use bullets, give free space to the text “to breathe”, underline titles, use Verdana instead of Times New Roman and font size between 10 and 14, avoid fancy style, use A4 white and more specific paper – cardboard or more expensive one, print only on one side, avoid dot matrix printouts and low quality photocopies, list phone numbers on different lines

15. Ten Golden Rules for Career Management (3) 9. The contents of the C.V. contains three types of information: a/ professional experience ~ 78 – 80 % b/ education and training ~ 18-20 % and c/ personal information and contacts ~ 2-4 %. N.B. Do not write nonsense - not enough space! 10. The personal information includes: name, gender, ID or date of birth, recent photo, family status, children, hobbies, knowledge, skills, interests, courses, which have something to do to do with the future job N.B. Title as European format of a C.V. or any other useless inclusions sound absurd and ludicrous

16. Ten Golden Rules for Career Management (4) Bonus: Check for spelling mistakes; use positive language; give, if necessary addresses of your previous employers; do not hide negative experience and BE HONEST!!!

17. Why Do Career Management? This is the most important unit you will undertake It will help you get the right job to start your career

18. But I’m not graduating for at least 2 years Employers are increasingly using sophisticated selection techniques to chose placement students Many placements lead to full time job offers on graduation Knowing what employers look for now will help you better prepare for selection later and develop the skills they are looking for.

19. C.V. HEADING Includes: Photo, name, surname, local address, E-mail address, mobile / stationary telephone number with the international dialing code, if you apply for over seas jobs C.V. objective – a short concise statement, that may show the employer what kind of position or role you are looking for

20. The chronological format of the C.V. The chronological CV shows your career progression and growth. The information flows from the present situation to the beginning of your career. The CV is easy to read and one can easily go through the career history. The chronological CV is advised where : When you have a solid career history, you career has flowed on the same area and there are no major gaps. Your responsibilities have increased in each career change You had high profile Job Roles Your most recent jobs are the most important in your career history The job advert specifies these kind of CV

21. Targeted C.V. This kind of CV is a way to focus your career towards a particular objective, within a specific industry or a specific company. A targeted CV is written in a way that highlights skills, qualifications and experience that match the requirements of the advertised position. Writing a targeted CV is effective when: - You know the requirements of a particular position - You know which company you will be sending your CV to - You are sending your CV in reply to a specific job advert - You need to compose different CVs each corresponding to a different career objective

22. Functional C.V. The functional CV emphasizes your accomplishments, skills and qualifications at the beginning of your CV. The timeline is not an issue. Your career history is positioned at the end of your CV where you could also list small details about your previous jobs. The functional CV focuses on your skills and accomplishments rather than your life history. What you have done rather than when and where. Employers are not happy with such CVs as they are often an indication that a candidate is trying to hide a gap or defect in his career history. The functional CV is used in the following situations - You are looking for your first job - You do not want to advertise your age - Your major achievements happened a few years ago - You have been unemployed for a period of time - You are changing careers - You are returning to your previous career

23. C.V. to Resume The main difference between a CV and a Resume is brevity. If you are applying for jobs in the US, recruiters will scan your CV for less than thirty seconds. US recruiters do not like lengthy job descriptions and personal profiles. If you have a 10 page CV you need to re write it. In the US, more than in other countries, time is money and recruiters do not have the time to spend 11 minutes reading your life history. Your resume should be: a teaser, the hook, pass on the essential information. Do not go into lengthy descriptions of how you saved your previous employer from bankruptcy. Just say “Implemented”

24. Expereince From month/year till now Last job. Short description of tasks and responsibilities From month/year till m/y Previous job. Short description of tasks fulfilled and responsibilities -…….. -…….. From month/year till m/y First job. Short description of tasks and responsibilities

25. Education and training From month/year till now Name of university, major, degree, date for graduation, basic courses, additional specialization From month/year till m/y Name of secondary school, specialty (if any), additional specialization From month/year till m/y Training (course or seminar), who organized it, where, certificates received

26. Additional skills Foreign languages: level of written or spoken language, Computer skills – names of products used Driving license - category Others: Internet design, advertising, managerial training specific financial skills

27. Assignment N 1 Please, prepare a C.V., choosing chronological format