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Career Management Basics

Career Management Basics. Objectives. Define Job vs. Career You will be able to prepare a plan of action for managing your career Complete an assessment of interests and skills (the Holland Code). You will use this to explore occupational possibilities

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Career Management Basics

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  1. Career Management Basics

  2. Objectives • Define Job vs. Career • You will be able to prepare a plan of action for managing your career • Complete an assessment of interests and skills (the Holland Code). You will use this to explore occupational possibilities • You will receive information about available resources for career information

  3. You Are in Charge of Your Own Career Your career affects your overall sense of well-being • Discover your place in this world where you will enjoy a high level of wellness • Choose work that is compatible with your own unique skills, knowledge, personality, interests, and values • Define the balance you desire between various compartments of your life

  4. “ The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change, the realist adjusts the sails” ---- William Arthur Ward

  5. Career Management Self-Assessment Solid Performance in Current Job Research DecisionMaking Goal-Setting Continuous Learning And Evaluation

  6. If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up somewhere else!

  7. Career Planning Pyramid ? Type of work Employer My attributes, experience, interests, abilities, financial requirements, etc.

  8. In the Beginning: A Career History • Where you have been and where you are now • What has guided you • Skills obtained • What you have achieved to date • What has led to success and what has challenged you

  9. Self-Assessment:What Do You Want To Do??? • Personality and Attitudes • Skills and Achievements • Knowledge and Learning Style • Values • Interests

  10. Self Assessment: Values Definition of values in the context of career: How you feel about the work itself and the contribution makes to society.

  11. Work Values • Intrinsic • Relate to a specific interest in the activities of the work itself, or • Relate to the benefits that the work contributes to society • Extrinsic • Relate to the favorable conditions that accompany an occupational choice, such as: physical setting, earning potential, and other external features

  12. Holland’s Self Directed Search Realistic Investigative Types that are next to each other on the hexagon are most closely related Conventional Artistic Enterprising Social

  13. Conforming Persistent Materialistic Genuine Practical Modest Honest Shy Practical Realistic Types may be described as:

  14. Realistic Types • Enjoy using machines, tools, things • Value monetary rewards, honesty, common sense • See themselves as practical, conservative, more mechanical than social • Are seen by others as humble, frank, self-reliant

  15. Analytical Modest Independent Pessimistic Intellectual Reserved Precise Critical Investigative Types may be described as:

  16. Investigative Types: • Enjoy exploring/understanding things and events • Value knowledge, learning, achievement, independence • See themselves as analytical & intelligent with better academic skills than social skills • Are seen by others as intelligent, introverted, scholarly, independent

  17. Idealistic Emotional Expressive Disorderly Imaginative Nonconforming Introspective Artistic Types may be described as:

  18. Artistic Types: • Enjoy reading, musical/artistic activities, writing • Value creative ideas, self-expression, beauty • See themselves as open, imaginative, & intellectual with better creative skills than clerical or office skills • Are seen by others as unusual, disorderly, creative, sensitive

  19. Convincing Friendly Responsible Helpful Generous Warm Idealist Patient Social Types may be described as:

  20. Social Types: • Enjoy helping, teaching, counseling, serving others • Value social service, fairness, and understanding • See themselves as empathic and patient with more social skills than mechanical ability • Are seen by others as helpful, agreeable, outgoing, and patient

  21. Adventurous Energetic Ambitious Impulsive Pleasure Seeking Domineering Extroverted Optimistic Enterprising Types may be described as:

  22. Enterprising Types: • Enjoy persuading/directing others • Value financial/social success, loyalty, risk-taking, responsibility • See themselves as confident & sociable with more persuasive ability than scientific ability • Are seen by others as energetic, extroverted, shrewd, and ambitious

  23. Conventional Conforming Persistent Efficient Conscientious Practical Orderly Thrifty Obedient Conventional Types may be described as:

  24. Conventional Types: • Enjoy following orderly routines, meeting clear standards • Value accuracy, making money, thrift, power in business/social affairs • See themselves as having better technical skills in business than artistic ability; conscientious, practical • Are seen by others as careful, rule-oriented, efficient, orderly

  25. Research • Career Opportunities Listing (COL) • My Career Plan (CMRC) • Position Descriptions • Critical Job Elements • OPM Qualifications Standards

  26. Research • USA Jobs • Informational Interviewing • Meetings with your manager • Career Counseling

  27. Managerial Managerial Managerial Managerial Logistical Logistical Logistical Logistical Technical Technical Technical Technical Clerical Clerical Clerical Clerical The World of Work and the IRS Processing Customer Service Compliance Internal Support

  28. Career Decision-making • Manage personal reactions • Review options

  29. Decision-making/Goal setting • Choose between options • Establish a career objective • Create a Career Development Plan (CLP) • Initiate action for the next step

  30. Decision-making Goal setting • Write down your goal • Make your goals specific and measurable • Celebrate your accomplishments

  31. Decision-making Goal setting(Continued) • Are your goals reasonable and reachable? • Prepare for the future today • Be persistent in the pursuit of your goals

  32. Remember… YOU are your most important resource. It is YOUR career, so be sure to show initiative and: • Seek information about job opportunities and career paths • Discuss career planning with your manager

  33. Remember… • Meet with your manager if you need help • Review/update your Career Learning Plan regularly with your manager • Follow through with commitments made

  34. Why people succeed at work • They establish goals and act in accordance with them • They add value • They become an expert

  35. Why people succeed at work(Continued) • They understand their organization • They maintain communication with their manager • They bring optimism to their workgroup • They continually develop needed skills

  36. You can do it! Be the best you can be by managing your career!

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