the secret life of the committed careers worker speaking up for the passion

1. the secret life of the committed careers worker speaking up for the passion to help you to… > probe underlying careers-work commitments > appreciate how they are received by others > face-up to contested ideas > sharpen your self-critical professionalism > expand the scope for your thinking-and-action > position your own work more effectively DVT 16 careers-work orientations updated 01//07/2011 this PowerPoint at: http://bit.ly/m42Qzx support material at at: http://bit.ly/iGv5xa

2. careers-work orientations angles on passion can scientific expertise answer all questions worth asking? what’s so special about humans that rates seeking ‘human rights’? commitment protection of the survival and status of the services we provide can any useful truth be gained from narrative? is any point-of-view as worthwhile as any other? philosophy understanding what beliefs are supportable and what value they have angles on careers-work thinking what can we mean by ‘freedom’, ‘autonomy’, ‘decision’, and ‘choice’? can anything give a life meaning or purpose? research expertise on what goes on in career management and how it can be helped has knowledge got anything to do with wisdom?

3. careers-work orientations can philosophy help? as a professional you need, from time to time, to … • > win support for a programme proposal • > assemble a credible report • > write a convincing essay or article > put together a compelling cv • > what else? which of these do you most need to think about now?

4. careers-work orientations key words mentoring normal dependents instinct embedded which are your influential words? local life-wide personal everyday income group real action familiar background entitlement community ordinary luck life-long operational potential a journey risk narrative feelings performance intuition experience analysis sustainable probability well-being fairness impulse report choice dream job anticipate research new individual policy expertise rationale contemporary market chaos latest universal economy matching independent brand on-line explain a race evidence employable established demand specialism achievement competitive innovative original impartial

5. 5 total: 6 total: 3 total: power scientific post-modern down-to-earth humanist pragmatic 5 total: 4 total: what task do you have in mind for this position project proposal 9 total: careers-work orientations philosophical positions mentoring normal dependents instinct embedded local life-wide personal everyday income group real action familiar background entitlement community ordinary luck life-long operational potential a journey for positioning yourself risk narrative feelings performance intuition experience analysis sustainable probability well-being fairness impulse report choice dream job anticipate research new individual policy expertise rationale contemporary market chaos latest universal economy matching independent brand on-line explain a race evidence employable established demand specialism achievement competitive innovative original impartial

6. human strong on well-being but can get romanticised scientific evidence-based but can miss what methodology can’t detect post-modern up-to-date but can lose touch with collective memory pragmatic useful but can be more impressed by performance than value power speaks truth to power but can overestimate capability of policy down-to-earth credible but can reduce to the simplistic careers-work orientations pros-and-cons career talk… ...bringing entitlement to people’s individual and narrated accounts of a journey towards the realisation of each their own dream job... ...independently researched and evidence-base, bringing a clear rationale for expert implementation and universal applicability.. ...a marketableon-line approach to chaoticcontemporary confusion, the race for jobs needs this kind of innovation... ...proven work, embedded in real, operational and group-based learning, for life-long use and increased economic potential... ...focussed on choice of employment, firmly based in policy requirements, expertly assessed achievement in a competitive economy... ...drawing on life-wideexperience, where people - from whatever background - access mentoring help, for them and their dependents...

7. scientific pragmatic humanist down-to-earth post-modern power careers-work orientations finding a way forward 9 7 > see where your commitments lie now 5 3 > find where you stand in the cycle 1 > examine the pros-and- cons of that position 9 7 5 1 3 3 1 9 5 7 1 > work out which position appeals to which audiences 3 > compare actual and ideal positions 5 7 what task do you have in mind for this position project proposal > find scope for re-positioning yourself 9

8. any hope here? helping you to . . . probe underlying careers-work commitments appreciate how they are received by others face-up to contested ideas sharpen your self-critical professionalism expand the scope for your thinking-and-action position your own work more effectively yes/no yes/no yes/no yes/no yes/no yes/no if ‘yes’ - glad it’s usefulif ‘no’ - tell Bill why at www.hihohiho.com the ppt… www.hihohiho.com/magazine/games/cafgam3.ppt support material…www.hihohiho.com/magazine/games/cafgam3.pdf help colleagues…copy-&-paste urls into an e-mailhiho alerts… e-mail ‘yes’ to bill@hihohiho.com news and updates… www.twitter.com/billaw