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SHINe AGM and Study Day How to Have a Happy and Healthy Career Improve your career 10 May 2007 Sue Hill FREC Hon FCLIP. Introduction My Beautiful Career What do Employers Want? What should we ask of Employers? Continuing Professional Development Acquiring & Documenting Skills
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SHINe AGM and Study Day How to Have a Happy and Healthy Career Improve your career 10 May 2007 Sue Hill FREC Hon FCLIP
Introduction My Beautiful Career What do Employers Want? What should we ask of Employers? Continuing Professional Development Acquiring & Documenting Skills What’s Hot and What’s not? Summary and Questions
My Beautiful Career Fact or Fiction? 1, 5, 15 year plans External influences (chaos theory) Life - Work Balance Continual Learning Take control
What do Employers Want? An understanding from you of issues relevant to your job and your profession Strong soft skills Proof you fit their specification Relevant ‘hard’ skills Your buy-in Ultimately? The job done!
What should we ask of Employers? Opportunity to grow Acknowledgement of our progress Time to develop & acquire new skills Flexibility (two-way street) Office Hygiene Give and take
CPD - Keeping your development continuous Remain in touch with issues relevant to your job and your profession Develop your existing skills Consider how to acquire new skills Broaden your knowledge & understanding of the job you do Look outside for development opportunities
Identifying your skills Job related skills practical skills needed for the job Soft (transferable) skills Can often act as bridge between one career or role and another Things that motivate you Usually better at - seek evidence that an employer (of choice) can offer them
What’s ‘hot’ and what’s not! Tell me! Who is buying? Who is selling? Value or price Always two sides to consider
Create the Career Plan – be a winner Visible signs of the consummate professional Successful careers and good moves Talent retention within organisations Employer of choice Failure has costs – don't be a loser Motivation goes Document it – prove it Keep the CV career ladder up-to-date
Summary Action Plan for winners Only YOU can do it Questions