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Career Management

Career Management. Broadening Your Horizons. Cecelia Davis Federal Acquisition Institute. Objectives. Identify potential career paths Align interests, skills, and experience with career paths Create a basic career plan. Topics. Why Acquisition? What Is FAI’s Role?

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Career Management

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  1. Career Management Broadening Your Horizons Cecelia Davis Federal Acquisition Institute

  2. Objectives • Identify potential career paths • Align interests, skills, and experience with career paths • Create a basic career plan

  3. Topics • Why Acquisition? • What Is FAI’s Role? • What Are the different Career Paths? • Which Path Is Right for Me? • How Do I Get There? • Conclusion

  4. Why Acquisition?

  5. Why Acquisition? • Research, plan for, and procure goods and services • Make strategic and innovative business decisions • Act as business advisors to ensure agencies meet their missions

  6. What Is FAI’s Role?

  7. What Is FAI’s Role? • Develop instructional material and performance tools • Facilitate interagency intern and training programs • Identify acquisition competencies • Promote and coordinate Federal research • Help identify and recruit acquisition professionals

  8. What Are the DifferentCareer Paths?

  9. Contracting • Operations • Pre-contract award • Contract award/post-contract award • Policy

  10. Program • Program/Project Manager (PPM) • Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) • Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) Learn more about acquisition careers at www.fai.gov

  11. Which Path Is Right for Me?

  12. Explore Different Agencies Align interests with agency missions and functions Learn about agencies at www.usa.gov Learn about agency jobs at www.usajobs.gov

  13. Network • Acquisition community • Training events • Workshops • Conferences • Professional organizations • National Contract Management Association (NCMA) • Project Management Institute (PMI) • National Institute for Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) • Work relationships • Current and former co-workers • Managers

  14. Use Government Resources • FAI • www.fai.gov • USA Jobs • www.usajobs.gov • Office of Personnel Management • www.opm.gov • Agency Career Centers

  15. How Do I Get There?

  16. Create a Career Plan • Set goals • Identify action steps • Set target dates • Involve others • Review progress and make modifications

  17. Set Goals Set “SMART” Goals: • Specific • Measurable • Attainable • Realistic/Relevant • Timely

  18. Identify Action Steps • Increase knowledge • Formal training • Workshops, seminars, conferences • Independent research, self-study • Build experience • On the job • Special assignments and projects

  19. Set Target Dates • Establish an overall timeline • Set deadlines for each action step • Set review dates

  20. Involve Others • Networking • Formal • Informal • Management • Individual Development Plan (IDP)

  21. Identify Action Steps Set Goals & Objectives Set Target Dates Review & Modify Involve Others Review & Modify • Review progress • Modify career plan

  22. Closing Remarks • www.fai.gov • www.opm.gov • www.usajobs.gov

  23. Q&A • Why Acquisition? • What Is FAI’s Role? • What Are the different Career Paths? • Which Path Is Right for Me? • How Do I Get There?

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