Career Plan Development Career Plan Development Because of

Career Plan Development

Career Plan Development • Because of the changes in the workplace and workforce, you must provide your job seeker customers with career development services

Career Plan Development • Your role as a workforce development professional is to help job seekers – Strategically plan for a career – Become more career focused • Job seekers have to be – Willing to change – Creative in their approach – Logical in their analysis

Career Plan Development • Change is “unknown” and can be scary • You, as a workforce professional, will have to help job seekers move outside their comfort zone by – Helping customers see the positive aspects of their career change – Helping customers be creative in their approach to career changes through exploration – Helping customers logically examine the information from assessments and career research to make solid and attainable decisions

Definition • What is Career Development? – A process by which individuals • Define career goals • Prepare for, search for and retain employment • Build skills, advance, and change employment

Career Plan Development Process Assessments Career Exploration Planning

Conclusion • Next: – Module two will lead you and Anny through the assessment process – Module three will guide you through the career exploration process – Module four will guide you through the development of an action plan