Careers Decision Making Action Planning Careers and Employability
Careers Decision Making & Action Planning Careers and Employability Service www. southampton. ac. uk/careers@southampton. ac. uk Uo. SCareersand. Employability Uo. S_Careers
Career Planning Cycle
Know yourself • Work life balance • Autonomy • Shifts • Perceived specialist • Money • Environment • Patient group • Workplace Ethos • Geographical Location • Flexibility • Kudos • Core skills offer • Progression • Preceptorship • What do you find difficult? • What do you enjoy? • 3
Skills Auditing • When you start applying for jobs you will need to record, reflect & provide evidence to prove you can do the job • Important to have a job description & person specification for a particular job to refer to • 4
Activity With your neighbour take 5 mins to discuss the following two questions? • Where do you see yourself after 3 -5 years of clinical experience? Do you know how to get there? (discuss what setting/ & the level or grade) • What is your 1 st choice of post-registration specialism & why? What would be your second choice & why? Make sure both of you have a chance to cover responding to the two questions. Short feedback afterwards. 5
A few ideas…………. • Rehabilitation • Intensive Care • Leg Ulcer Nurse • Burns • TB Specialist • Opthamology • Bladder and Bowel • Plastic Surgery • Rotational • Theatres • Prison • Sexual Health • Forensic • Infectious Diseases • Practice • Army 6
• Making Choices…. • Have you reflected on positives/negatives of each placement experience • Do you know your strengths/areas for development & are they a good fit for a particular specialism (will you be able to provide strong evidence at application/interview) • Research different employers thoroughly to make informed choices • Where you would like to work? - location - Training - opportunities for development • Be prepared to be flexible • 7
• The acronym • D – define the problem (what problem are you trying to solve? ) • E – establish a plan of action (how are you going to tackle your dilemma? ) • C – clarify underlying values and interests (what factors underpin your decision? ) • I – identify the key alternatives that you are deciding between (what are your options? ) • D – discover the probable outcome of each alternative (what would be the result of taking each option? ) • E – eliminate alternatives systematically (look at outcome against underlying values and interests, and eliminate) • S – start action (get applying!) • 8
What’s stopping you? § Confidence § Risk Averse § Not 100% sure § Nerves § Knowledge § Fit to career goal • 9
Action Planning 10
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