Create Your Career Now Begin the process now
Create Your Career Now
Begin the process now • You already know a lot about your career plan Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 2
Begin the process now • Career planning is a choice, not a discovery – It is the bridge between our dreams and the reality of our future Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 3
Begin the process now • We don’t find the right career— we create it! • Many people will have 5 careers in a lifetime. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 4
Begin the process now • You’ve got a world of choices • You not only get to choose the content of your work but the context as well – You could work from home or choose an alternative schedule as examples Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 5
Begin the process now • Name names – Name your job – Name your company, agency, or organization – Name your contacts – Name your location Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 6
More Career Planning Tips • • Get back to your purpose Change your mind when appropriate Use résumés to get interviews Be prepared to act like a free agent Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 7
Websites for Job Hunters • Career. One. Stop • http: //www. careeronestop. org/ • America’s Career Info. Net • http: //www. careerinfonet. org/ • America’s Job. Bank • http: //www. ajb. org/ Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8
Transferable Skills… • Are abilities that can be applied to any job. • Differ from work-content skills. • Create a powerful link between higher education and the work world. • Almost any skill you use to succeed in one situation can transfer to success in another. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9
Consider your transferable skills Use the four modes: What if? Why? How? What? Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 10
Why identify my transferable skills? • Approach job-hunting with more confidence • Grow your list of qualifications • Land jobs that involve more responsibility, variety, freedom and money • Thrive in the midst of change Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 11
What are my transferable skills? • Reflect on key experiences • Recall when you performed at your peak • The word skill points to something you do • Examples: analyzing, coaching, editing, learning, listening, organizing, reading, researching, speaking, training, writing Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12
How do I perform these skills? • Add adverbs—words that describe how you take action • Add a specific example of each skill to your list • Focus on the skills that you most enjoy using—these will help guide your job search Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13
What if I could expand my transferable skills? • Describe the skills you would like to acquire • Investigate ways to develop these skills: extracurricular activities, group memberships, internships, volunteer positions, work-study assignments, parttime jobs. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 14
Job Skills for the 21 st Century • Three foundations – Basic skills – Thinking skills – Personal qualities Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 15
Job Skills for the 21 st Century • Five core competencies – Resources – Interpersonal skills – Information – Systems – Technology Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 16
Link to the World of Work Use the strategies in your textbook to promote success on the job • Ask yourself: Why is it important to plan for my career now? • Ask yourself: What can I use from this text to help me? • Ask yourself: How I can apply what I’ve learned to meet my career goals? • Ask Yourself: What if I began creating the life of my dreams now? Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 17
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