Good Morning From Mike Beynon Todays Topics The
Good Morning From Mike Beynon
Today’s Topics • The Story so Far? • Purpose and Aim of Training ▫ Career Development Plan ▫ The Changing Face of Work ▫ Impact of Training • How does your CV look? • Learning Styles • Goal Setting December 21 Career Planning
The Story so far. . • In your group, review the programme to date. • Describe your impressions and highlight Key points of interest and how they relate to you. • Time: 20 minutes December 21 Career Planning
Purpose and Aim of Training • Employ training as a key element in current and future career development plans • Understand the changing face of employment and work and recognise the need for retraining and skill development to keep abreast of opportunities. • Maximise the impact of a training course in supporting a career plan. • Identify with all areas of the work environment as possible job opportunities December 21 Career Planning
What is Training? • The transferring of skills and knowledge to create learning and development December 21 Career Planning
Learning and Development Learning: • Generally defined as a process by which individuals gain new knowledge and insights to change their behaviour and actions. Development: • Development has been defined as the general enhancement and growth of an individual’s abilities, though conscious and unconscious learning, with a view to enabling them to maintain or take up a future role in a current or new organisation. December 21 Career Planning
A. S. K Learning • Attitude: Related to values & interest • Skills: Think about the physical skills needed to perform a task • Knowledge: Learning about rules, recalling bodies of knowledge December 21 Career Planning
Career Development Plan • A way to set future goals for progression in a chosen career; • Undertake Self Assessment ▫ Evaluation, values/beliefs, skills, interests • Carry out Research ▫ Insiders perspective, environment, responsibilities • Decision Making ▫ No certainty, try to make an informed decision, always something to learn • Take Action ▫ Job Applications, Research, CV, Cover letter, Interviews December 21 Career Planning
The Changing face of Work • • • Availability Competition Expectations Trends and Work Practices Roles and Responsibilities Continuous Professional Development December 21 Career Planning
Maximise Impact of Training • • • December 21 Apply existing ASK Develop new ASK Identify new ideas Experience a different environment Learn from peers Opportunity to review Demonstrate CPD Develop confidence Focus on a specific area Build a network of like minded people Career Planning
Opportunities Exist. . . We just have to find them!! December 21 Career Planning
Where do we look? • http: //jobs. ie/ • http: //www. brightwater. ie/ • http: //www. irishjobs. ie/ • http: //www. salesjobs. ie • http: //www. monster. ie/ • http: //www. jobsearch. ie/ • http: //www. recruitireland. com/ • http: //www. loadzajobs. ie/ • http: //www. noel. ie/ • http: //www. peoplegroup. ie/ho me 0. html December 21 Career Planning
Relationship to Work Placement • Opportunity to experience first hand aspects of the programme • Networking opportunity • Experiential Learning • Updating Knowledge and Skills December 21 Career Planning
Learning Styles
Learning Styles Definition • A learning Style is the way in which each learner begins to concentrate on process and retain new and difficult information December 21 Career Planning
Four Styles • There are many different theories about learning styles. Kolb’s (1984) Learning Styles Inventory is an example which suggests that people develop preferences for different learning styles in just the same way in which they develop any other sort of style – leadership, negotiating, etc December 21 Career Planning
Four Styles This work was followed by Honey and Mumford who built on this over time to develop a model and a Learning Styles Questionnaire that categorises people according to whether they are predominantly; ▫ ▫ December 21 Activist – What’s new? I’m game for anything. Reflector – I’d like time to think about this Theorist – How does this relate to that? Pragmatist – How can I apply this in practice. Career Planning
Learning Styles Activity Complete the Learning Styles Questionnaire to assess how you learn December 21 Career Planning
Learning Variations • Activists learn best from activities where: ▫ They can engross themselves in short ‘here and now’ activities such as business games, competitive tasks, role playing exercises • Reflectors on the other hand learn best from activities where: ▫ They are allowed to think before acting, to consider before commenting ▫ They have the opportunity to review what has happened, what they have learnt December 21 Career Planning
Learning Variations • Theorists learn best from activities where: ▫ They have time to explore the associations and interrelationships between ideas, event and situations ▫ They are in structured situations with clear purpose • Pragmatists learn best from activities where: ▫ They have the chance to try out and practice techniques with coaching and feedback from a credible expert ▫ They can concentrate on practical issues December 21 Career Planning
Example – Learning to ride a bicycle • Reflectors ▫ Thinking about riding and watching another person ride a bike • Theorists ▫ Understanding theory and having a clear grasp of the biking concept • Pragmatists ▫ Receiving practical tips and techniques from a biking expert • Activists ▫ Leaping on the bike and having a go at it December 21 Career Planning
In Summary • Although these learning styles are viewed as a range of styles that one moves through over time, usually people come to prefer and rely on one style above the others. Participants on this programme will have different learning styles. Different participants will approach the programme and the material in different ways. There is no right or wrong way of learning December 21 Career Planning
How does your CV look?
Curriculum Vitae Latin meaning “Course of Life” December 21 Career Planning
What is a CV? • A document containing a summary or listing of relevant job experience and education, usually for the purpose of obtaining an interview when seeking employment December 21 Career Planning
A CV is also. . . . A really useful and important way of Marketing and Promoting. . . YOU!! December 21 Career Planning
Where will your CV end up? December 21 Career Planning
Activity • Even though a CV is a written document, you have to be able to support the information you give in the CV by verbally explaining what is written down • They say you only have 30 seconds to make an impression • In 30 seconds, describe what your CV says about you and why you believe it will convince an employer to call you for interview December 21 Career Planning
Handout CV Basics With the others in your group, read through the handout and highlight what you think is helpful for you to review/prepare your own CV December 21 Career Planning
Handout Sample CV Template December 21 Career Planning
Summary – CV’s • A summary or listing of relevant job experience and education • Current trends indicate Employment / Work experience should be the first section • Also include, Education, Additional courses completed, Additional Achievements, Interests. December 21 Career Planning
Goal Setting Short, Medium and Long Term
What is an Aim? • Aim – a general statement of what you are going to do during an activity December 21 Career Planning
What is an Objective? • “An objective is simply a statement of what is to be done and should be stated in terms of results”. • “If you don’t know where you are going, you won’t know when you get there, but if by chance you do get there, you won’t know that you’ve arrived”. December 21 Career Planning
SMART Objectives • • • Specific Measureable Achievable Realistic Time Bound December 21 Career Planning
Activity – Personal Goals and Objectives Identify and List personal goals and objectives in relation to q The programme q The related Job placement q Future Employment December 21 Career Planning
Review of Goals and Objectives • Review against SMART • Correct where appropriate December 21 Career Planning
Opportunities for Work Placement For tomorrow; • Carry out a brief review of the various sectors of the economy identifying three key areas that you regard as a priority to target for job opportunities. December 21 Career Planning
Today’s Review December 21 Career Planning
Thank You for Participating See you tomorrow!! December 21 Career Planning
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