MGT 4241 Career Analysis Strategies in Business Week

MGT 4241 Career Analysis & Strategies in Business Week 4 – Identifying Goals, Values & Skills for Self-improvement

“That which you think of yourself will determine your fate. ” -Henry David Thoreau “Destiny is not a matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. ” - William Jennings Bryan “Luck is preparation meeting opportunity. ” - Seneca (Greek scholar) 2

Outcomes by the end of this session You will be able to… n Define and clarify your values n Discuss how your values motivate you n Describe how your values affect your career decisions n Define and identify your skills n Recognise the power of the transferability of your skills 3

Some Facts about Values § Self-motivators indicate what you consider most important in your life, your values. § Your values may change throughout your life. § What you cherish and act upon is what you value. § Your behavior is determined by your values. 4

Job Descriptions & Values Reflected 5

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs ►Self-Actualization Need ▪ Reaching one’s potential, being creative, contributing to society ►Self-Esteem Need ▪ Prestige, respect, competence ►Belongingness Need ▪ Friends, relationships, love ►Safety Need ▪ Physical and psychological shelter ►Physiological Need ▪ Food and water 6

Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory 1. Motivators: a sense of achievement, an opportunity for personal growth, the sense of having done a job well, having responsibility, and achieving recognition for your work. 2. Hygiene Factors: money, working conditions, job security, company policy, and quality of supervision and interpersonal relations. To remove dissatisfaction, hygiene factors need to be improved, which will not however result in an increase in motivation. The only way motivation can be increased further is by giving more of the motivators. What implications have these on your values? 7

Defining Skills § Specific attributes, talents, personal qualities § Developed through process of living § Three types 1. 2. 3. Functional Skills Work Skills Adaptive Skills 8

Defining Skills 1. Functional Skills = accomplish general tasks Theses skills may or may not be associated with a specific job, such as maintaining schedules, collecting data, and responding to problems. They are called functional skills because they are used to accomplish general tasks or functions of a job. 9

Defining Skills 2. Work Skills = content-specific to one job They are specialized and specific to one job (e. g. , bookkeeping is done by bookkeepers, assigning grades is done by teachers, interpreting an electrocardiogram is done by specific medical practitioners. ) 10

Defining Skills 3. Adaptive Skills (or selfmanagement skills) § They are personal attributes; they might also be described as personality traits or soft skills. § The ability to learn quickly, the ability to pay close attention to details, taskorientation, self-direction, congeniality, and cooperativeness are some examples of adaptive skills. 11

Identifying Transferable Skills Perhaps, you are concerned about a lack of paid job experience, or you may have chosen a non-business major and are concerned you have not yet learnt specific job skills or been trained for a position in a business-context job…? 12

Identifying Transferable Skills § Transferable Skills are those you carry with you from one job to another and can use in performing many different jobs. § Examples of skills in a typical college liberal arts or business degree program include Communication skills (C) Problem-solving or critical-thinking skills (P) Human relations skills (H) Organizational skills (O) Research skills (R) 13

Skills in a typical university degree Working well with diverse groups of people Writing essays and reports Writing reports and term papers Delegating responsibility Convincing individuals and groups of the importance of your ideas Persuading others to act in the best interests of the group Investigating problems Planning or arranging presentations or social events Advising people Creating new ways to handle an issue • Communication skills (C) • Problem-solving or critical-thinking skills (P) • Human relations skills (H) • Organisational skills (O) • Research skills (R) 14

Skills in a typical university degree Working well with diverse groups of people H Writing essays and reports C Writing reports and term papers R Delegating responsibility O Convincing individuals and groups of the importance of your ideas C Persuading others to act in the best interests of the group P Investigating problems R Planning or arranging presentations or social events O Advising people H Creating new ways to handle an issue P • Communication skills (C) • Problem-solving or critical-thinking skills (P) • Human relations skills (H) • Organisational skills (O) • Research skills (R) 15