Unleashing your career potential Liz OConnell Poll Agenda

Unleashing your career potential Liz O’Connell

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Agenda q Who I am and what’s important to me? q What do I want from my career? q What can I offer? q What does my next employer want from and offer me? q Unleashing my career plan

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Career Alignment (the psychological contract) Carole Pemberton – Alignment model

Who I am and what’s important to me? Look back at your career patterns and life events to date. Significant life events (list and number in chronological order) 1. Study and complete degree 6. Settle down with the other half 2. Get first job in a bank 7. Switch to a specialist role 3. Get promoted into team leader role 8. Start a family 4. Get on the property ladder 9. Return to work part time 5. Move employers 10. Made redundant Consider how they made you feel on a scale of +5 to -5

Who I am and what’s important to me?

Who I am and what’s important to me? Reflect on the following questions 1. Who or what influenced the decisions you have made? 2. What life or career patterns or themes have emerged? 3. How much have you directed the course of your life? 4. What do your past experiences reveal about your personal qualities and attributes? 5. What sort of things motivate or demotivate you?

Who I am and what’s important to me? • What are things that we believe we are good at and not so good at? • What are our motivators and drivers? • What are our own values and beliefs?

What do I want from the business? • Apply my technical expertise/utilise my qualification knowledge • Challenge threshold • Development opportunities • Leading people/working independently • Making a difference to society or cause • Working environment – agile/home/office • Security – financial perks i. e. healthcare • Life/work balance – hours/flexibility • Income range

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What career assets do I offer? • Personal qualities and attributes – – Relating to others – outgoing, empathic, assertive Motivational – enthusiastic, driven, competitive Ways of thinking – logical, pragmatic, flexible, strategic Ways of behaving – reliable, adaptive, decisive • Transferrable skills – People skills – team working, coaching, influencing – Thinking skills – data analysis, problem solving, change • Key achievements – Delivering results/projects, cost savings, business generation, resolving challenging situations

“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won and all the fears you have overcome. ”

What does the business want from me? To find out this information out research: - • Job description – Key accountabilities, key relationships, key performance measures, knowledge/skills/experience needed • Person specification/qualities • Company strategy, vision, values, behaviours and culture

What the business offers me • • • Brand recognition and reputation Use technical expertise and knowledge Development opportunities – career pathway Leading people/working independently Making a difference to society or cause Working environment – locality/agile/home/office Security – financial perks i. e. healthcare, discounts Life/work balance – hours/flexibility Income range – bonus options

Career Alignment (the psychological contract) Carole Pemberton – Alignment model

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Unleashing your career plan • • • Alignment identified CV creation/update Targeted job searches Social networking Completing applications Interview preparation

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. ” – C. S. LEWIS

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www. aspiredevelopment. co. uk Liz O’Connell 07912563019 liz@aspiredevelopment. co. uk Did you benefit from today’s session? Share your thoughts on social media and be sure to tag us!