career management: you can manage it!
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Much More Than Next Job or Promotion…
“Managing My Career” , to me means:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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To manage your career you must continuously:
Assess:
YourselfYour
Environment
YourGoals
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DO YOU KNOW YOURSELF? ?Who Me?
Self-knowledge is the beginning of self improvementBaltasar Gracian (1601-1658)
It is wisdom to know others;It is enlightenment to know one's self.Lao-Tzu 6th century B.C.) The Way of Life
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Five Fundamental Questions
1. Modesty aside, the greatest skill, strength/ability I have is my ability to . . .
2. You are at a meeting with several colleagues and are called out to take a phone call. What are one or two things your colleagues say about you when you are not in the room?
3. How well do you know the business environment and its current status?
4. If you could have any job, other than this, what would it be?
5. If you could spend one week at an educational seminar(at a location of your choice) what would you choose to study that would grow you the most as a professional?
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Which questions were easiest to answer?
Which questions have you asked yourself before?
Which were new for you?
Five Fundamental Questions . . .
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The Five Fundamental Questions Explained . . .
The Focus The Question! The Actions
PERSON Who Am I?
• Skills• Interests• Values
PERSPECTIVE How Do Others See Me
• Supervisors• Peers• Interfaces
PLACE Do I Know my World?What’s Changing
• Organizational Structures
• Environment• Norms/Culture
POSSIBILITIES What are My Options?
• Enrichment• Future Orientation• Opportunities
PLAN How Can I Achieve My Goals?
• Alliances• Development• Training
* Adapted from: The Career Development Model, © 1999 Career System International, with permission.
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Career Success: People-Actions-Information
PeopleSucceed in managing their career only when they take concrete actions
ActionsSucceed only when based onspecific information about the person and the organization
Information
Is available – but only to people who take responsibility for pursuing it