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Scalable, streamlined and evidence-based is the trifecta of delivering empowering and successful 21st century career management services. Building on these principles, CareerCycles developed online tools that enhance its narrative method and client experience by leveraging career professionals’ time and expanding reach. Visit www.careercycles.com Mark Franklin, practice leader and president of CareerCycles presented on this topic at Cannexus14, the pre-eminent Canadian career management conference (Jan. 21, 2014). In this dynamic session, Mark explored the opportunities in designing a blended-delivery model that preserves the human touch.TRANSCRIPT
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Scalable, streamlined and evidence-based
web-enabling a narrative method of practice for career management
Mark Franklin, M.Ed.,P.Eng..CMFPractice leader & president, CareerCycles producer & host, Career Buzz
1 844 465 9222 [email protected]@careercycles www.careercycles.com
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CareerCycles: Trusted career management social enterprise with key clients & strategic relationships
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• Share stories, career questions and our clues
• “Blended-Delivery” – What does it mean?
• The Story So Far: Web-enabling a narrative method of practice for career management
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Stories of…
The Questions they’re asking…
• that distinctly led to Clues for us to develop online narrative “storytelling” tools
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Meet Li: Career Client
What’ll I do when I graduate? How do I connect my education and my future career? What about my parents?
• Clue: anxiety triggers first meeting; will he come back?
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Meet Tara: Career Client
What do I really want to be doing with my life right now? Layoff as ‘blessing in disguise’?
• Clue: client is truly engaged in telling her story, from which it’s easy to elicit strengths & desires, generate possibilities
Zikic, Klehe, 2005
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Meet Ramzi: Career Pro
What tools or methods can re-energize my practice? Do they work? Can I learn them easily?
• Clue: Narrative, storytelling, life design is trending. Many wonder, how to do it? Worry it’ll be too time consuming
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Meet Erika: Director
How can we reach more clients? With which evidence-based best practices?How can we deliver service more efficiently and affordably?
• Clue: We have evidence-based practice. We have trainees. How to scale up?
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Theory-to-practice clues…
• The paradigm for life design interventions constructs career through small stories,
• reconstructs the stories into a life portrait,• and co-constructs intentions that advance
the career story into an new episode.Savickas, 2012
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Theory-to-practice clues…
• STRENGTHS: …more empowering for the client because narrative perspectives tend to assume a collaborative, co-creative process.
• LIMITATION: Time-consuming, demandingStebleton, 2010
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Theory-to-practice clues…
• Participants using the [narrative-based career] intervention exhibited less career indecision and more career certainty.
Severy, 2008
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What can technology do for us? What can’t it do?
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What’s out there for us?
• online (career) counselling • e-guidance• learning management systems (LMS)• online career tests and assessments• articles, blogs, advice, videos• interactive tools• others?
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694 million!
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How much to rely on technology?
Source: Chris Pirillo
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By Tristram Hooley, Jo Hutchinson, A.G. Watts
Career Buzz guests!See References
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What can technology do for us?1. deliver information
– Articles, pix, video, audio, ?…
2. provide a channel for communication– 1:1, Email, chat, Skype…; 1:many, blogs– Many-to-many, learning communities
3. provide an automated interaction– Simulation / role play, games, reflective tools
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Technology for automated interaction…
“self-managed, self-directed resources that facilitate enhanced self-awareness,
“promote user-control and self-reliance,
“can automate routine aspects of the guidance process, allowing professionals to focus on offering higher level support to clients.”
Source: Careering through the Web, Hooley, Hutchinson, Watts
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Online support for career clients exists, but is it used effectively?
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“It was nice to know the online info was there. I didn’t use it. The most
useful and valuable part of the service was interacting with the
career consultant.”
career transition client
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So, what are we talking about when
we talk about ‘blended delivery’?
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Which human touchpoints are most relevant for successful
blended delivery?
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Web-enabling a narrative method of practice
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Client questions emerging from THEIR situations….
• Am I in the right career? What would make me happy?
• What can I do to re-invent myself with a career that is fun and does not "feel" like work?
• How do I create my future taking into account my whole life?
• I am all over the map and interested in a variety of things; how do I figure out what to do as my first career following graduation?
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Career reality
V = Volatility
U = Uncertainty
C = Complexity
A = Ambiguity
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We evolved a narrative method to answer their questions…
• 3500+ clients • Hundreds of testimonials• 200+ Career Professionals trained • EVIDENCE-based method of practice
– Hope, optimism, confidence, resilience, personal growth, curiosity & exploration
– Correlated with career clarity, job-person fit
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We corral elements from client’s stories to get what matters from what happened, using
leading edge processes & life changing tools
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timeline.knightlab.com
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Career & Life Story of Marco
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Career & Life Story of Marco
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Career & Life Story of Marco
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Career & Life Story of Marco
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Career & Life Story of Marco
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Career & Life Story of Marco
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36Career Sketch, Career Statement © Copyright Mark Franklin
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38Career Sketch, Career Statement © Copyright Mark Franklin
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Charlotte’s Career StatementHere’s what I want… (Desires)I am working with people and loving it; I’m having a reasonable workload, and job advancement…
Here’s what I want to do or use… (Strengths)I want to teach, coach, mentor and manage. I want to use interpersonal and verbal communication. I want to develop relationships, conflict resolution…Here’s the kind of person I am… (Personal Qualities):I am a person with a tremendous sense of responsibility. I’m reliable though a bleeding heart. I’m a reader, introspective and either really on or off.
Here’s what I bring with me (Assets): 6+ years experience in advertising wedding planning experience Carleton university courses Director, student advocacy at college Cosmetician – loved it Diploma in Advertising
Here are other people’s influences
I’m mindful of how my role as a parent of a young child continues to influence my career and life choices.
These are the possibilities I’m most curious about exploring now:
mom website – self employment post secondary student services fundraising, event coordinator ad agency with a focus on non-profit
Career Sketch, Career Statement © Copyright Mark Franklin
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Crystallization of narrative interventions “Finally, my truth!” Acts as compass for Intentional Exploration
CareerStatement
Focus is on presentand future. Opens
you to change.
TraditionalResume
Focus is on past. Can limit change. Career Statement is part of the
CareerCycles narrative method of practice. Copyright © Mark Franklin
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CareerCycles Framework
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Framework Elements For Students/Clients For Career Professionals
1.Model Acts as roadmap Guides practice and communication
2.Tools, online & handouts
Between-session tasks, e.g. Your Story, Getting Feedback
20+ handouts, consistency
3.Method of practice Trust there’s a ‘method in your madness’
40+ written interventions
4.Learning program Feel reassured Initial learning. Ongoing ‘playbook’
5.Career definition Enlarge scope, from job to life. Use when needed
Common understanding
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Holistic method draws on, grounded in… Narrative approach (M White, L Cochran, M Savickas, P Brott…)
Positive Psychology (S Lyubomirsky, B Fredrickson…)
Cognitive methods (A Beck…)
Happenstance approach (Mitchell, Levin, Krumboltz…)
Constructivist perspective (V Peavey…)
Chaos theory & careers (D Bloch, J Bright…)
Law of Attraction processes (E Hicks, L Grabhorn…)
Adlerian Psychology (A Adler…)
Client Centered Therapy (C Rogers…)
Canadian Standards & Guidelines
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What we did – Part 1
• Scoped out project• Got inspired to (finally) launch project!• Connected with talented software developer• Sought funding• Start with core intervention, “Your Story”• Tested questions on human subjects• Became MaRS client
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Intent to use Lean Startup
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Lean Startup Method emphasizes ‘validated learning’
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What we did – Part 2
• Rapid prototype (Google Drive) and tested/measured results with ~20 users
• Learned, validated, refined• Engaged first advisory board member• Built MVP• Tested/measured with clients, career pros• What does it look like?
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What did you like about this story?
What skills or knowledge did you use/build?
Meeting interesting people!
Cross cultural communication
Work with interesting people!
Verbal & cross culture communi-cation
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Four Entry Points
2. Who You Are MATTERS!® game
1. Individual sessions
3. F2F or Online Workshops
4. On their own. Click here for human help!
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Next steps• Trials and pilots ‘in the works’ e.g. SFU• Developing next iteration now• Tools: Exploration Plan, Getting Feedback• Integrated evaluation • Forming advisory board• Exploring funding and investors• Conducting parallel activities: pricing, legal,
go-to-market strategy
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• OUR VISION: Enriching the career wellbeing of humanity
• Someone will become the recognized brand for career management – we want to be part of it!
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1. Seeking more trial sites!2. Training in CareerCycles method of practice3. Who You Are MATTERS!® - certification/facilitation4. Tune in to Career Buzz, ciut.fm or 89.5 FM in
Toronto. Wednesdays 11am-noon Eastern. Podcast!5. Watch for Clues news 2x month6. Please return feedback form
THANK YOU!Mark Franklin [email protected]
www.careercycles.com
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