making your own luck – “planned happenstance” june kay career development consultant
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Making Your Own Luck – “Planned
Happenstance”
June Kay Career Development
Consultant
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“We do not always need a plan to create a career…………”
“…….…Instead, we need a plan to act on happenstance – to transform unplanned events into career opportunity.”
Kathleen Mitchell,
In Praise of Uncertainty, 1998
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Planned HappenstanceWhy?
Even experts cannot always anticipate the economic, social and political events that will impact upon employment
What?
An attitude you adopt and the actions that you take
How?
1. Clarify Ideas
2. Remove the Blocks
3. Expect the unexpected
4. Take Action
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I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. ~
Charles Schulz
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Living involves tearing up one rough draft after another. ~
Author Unknown
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• It’s OK to change your plans and make mistakes
• Anxiety about the future is normal• Finding the right career path is a life-long
process• You can create future beneficial unplanned
events
In other words…..
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…becoming wise requires not just having adventures but a cultured mind that is open, ready and able to absorb the lessons experiences teaches.
“Chance favours the prepared mind” Louis Pasteur
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Think about examples in your life?
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Attributes / QualitiesRisk
Taking
Persistence
Curiosity
Optimism
Flexibility
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What can you do?• Cultivate self-awareness and listen to yourself• If you’re curious about something, find a way to
learn more about it• Be open minded and willing to consider “crazy
ideas”• Think positive – give ideas a chance before
dismissing them• See a Careers Adviser to explore ideas• When things happen differently than planned ask
yourself if this could be an opportunity in disguise
Berkeley University
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What can you do?
• Talk to new people, learn to value your wants, to see your interests as legitimate
• Experiment, learn new skills, make mistakes, change your mind
• Be open to discover new things about yourself• Go ahead and explore• Get out and do it
Berkeley University
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What might you do???......• Network with other students and staff in college & dept • Take on a temporary or lower level job and volunteer
for additional responsibilities• Voluntary work in the community• Travel, TEFL, volunteer oversees, pick fruit in the
sun…. • Work shadowing / experience• Join professional bodies• Study for a night-class / short OU course etc• Join clubs & societies• Get involved with hobbies and interests = meet people
……………………What else???
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Action Plan!!
What 3 things are you going to do in the next 3
months??
Specific action & timeCommit – tell a friend
∂To talk through your thoughts with the Careers Consultant June Kay e-mail her directly….