take charge of your career: getting started

Naledi Saul Associate Director Office of Career & Professional Development University of California, San Francisco

Take Charge of Your Career: Getting Started

Take Charge of Your Career: Getting Started. Naledi Saul, Office of Career & Professional Development Career.ucsf.edu

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Getting Started

1.  A Career framework to look at your career: Identify what stage of career development you are in.

2.  Putting it all together: Talk about career and professional development resources, opportunities and experiences to explore and engage at that stage.

3.  Next steps: What will you do first/next?


First: A Framework A Career and Professional Development Framework

Self Assessment

Career Exploration

&

Decision Making

Internship, Job, or Postdoc

Search

Professional Success Skills

(Career Management)

Know Yourself Know Your Options

Position Yourself Launch Yourself & Excel


Being intentional: What it means to manage your career

Figure out what stage you’re in

Determine what information you need to know & what competencies you need to develop at that stage

Identify which resources, experiences, and opportunities at UCSF & in your personal and professional community will help you develop

Master the information and skills, integrate it into your overall path and plan, and continue to move forward towards your definition of success.

1. My Values: What is meaningful to me 2. My Interests: What activities and tasks I find rewarding 3. My Skills: My current strengths and growth areas 4. My Personality: How my preferences

influence my work behavior

I know….

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Self Assessment

Career Exploration & Decision

Making

Internship, Job or Postdoc Search


(Career Management)

What Stage Are You In? A Career and Professional Development Framework


Stage 1: Self Assessment

  Tackle communicable diseases   Interact & educate professional

peers   Apply my knowledge and see

tangible outcomes   Design programs   Have job security   Enough time for family & friends   Have a good income

I want a career where I can:


You like it You don’t like it

You’re good at it

You’re not good at it

The career goal you’re aiming for: Work you like & are good at!

1. How to research potential career paths 2. How current & future trends will impact my field 3. How to network professionally (conduct

informational interviews, maintain professional relationships, etc.)



I know…. Career Exploration: I know…..

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Self Assessment


Making



(Career Management



Stage 2: Career Exploration & Decision Making

?

I want a career where I can: Names of jobs/organizations where I can do that?





10 Job Titles

10 People 10 Organizations

Mapping Your Galaxy: Exploring Careers in Global Health


Program Officer

Program Manager

10 Job Titles



Research Analyst


Pandemic Advisor Program Officer

Regional Case Management Specialist

Clinical Training Specialist/Consultant

Program Manager

Program Evaluation and Strategic

Planning Consultant

10 Job Titles

10 People

Master Trainer & Instructional Designer for Public Health Education

10 Organizations


Research Analyst

Project Director, Academic Institute

Legislative Analyst

Community Case Manager Medical Science Liaison


Health Systems Evaluator

Research Consultant

Group Project Manager

Senior Administrator, Social Service Agency

Program Analyst

Journal Editor

Senior Medical Education Manager,

Health Statistician

Pharma Product Marketing Manager

Mapping Your Galaxy: Exploring Careers in a Nurse PhD

10 Job Titles


Faculty

Health Sysems Consultant Think Tank Researcher

Health Outcomes Researcher


Erivedge

Life Cycle Leader

Scientist Safety Assessment

Group Project Manager

Biosample Operations Manager

Medical Communications Officer

Medical Editor

Director, Science Communications

Research Associate Program Director –

Regulatory Program Management

Product Marketing Manager

Mapping Your Galaxy: Exploring Careers in the Life Sciences

10 Job Titles

10 Organizations 10 People

Science Policy Analyst

Corporate Science Communications Officer


10 People

Health Outreach Program Manager

Assoc. Vice President for Nursing/NP Pain Management

Clinical Analyst

Clinic-Based NP

Health Communications Officer

Director of a Nursing Unit

Public Health Outreach & Education Officer

Pharma Medical Communications & Education Program Consultant

Healthvare Liaison/Consultant

Mapping Your Galaxy: Exploring Careers as an NP

10 Job Titles

10 Organizations

Health Policy Analyst


Pandemic Advisor Program Officer

Regional Case Management Specialist

Clinical Training Specialist/Consultant

Program Manager

Program Evaluation and Strategic

Planning Consultant

10 Job Titles

10 People

Master Trainer & Instructional Designer for Public Health Education

10 Organizations


Research Analyst

Project Director, Academic Institute

Legislative Analyst

Community Case Manager Medical Science Liaison



  Regional Case Management

Specialist for Abt Associations (NGO)

  Community Case Management Advisor for State/County Health & Human Services Agency

  Medical Science Liaison for Eli Lilly (Pharmaceutical company)









Career Decision Making: I know…. 1. What a Free & Informed Decision is

2. The Internal/external factors and barriers are affecting my decision 3. My preferred decision making style


Self Assessment


Making



(Career Management




  Regional Case Management

Specialist for Abt Associates (NGO)


  Medical Science Liaison for Eli Lilly (Pharmaceutical company)






informational interviews, maintain professional relationships, etc.






Self Assessment

Career Exploration

&

Decision Making



(Career Management



Seek positions where 70-80% of each facet: the content, day to day tasks and culture

is in alignment with your values, skills and interests

Right Content •  Research area, clinical issue, population or system

The Sweet Spot of Work is Balanced

Between the….

Right Skill Set •  Administration •  Communication (written or oral) •  Data Collection & Analysis •  Diplomacy •  Development •  Directing/Leading •  Education/Outreach •  Engineering •  Evaluation Design •  Finance

•  Public Affairs •  Research & Analysis •  Supervision •  Strategic Planning •  Teaching/Training

•  Legal •  Management (resources or people) •  Marketing •  Policy Analysis •  Policy Development •  Program Design & Implementation •  Project Design & Implementation

Right Environment

•  Your values, strengths & work style, etc., are recognized and rewarded in both the type of organization (Govt. vs NGO, biotech vs academe, hospital vs clinic, etc.)

…… and that specific organization








Self Assessment

Career Exploration

&

Decision Making



(Career Management









Self Assessment

Career Exploration

&

Decision Making



(Career Management


I know…. 1. Position myself during my time at UCSF

for my employment/residency choice after I graduate

2. How to organize my internship, job or residency search

3. How to write effective application materials

4. How to interview professionally 5. How to negotiate an offer 6. How to evaluate, and accept or decline

an offer


  I know what are common criteria for competitiveness for these jobs

  Identified 10-15 state/county agencies

  I’ve talked to 1-5 people who have had that role

  I know how those agencies hire

  I know how to tailor my resume/cover letter for those type of positions

  I know common interview questions asked for those positions

  I know what is negotiable and how to negotiate for it

Positioning myself & presenting myself

Names of jobs/organizations where I can do that?


Stage 3: Internship, Job or Postdoc Search








Self Assessment

Career Exploration

&

Decision Making

Internship, Job or Postdoc

Search


(Career Management)


I know…. 1. Position myself during my time at UCSF

for my employment/residency choice after I graduate




an offer

1. My definition of work/life integration 2. How to establish myself professionally in a new position 3. How to determine, meet & exceed work

expectations 4. How to assess my supervisor’s work style

(mgmt., communication, & conflict mgmt. style) 5. How to manage resources 6. How to communicate effectively

7. How to articulate and manage my professional brand 8. How to establish and manage professional relationships

9. How to lead a team and supervise others 10. How to mentor and be mentored successfully







I know….


Self Assessment

Career Exploration

&

Decision Making



(Career Management


I know….

1. Position myself during my time at UCSF for my employment/residency choice after I graduate




an offer

I know…. 1. My definition of work/life integration 2. How to establish myself professionally in a new position 3. How to determine, meet & exceed work

expectations 4. How to assess my supervisor’s work style

(mgmt., communication, & conflict mgmt. style) 5. How to manage resources 6. How to communicate effectively

7. How to articulate and manage my professional brand 8. How to establish and manage professional relationships

9. How to lead a team and supervise others 10. How to mentor and be mentored successfully








Self Assessment

Career Exploration

&

Decision Making



(Career Management)

Your Turn: What Stage Are You In?

I know….

1. Position myself during my time at UCSF for my employment/residency choice after I graduate




an offer


Getting Started

1.  A framework to look at your career: Identify what stage of career development you are in.

2.  Putting it all together: Talk about resources, opportunities and experiences to explore and engage at that stage.

3.  Next steps: What will you do first/next?


Being intentional: What it means to manage your career

Figure out what stage you’re in

Determine what information you need to know & what competencies you need to develop at that stage

Identify which resources, experiences, and opportunities at UCSF & in your personal and professional community will help you develop

Master the information and skills, integrate it into your overall path and plan, and continue to move forward towards your definition of success.


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Naledi Saul Associate Director Office of Career & Professional Development University of California, San Francisco

Take Charge of Your Career: Getting Started

Take Charge of Your Career: Getting Started. Naledi Saul, Office of Career & Professional Development Career.ucsf.edu