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Managing Your Career:Career Planning

and Development

Managing Yourself, Managing Others, Managing Your CareerLondon29 May 2014

Jan ShinePaullus ConsultancyAUA CPD Consultant


Objectives of the session

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• review their own approach to career planning and development

• consider what enhances your chances of promotion / recognition

• articulate your career goals• practice using / take away some relevant tools


Your experiences

Discuss in pairs:

Think of a time when you were the happiest at work or think of the best job you’ve ever had

– what made it such a positive experience?

What does this say about your work values – what do you need to be mindful of in planning your career development? – complete the exercise sheet


Current trends in careermanagement

Individuals need to be more proactive in looking after their own careers (97%)

Career support is critical (90%)

Companies increasingly use lateral job moves to develop their managers (86%)

Less clear career paths on offer in organisations continuing in the future (73%)

Increasingly, employees are having to change organisations to move up the career ladder (68%)

Source: CIPD Managing employee careers. Survey report, June 2003

What gets people recognised and enhances the chance of career

progression?


Positive influences onprogression

Developing a broad range of experience

Having specific experience in a relevant field

Gaining extra relevant qualifications

Taking on extra work responsibilities

Working in a number of business areas

Source: CIPD Survey of practice, August 2011


Source: Harvey Coleman research, 2004

Presenting yourself in the workplace


Promotion/recognition

ExposureImage30%

Performance

10%

60%

Source: Harvey Coleman research, 2004


Share ideas

What can you do to raise your own profile and increase your visibility inside and outside of your institution?


What about luck?

Seneca, Roman Dramatist


• your ‘best six months’ in the future

• you’ve reached your goal(s)

• use the present tense to describe your vision

• your partner captures it for you


In summary ……

Tips


Reflection and action planning

Discuss in pairs:

What has been the value of this workshop for you?

What might you do differently as a result?

….. note these down


Thank you

for your contribution

to this session

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