Managing Your Career

Content

Becoming Your Own Career Manager

• To gain a full understanding of what is meant by the term ‘Career Management’.

• To learn how to spot opportunities where your own needs and aspirations may correspond with those of your employer, in career development terms.

• To determine your own career vision.

Preparation and Research

• To identify your key strengths emerging from your career to date.

• Understand where you need to improve the balance between work and the rest of your life.

• Identify the key ‘building blocks’ of your career management plan.

Implementing Your Plan

• How to select and develop a professional network that will support you in your career plan.

• Understand priorities to identify viable ‘next step’ job roles.

• How to create a development plan to be successful in your chosen role.

Essential Career Management

• Identify preferred method of keeping track of your progress with your career management plan.

• Refine and develop CV and letter writing skills.

• Understand how to optimise use of telephone and social media platforms in order to enhance your career management activity.

Audience

All individuals who wish to progress in their chosen career.

Outcome

• An awareness of how the human mind processes information and controls behavioural patterns.

• A deeper understanding of personal and team barriers to success.

• Ability to establish a rapport.

• Ability to apply a range of tools and techniques to allow them to influence and lead others to achieve more.

• An understanding of how to set goals, and the techniques used to achieve success.