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CAREER ENHANCEMENT WORKSHOP
Rosa MartinezMar 8
Career Development Stages
Know Yourself
Values
Qualities
Needs InterestsMe
Career Management
Career Management
Self-Assessment
Career Awareness
Goal-Setting
Skills Development
Workshop outcomes
Reflect on career awareness competencies from a Canadian perspective
Identify opportunities to develop career awareness skills
Task 1
In pairs, discuss your career awareness competencies from your country perspective
Career Awareness Competencies
• To know what makes work environments personally satisfying and productive; and to be able to create these environments
• To understand the culture of my workplace
Career Awareness Competencies
To identify desired organizational values and goals
To understand industry changes and their impact on career effectiveness
Career Awareness Competencies
To have a sense of future options and opportunities for my career
To be effective at building relationships and support systems for my career growth
Task 2
How would you assess your career awareness competencies by regards to Canadian standards?
Watch the videos by Lionel Laroche
Cultural Differences in the workplace
Structure of Canadian society Technical Skills versus Soft Skills Canadian organizations: 60% technical skills
& 40% soft skills Soft skills are measured by cultural
standards Newcomers: high technical skills, low soft
skills Canadian professional networking:
professional peers Change is incremental
Task 2.
Brainstorm ways to develop your career awareness in the medical field
Reflection points
How important are soft skills in your career advancement?
What can you do to get the soft skills you need?
Inspirational Quote
References
Laroche, L. (2010). ISAP 2008-Lionel Laroche [Online video]. Canada: Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants. Retrieved March 6, 2012, from http://vimeo.com/17473916
University of California Berkeley (n.d.). Career Development at UC of Berkeley. In Human Resources at Berkeley. Retrieved February 21, 2012, from http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/learning/career-development