Career Management Basics
Objectives
Define Job vs. Career
You will be able to prepare a plan of action for managing your career
Complete an assessment of interests and skills (the Holland Code). You will use this to explore occupational possibilities
You will receive information about available resources for career information
You Are in Charge of Your Own Career
Discover your place in this world where you will enjoy a high level of wellness
Choose work that is compatible with your own unique skills, knowledge, personality, interests, and values
Define the balance you desire between various compartments of your life
Your career affects your overall sense of well-being
“ The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change, the realist adjusts the sails”
---- William Arthur Ward
Research
Career Management
Self-Assessment
Decision Making
Goal-Setting
Continuous Learning
AndEvaluation
Solid Performance in Current Job
If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up somewhere else!
Career Planning Pyramid
My attributes, experience, interests, abilities, financial requirements, etc.
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Employer
Type of work
In the Beginning: A Career History
Where you have been and where you are now
What has guided youSkills obtainedWhat you have achieved to dateWhat has led to success and what has
challenged you
Self-Assessment:What Do You Want To Do???
Personality and Attitudes
Skills and Achievements
Knowledge and Learning Style
Values
Interests
Self Assessment: Values
Definition of values in the context of career:
How you feel about the work itself and the contribution makes to society.
Work Values Intrinsic
Relate to a specific interest in the activities of the work itself, or
Relate to the benefits that the work contributes to society
ExtrinsicRelate to the favorable conditions that
accompany an occupational choice, such as: physical setting, earning potential, and other external features
Holland’s Self Directed Search
Realistic Investigative
ArtisticConventional
Enterprising Social
Types that are next to each other on the hexagon are most closely
related
Realistic Types may be described as:
Conforming Persistent Materialistic Genuine Practical
Modest Honest Shy Practical
Realistic Types
Enjoy using machines, tools, things
Value monetary rewards, honesty, common sense
See themselves as practical, conservative, more mechanical than social
Are seen by others as humble, frank, self-reliant
Investigative Types may be described as:
Analytical Modest Independent Pessimistic
Intellectual Reserved Precise Critical
Investigative Types:
Enjoy exploring/understanding things and events
Value knowledge, learning, achievement, independence
See themselves as analytical & intelligent with better academic skills than social skills
Are seen by others as intelligent, introverted, scholarly, independent
Artistic Types may be described as:
Idealistic Emotional Expressive Disorderly
Imaginative Nonconforming Introspective
Artistic Types: Enjoy reading, musical/artistic activities, writing
Value creative ideas, self-expression, beauty
See themselves as open, imaginative, & intellectual with better creative skills than clerical or office skills
Are seen by others as unusual, disorderly, creative, sensitive
Social Types may be described as:
Convincing Friendly Responsible Helpful
Generous Warm Idealist Patient
Social Types: Enjoy helping, teaching, counseling, serving
others
Value social service, fairness, and understanding
See themselves as empathic and patient with more social skills than mechanical ability
Are seen by others as helpful, agreeable, outgoing, and patient
Enterprising Types may be described as:
Adventurous Energetic Ambitious Impulsive
Pleasure Seeking Domineering Extroverted Optimistic
Enterprising Types:
Enjoy persuading/directing others
Value financial/social success, loyalty, risk-taking, responsibility
See themselves as confident & sociable with more persuasive ability than scientific ability
Are seen by others as energetic, extroverted, shrewd, and ambitious
Conventional Types may be described as:
Conventional Conforming Persistent Efficient
Conscientious Practical Orderly Thrifty Obedient
Conventional Types:
Enjoy following orderly routines, meeting clear standards
Value accuracy, making money, thrift, power in business/social affairs
See themselves as having better technical skills in business than artistic ability; conscientious, practical
Are seen by others as careful, rule-oriented, efficient, orderly
Research
Career Opportunities Listing (COL)
My Career Plan (CMRC)
Position Descriptions
Critical Job Elements
OPM Qualifications Standards
Research
USA Jobs
Informational Interviewing
Meetings with your manager
Career Counseling
The World of Work and the IRS
Processing Customer Service
Compliance Internal Support
Clerical
Managerial
Technical
Logistical
Clerical
Managerial
Technical
Logistical
Clerical
Managerial
Technical
Logistical
Clerical
Managerial
Technical
Logistical
Career Decision-making
Manage personal reactions Review options
Decision-making/Goal setting
Choose between options
Establish a career objective
Create a Career Development Plan (CLP)
Initiate action for the next step
Decision-making Goal setting
Write down your goal
Make your goals specific and measurable
Celebrate your accomplishments
Decision-making Goal setting(Continued)
Are your goals reasonable and reachable?
Prepare for the future today
Be persistent in the pursuit of your goals
Remember…
YOU are your most important resource. It is YOUR career, so be sure to show initiative and:
Seek information about job opportunities and career paths
Discuss career planning with your manager
Remember…
Meet with your manager if you need help
Review/update your Career Learning Plan regularly with your manager
Follow through with commitments made
Why people succeed at work
They establish goals and act in accordance with them
They add value
They become an expert
Why people succeed at work(Continued)
They understand their organization
They maintain communication with their manager
They bring optimism to their workgroup
They continually develop needed skills
You can do it!Be the best you can be by managing
your career!