Post on 10-Apr-2017
About your instructor
Alex Harrington, GCDFGlobal Career Development Facilitator
National Career Development Association, NCDA
Center for Credentialing & Education, CCE
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The Federal Career Connection program was created in 2011 by volunteers to
provide facilitator-led workshops to equip job seekers with the right mix of
information and resources to enhance their federal job search.
Federal Career Connection Workshop Series• “Charting an Effective Course for
Success”Know your bearing
• “Planning and Navigating your Career
into Public Service”Know your terrain
• “Targeting Federal Jobs”Know your target
• “Writing a Competitive Federal
Government RésuméKnow your brand
This presentation is designed to encourage ownership and responsibility in managing your career and helping you accomplish what you want to accomplish by showing how to:
learn and understand the importance of career development and management; and
introduce how to plan your vocational pathway toward fulfillment and success.
Introduction
Gain awareness of many contributing factors that create a
highly competitive work environment
Learn the importance to develop and implement your life and
career goals
Understand the importance of a well-developed career plan
Introduce the SABRE Vocational Framework© and how it can
help chart a pathway toward life and career success
Course Objectives
Federal government hiring trends and the competitive
work environment
Importance of establishing your life and career goals
Value of a career management plan
The SABRE Vocational Framework©
Course Agenda
Federal government hiring trends and the competitive
work environment
FedScope
“Information serves the mind. Knowledge serves
the will.” (Dick Bolles, “The Career Counselor’s Handbook”, 2007)
47.3
AVERAGE AGE FOR NON-SEASONAL FULL-TIME PERMANENT EMPLOYEES
AVERAGE YEARS OF LENGTH OF SERVICE FOR FULL-TIME PERMANENT EMPLOYEES
13.9
72%
FULL-TIME PERMANENTS COVERED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT (EXCLUDING HIRES SINCE JANUARY 1984) ARE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE
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25%
THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE VETERANS PREFERENCE (4.44% ARE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS)
VETERANS
56.5% MEN
43.5% WOMEN
HIRING AND SEPARATION TRENDS
FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014
Accessions 322,969 305,926 260,829 218,543 185,279 204,570
Separations 215,730 231,197 251,395 241,699 229,107 222,090
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BETWEEN FISCAL YEARS 2012-14, ON AVERAGE, SEPARATIONS HAVE OUTPACED HIRING BY
14.6%
PERCENT DECREASE IN NEW HIRES SINCE 2009
46.4%
2013 FEDERAL JOB LOSSES
70,000
TOP 10 OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS FOR NEW
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
26.9%
12.8%
6.5%
5.6%
4.7%
4.4%
4.4%
4.0%
4.0%
3.7%
MEDICAL,DENTAL AND
PUBLIC HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION,OPERATIONS ANDGENERAL MGMT.
OTHEROCCUPATIONS
SOCIAL SCIENCESAND PSYCHOLOGY
ENGINEERING ANDARCHITECTURE
ACCOUNTINGAND BUDGET
INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY
BUSINESS ANDCOMMERCE
INVESTIGATIONAND INSPECTION
LEGAL ANDCLAIMS SERVICES
Importance of establishing your life and
career goals
“…if you aim at nothing, you’ll hit every
time!” (Bob Kelleher, “Employee Engagement for Dummies”, 2014)
Henry Wilson (1873-1875)18th Vice President of the United States
“During the eleven years of hard service on
the farm, he had become rich in manly
thought and aims. Every moment of
leisure, and many hours at night, when he
ought to have been in bed, he devoted to
reading and study. At 21, he had read
nearly a thousand volumes, including all
the numbers of the North American Review
published at that time.” (William M. Thayer,
“Gaining Favor with God and Man”, 1893)
Inform effective decision making
for your life and work transitions
Equip you to face major changes
during entry, middle, and encore
work transitions
Give insight and understanding of
who you are (Knowing Thyself)
Assess and reassess your life and
career situations
Instill a sense of ownership and
responsibility, thus erases ‘victim-
hood’ mindset
Help invent and/or reinvent your
personal brand
Illuminate how your past
experiences support your career
pursuits (Transition Cohere)
It’s important to develop and implement life and career goals
because they ...
Value of a career management plan
“Gone are the days when a company would dictate your career path. Now, with
employers more focused on their business plans than on employees’ career plans, career development is another item all
workers need to have on their to-do lists.”(John Rossheim, Senior Contributing Writer, “Take Charge of Your Own Career Planning”, Monster.com)
James A. Garfield (1831-1881)20th President of the United States
“To a young man [or woman] who has in
[him or her] the magnificent possibilities of
life, it is not fitting that [you] should be
permanently commanded, [you] should be
a commander. You must not continue to be
the employed, you must be an employer.
You must be promoted from the ranks to
the command … Do not, I beseech you,
enter upon any business which does not
require and compel constant intellectual
growth”.
Helps you meet your career goals
Helps you with decision-making
Helps you use accurate, current and unbiased career
information
Helps you focus on, and master academic, occupational
and universal employability skills
The Benefits of a Career Management Plan
Henry W. Longfellow
(1807-1882)American poet and educator
“The heights by great men reached
and kept were not attained by sudden
flight, but they, while their companions
slept, were toiling upward in the night”.
Personal Strategy for Your Career Managing your career is 100% your responsibility, and
you need to act accordingly
Incorporate short- to long-term goals in your life
Be wary of conventional wisdom
Have faith that, although justice may not prevail at any
given point in time, it should generally prevail over time
Knowing Thyself
Life & Work Values
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivators in You
Favorite Transferable Skills & Knowledge (Core Competencies)
What Others Say About You
Career & Vocational Tests
Personal Strategy for Your Career
Meaningful Career & Life
Workforce & Hiring trends
Know the Job Terrain
Occupational Alternatives
Experience & Educational Requirements
Information Interviews
Volunteer, Job Shadowing & Internships
Finding & Landing Your Dream Career
Professional Associations & Community Groups
Academics & Vocational Training
Certifications & Credentials
Career Mentors & Job Advisors
Experimental Employment
Finding & Landing Your Dream Career
Inventing / Reinventing Your Personal Brand
Integrated Job Search Approach
Continuous Networking
Best Résumé Formats
Interviewing & Negotiating
Finding & Landing Your Dream Career
Maintaining Your Personal Career Plan
Continuous Skill Development & Personal Growth
Keep in the Know of Changing Employment Trends,
Societal Needs, & Economic Conditions
Keep in the Know of Current & Unbiased Career
Information
Endure
Workshop Summary Gained better understanding of contributing factors in
the work environment
Learned the importance of life and career goals
Gained better appreciation of a career plan
Learned that you must take systematic steps to establish
a career path