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!