Who Are You and

What Are Your Goals?

Bob Langewisch r-langewisch@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Jill Clouse j-clouse@kellogg.northwestern.edu

23-January-2009

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• Career Management Process

• PDS Overview

• Get to know yourself & why it’s necessary

• Begin identifying your goals

• Group and individual exercises

• Next steps, recap, & Q&A

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Agenda

• Understanding of why knowing yourself is the foundation for successful career management.

• Knowledge of what you need to know about yourself

• Tools to help you know yourself and identify your career goals

• A start… initial info about yourself and your goals… to be further defined and refined

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Today’s Takeaways

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Career Management Process

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Professional Development Series

Instruction Practice

Who Are You and What Are Your Goals? - Jan 23

Who Needs a Plan? YOU! - Feb 6 Speed Networking - Mar 6

Business Etiquette – Apr 25

Who Are You on Paper? - Feb 27 Resume Review - May 8

Who Are You in Person? - Apr 3 Interview Practicum - May 29

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Knowing Yourself – the key to successful career management.

Why bother with self assessment?

• Identify careers that you don’t know

• Avoid careers not right for you• Identify right and wrong culture• Provide a base for reflection to

guide your way and stay on track

Don’t fall into the trap that others have

• Missed out on career• Followed the herd• Wasted time

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It starts with Self Assessment

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Self Assessment is the foundation for exploring careers

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Set Goals where Self Assessment and Exploration intersect/overlap

SELF ASSESSMENT WORKPLAN (in packet)

•15 min… work individually, use the 1st three pages to make some notes about yourself.

•Don’t do the Ideal Job Description on the last page

•10 min… exchange papers with a neighbor, review each other’s notes briefly; share your observations of any “themes”

• E.g. “It looks like you really like working with people”

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Exercise 1

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CareerLeader is a best-in-class career assessment tool

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Other Assessment Resources

STRENGTH BOMBARDMENT (in packet)

•5 min… work individually, think of 3 stories: personal, work, school

•30 min… form a group with 2 other people. Take turns telling each of your 3 stories (abt 3 min per story) – listeners, make notes on themes

•15 min… listeners provide feedback on themes; storyteller note feedback

• E.g. “It seems like you really enjoy diverse work tasks and change”

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Exercise 2

In your packet:

• In-depth Self Assessment

• Happiness Graph

• Obituary

• 100 Jobs

• Prioritization Worksheet

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Other Tools

• Use these and other tools to clarify info about self: skills, interests, work environment, personal

• Research and explore opportunities: function, industry, culture, other

• Start identifying goals: complete page 4 of the Self-Assessment Workplan (exercise 2) – the ideal job description.

• Share with personal BoD and plan to revisit plan regularly

• Complete workshop evaluation on-line• You’ll get an e-mail with instructions

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Next Steps