Career Planning & Self-Assessment
Overview: With the rise in work-life conflict in today’s workplace (see Duxbury report, 2003), it is vital to have a current career plan which aligns your strengths, values, motivators, needs and interests with your roles at work and outside of work. This training program enables participants, through a variety of self assessment exercises, to crystallize what is most important to them at their career/life stage, examine evolving trends and needs both within their own workplace and the general marketplace, and then develop a career plan to enhance current and longer term career/life satisfaction.
Intended Audience: Employees at all levels
Course Duration: One Day
Methodology for Delivery: A variety of self assessment exercises integrated with small group and one-on-one discussions. Instructor provides guidance and helps with interpretation of results.
Learning Goals and Objectives:
- Learn how to identify achievements, strengths and transferable skills
- Clarify their most important values and examine congruence of values to daily activities
- Verify their underlying motivational value system and preferred working environment
- Identify de-motivators and job related activities which could lead to dissatisfaction and personal distress
- Gain insight into personality preferences and implications for career roles
- Increase knowledge of workplace trends and needs, inside and outside the organization, as well as implications for career fit
- Develop realistic career goals which will be integrated into a personalized career plan
Expected Results:
- Enhanced knowledge of key motivators, de-motivators, values, needs, interests, strengths and transferable skills
- Insights into alignment with current roles including ways to improve fit
- A compelling career plan which forms the basis for further action
- Understanding of the 3 key stages of effective career planning as well as the vital steps at each stage
- Understanding of current organizational and workplace trends
- Increased confidence in being able to articulate “value-add”, goals and career direction
