Course Description
Career assessment and planning is essential to stay viable in today’s changing world of work. As employees, we must take personal responsibility for aligning our career/self-interests with the business needs of the organization.
Managing your own career and professional development begins with assessment. Planning and directing the course and progress of your career will require you to make many decisions- choosing one alternative over another. By understanding who you are, what you want, and what your skills and talents are, you can begin to make action plans based on informed decisions.
Goal
The goal of Career Development is to provide employees an opportunity to gather information about themselves by self-assessing their values, interests, skills, and job tasks. This information is used to assist employees in building strategies to increase self-job-organization alignment.
Objectives
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Take responsibility for your career development
- Describe the seven-step career development model
- Define and discuss the concept of career alignment and how it is linked to career satisfaction and improved work performance
- Use a job analysis to assess your current job task, objectives, and responsibilities
- Link career development plans with performance objectives
Duration
This course has a 4-hour agenda.
Class Size
This course is designed for up to 20 participants.
Course Outline
Below is the course outline with objectives and timing for a 4-hour agenda.
| Timing | Topic |
| 20 minutes | Welcome and Introduction |
| 15 minutes (35 minutes) | Career Development Quiz
|
| 15 minutes | Definition of Career Alignment |
| 5 minutes (55 minutes) | Career Model |
| 10 minutes (1 hour and 5 minutes) | Career Model Activity
|
| 5 minutes (1 hour and 10 minutes) | Putting It All Together Step 3 Worksheet
|
| 20 minutes (1 hour and 30 minutes) | Step 1: Identify Current Performance Objectives and Key Responsibilities |
| 5 minutes (1 hour and 35 minutes) | Putting It Together Worksheet |
| 15 minutes (1 hour and 50 minutes) | Break |
| 30 minutes (2 hours and 20) | Step 2: Motivated Skills |
| 20 minutes (2 hours and 40 minutes) | Debrief the Motivated Skill |
| 20 minutes (3 hours) | Step 2: Values
|
| 15 minutes (3 hours and 15 minutes) | Step 2: Interests |
| 20 minutes (3 hours and 35 minutes) | Interest Exercise
|
| 10 minutes (3 hours and 45 | Step 3: Identify Needed Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge
|
| 10 minutes (3 hours and 55 minutes) | Next Steps
|
| 5 minutes (4 hours) | Review and Close |
