CAREER MANAGEMENT

Career ManagementLecturer: Rositsa Milyankova

Lecture 1October 2009

Knowing yourself

Main objectives: To explore personal traits and

establish strengths and areas of potential development

To consider how personality characte-ristics, knowledge, skills, abilities and values are likely to affect career aspirations and choices

To sell yourself

CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(1)

KNOW YOURSELF – using diagnostic psychometric instruments as:

The Boyatzis model (1982) – competencies as interdependency of knowledge, skills and values/attitudes

Meyers Briggs Types Indicator Locus of control test Tolerance of ambiguity test Career orientation inventory Belbin self-perception inventory, etc. Personal audit (personal SWOT analysis)

CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(2)PLAN YOUR CAREER Research into the graduate

employment market Design future career plans and

their critical application Personal learning objectives (at

least three), related to self-diagnostics and career opportunities and challenges

CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(3)SELL YOURSELF Identify your generic success criteria

for business or for your chosen occupation

Design a C.V. Design a Motivation letter Access a Career service web-site for

job-openings Examine critically the requirements of

an on-line application for a chosen job

CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(4)SELECTION PROCEDURES Selection interview as a

structured conversation Selection committee Interviewing methods Preliminary preparation, dress

code, behaviour, manners

CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(5)ASSESSMENT CENTRES (AC)Role of the AC in the selection

procedure: Group discussions In-tray (in-basket) exercises Group work Case studies Simulations Exercises

CAREER MANAGEMENT PATH(6)LIFELONG PLANNINGHow to improve your

competencies in order to be successful in achieving your personal development objectives

Reflective and critical review of your personal progress achieved

Further development needs identified

Life planning

Everybody hates goal settingWhy do you need to plan?

◦“Failing to plan is planning to fail” ◦Goals set direction and test decisions◦Time planning is “Best kept secret of

the Rich”◦People spend more time planning

their summer holidays than their lifeWhen do you plan?

How to WIN

Spending 100% of earnings (not 110%)◦70% to live on◦10% into savings◦20% repay loans

Aim to own assets (houses, cars, toys)

Are you hanging out with winners?Look to every opportunity as a way

of developing your skills

LIFELONG LEARNING

Career planning reportPersonal review of experienceSummery of main learning pointsCritical review of personal

development (linked to personal learning objectives) and link to future employability

SUCCEEDING AT WORK

Leading projects Managing timePlanningChairing meetingsNegotiationsConflicts resolutionStress management

Ten Golden Rules for Career Management (1)

1. Main C.V. objective – to win an interview2. To prepare your C.V. as a means/device to

better sell yourself 3. Choose the most suitable for you C.V. format a/ chronological b/ functional c/ targeted 4. Design a new C.V. for every job-application5. Make the C.V. as long as ONE page

Ten Golden Rules for Career Management (2)

6. Use “powerful” words as: manage, organize, sell, invent, optimize, develop, perfect, coordinate, , produce, negotiate, create, control, monitor, implement, build

7. Be concrete8. Be specific: arrange a first class presentation of the

contents, use bullets, give free space to the text “to breathe”, underline titles, use Verdana instead of Times New Roman and font size between 10 and 14, avoid fancy style, use A4 white and more specific paper – cardboard or more expensive one, print only on one side, avoid dot matrix printouts and low quality photocopies, list phone numbers on different lines

Ten Golden Rules for Career Management (3)

9. The contents of the C.V. contains three types of information:a/ professional experience ~ 78 – 80 %b/ education and training ~ 18-20 % and

c/ personal information and contacts ~ 2-4 %.N.B. Do not write nonsense - not enough space!10. The personal information includes: name,

gender, ID or date of birth, recent photo, family status, children, hobbies, knowledge, skills, interests, courses, which have something to do to do with the future job

N.B. Title as European format of a C.V. or any other useless inclusions sound absurd and ludicrous

Ten Golden Rules for Career Management (4)

Bonus: Check for spelling mistakes; use positive language; give, if necessary addresses of your previous employers; do not hide negative experience and

BE HONEST!!!

Why Do Career Management?

This is the most important unit you will undertake

It will help you get the right job to start your career

But I’m not graduating for at least 2 years

Employers are increasingly using sophisticated selection techniques to chose placement students

Many placements lead to full time job offers on graduation

Knowing what employers look for now will help you better prepare for selection later and develop the skills they are looking for.

C.V. HEADING

Includes: Photo, name, surname, local

address, E-mail address, mobile / stationary telephone number with the international dialing code, if you apply for over seas jobs

C.V. objective – a short concise statement, that may show the employer what kind of position or role you are looking for

The chronological format of the C.V.

The chronological CV shows your career progression and growth. The information flows from the present situation to the beginning of your career. The CV is easy to read and one can easily go through the career history.

The chronological CV is advised where :When you have a solid career history, you career

has flowed on the same area and there are no major gaps.

Your responsibilities have increased in each career change

You had high profile Job RolesYour most recent jobs are the most important in

your career historyThe job advert specifies these kind of CV

Targeted C.V.

This kind of CV is a way to focus your career towards a particular objective, within a specific industry or a specific company.

A targeted CV is written in a way that highlights skills, qualifications and experience that match the requirements of the advertised position. Writing a targeted CV is effective when:- You know the requirements of a particular position- You know which company you will be sending your CV to- You are sending your CV in reply to a specific job advert- You need to compose different CVs each corresponding to a different career objective

Functional C.V.

The functional CV emphasizes your accomplishments, skills and qualifications at the beginning of your CV. The timeline is not an issue. Your career history is positioned at the end of your CV where you could also list small details about your previous jobs. The functional CV focuses on your skills and accomplishments rather than your life history. What you have done rather than when and where.

Employers are not happy with such CVs as they are often an indication that a candidate is trying to hide a gap or defect in his career history.

The functional CV is used in the following situations- You are looking for your first job- You do not want to advertise your age- Your major achievements happened a few years ago- You have been unemployed for a period of time- You are changing careers- You are returning to your previous career

C.V. to ResumeThe main difference between a CV and a

Resume is brevity. If you are applying for jobs in the US, recruiters will scan your CV for less than thirty seconds. US recruiters do not like lengthy job descriptions and personal profiles. If you have a 10 page CV you need to re write it.

In the US, more than in other countries, time is money and recruiters do not have the time to spend 11 minutes reading your life history. Your resume should be: a teaser, the hook, pass on the essential information. Do not go into lengthy descriptions of how you saved your previous employer from bankruptcy. Just say “Implemented”

Expereince

From month/year till now Last job. Short description of tasks and responsibilities

From month/year till m/y Previous job. Short description of tasks fulfilled and responsibilities

-……..-……..From month/year till m/y First job. Short description

of tasks and responsibilities

Education and training

From month/year till now Name of university, major, degree, date for graduation,basic courses, additional specialization

From month/year till m/y Name of secondary school, specialty (if any), additional

specialization

From month/year till m/y Training (course or seminar), who organized it,

where, certificates received

Additional skills

- Foreign languages: level of written or spoken language,

- Computer skills – names of products used

- Driving license - category-

Others: Internet design, advertising, managerial training specific financial skills

Assignment N 1Please, prepare a C.V., choosing

chronological format