Personal Development Planning and Career Planning Final

8/15/2019 Personal Development Planning and Career Planning Final

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Personal development planning and careerplanning.

Louise FrithCurriculum and Educational Developer

Nicola UrquhartEmployability Adviser, Careers andEmployability Service.



hat is !D!"

• ‘A structured and supported process to developstudents' capacity to reflect on their learning andachievement’ (Dearing, 1997)



hat s#ills are you developin$"

• Communication skills• Interpersonal skills & team work• IT skills•

Decision making skills• Independent working• Critical thinking• Research skills• Re lecti!e learning techni"ues



%o& can ' re(lect on my learnin$ and e)periences"



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Speci(ic Is #our goal well$de ined% !oid setting unclear or !agueo' ecti!es instead 'e as precise as possi'le*

*easurable +e clear how will #ou know when #ou ha!e achie!ed #ourgoal* sing num'ers, dates and times is one wa# torepresent clear o' ecti!es*

Attainable -etting #oursel impossi'le goals will onl# end indisappointment* .ake #our goals challenging, 'ut realistic

+elevant Tr# and step 'ack and get an o!er!iew o all the di erentareas o #our li e/ cademic, 0ersonal and Career*Consider how rele!ant each o' ecti!e is to the o!erallpicture*

ime-bound -et a time scale or completion o each goal* !en i #ouha!e to re!iew this as #ou progress, it will help to keep #oumoti!ated*

ournal/ Action plan





Critical incidents



0ene(its o( !D! and re(lective learnin$

• “It makes you think about what you’re doingand how other people see your work.”

• “It has enabled me to plan better andorganise my thoughts. It gives you the time to

say what you truly feel about a particular pro ect or e!perience.”

• “"riting a reflective ournal has enabled me tochannel my thoughts further# I have been

motivated to break$out of the usual mould andreally think about ways in which my actionscould lead to more success.”

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hat helps you $et &or# in the arts industry"

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How you can use MyFolio to enhanceyour employability.

• Record your thoughts,feelings and reactions whencarrying out a task – Did youenjoy doing it?https: myfolio.kent.ac.uk myf

olio • !se "y#olio as a space to

re$ect on your values – whatis important to you salary,

status, working hours,location etc?• !se "y#olio to learn to write

re$ectively. Record what youhave learned, activities

undertaken, what would youdo di%erently ne&t time?

https://myfolio.kent.ac.uk/myfolio/










What I will cover during this 15minute session ollowing on rom!ouise.

; 4ow personal development planning-pdp can help you to 5ecome ane%ective career planner and enhanceyour employa5ility.

; 4ow to make a good career decision.



What employers say"

• 6#ew students area5le to articulatewhat they havegained from theire&perience in higher

education.6- (ssociation of7raduate Recruiters,1889



#teps to ma$ing a good career decision.

• nowing yourself looking at your skills,values andpersonality (nalysing where your

strengths andweaknesses lie.

• ;&ploringopportunities7athering informationon the opportunitiesopen to you.

•

<aking action.



% ten students spend

• =ots of time onopportunityawareness gatheringinformation.

• =ots of time trying toimplement thedecision.

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>ot enough time onpersonal developmentplanning and selfawareness.



Careers and Employability Service.

; www.kent.ac.uk ces <elephone: 2133 @3A388

;mail:careerhelpBkent.ac.uk

; Cpening hours: "ondayto #riday 8 to 9 includingvacations

; Drop in times -noappointment needed :12.A2 to 13.A2 3 to 9pm

; !ndertake the 'areers;mploya5ility "odule on"oodle

http://www.kent.ac.uk/ces

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.kent.ac.uk/ces



Spea# to an Adviser/

• <uick "uer#, drop inand speak to an

d!iser 1=*>=am$1?*>=pm and ?pm$

@pm .onda# to 8rida#*• mail Acareerhelp

and an d!iser willrespond to #our "uer#*

• Bou can also 'ook alonger career guidanceappointment o!er thephone or pop in*



Use(ul contacts

• Careers and mplo#a'ilit# -er!ice we'sitewww*kent*ac*uk careers

• Choosing a career http/www*kent*ac*uk careers sitesmedia*htm

• I want to work inhttp/ www*kent*ac*uk careers sitesmedia*htm

• :acanc# data'ase http/www*kent*ac*uk ces !acancies*html

• uardian o's (arts and heritage)

http/ o's*guardian*co*uk o's arts$and$heritage • .useum ssociation o's site

http/ www*museumsassociation*org careers

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitesmedia.htm



http://www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html


http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/jobs/arts-and-heritage/


http://www.museumsassociation.org/careers












http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers



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Personal Development Planning and Career Planning Final