Michele Kenworthy UOW Careers Central www.uow.edu.au/careers/ michelek@uow.edu.au

“Careers are no longer like a Chinese banquet, 14 courses brought to your table… they’re more like a progressive supper, bite sized portions eaten in different places”

“There’s no such thing as a career path anymore…

its crazy paving and you lay it yourself”

Globalisation and business competition Demographics Technology Politics Socio-Cultural trends Mass higher education

The specialist The generalist Connected Self reliant

Self aware, matching and decision making, action planning,

Networking, political awareness, negotiation,

Coping with uncertainty, development focus

Transfer skills, self confidence and self promotion

How to think How to relate How to use technology productively

“The indipreneur…an interdependent individual with an entrepreneurial focus”

Dr Carolyn Corbin

Critical thinking Problem solving Interpersonal understanding Written communication

Communication Teamwork Problem solving Initiative and enterprise Planning and organising Self management Learning Technology

The UOW Graduate Qualities

Informed independent learners problem solvers effective communicators responsible www.uow.edu.au/about/teaching/qualities/index.html

Informed independent learners problem solvers effective communicators responsible Self aware networking, matching and decision

making Coping with uncertainty self confidence and self

promotion

Communication Teamwork Problem solving Initiative and enterprise Planning and organising Self management Learning Technology Action planning, political awareness development focus Transfer skills

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Trait and factor theories (Holland) Lifelong (Super) Systems theories (Patton and McMahon) Content and process. The content of career development learning

…. learning about self and learning about the world of work.

Process learning … the development of the skills necessary to navigate a successful and satisfying life/career

Learning about self (know yourself) Learning about opportunities (know your

options) Decision Learning (make your choice) Transition Learning (make your move)

Maslow “it isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”

Nietzsche “help us to become who we are”

Abilities, aptitudes, competencies, skills Interests Personality Rewards - extrinsic and intrinsic Values, ethics, moral compass Passion and purpose

Values

Skills

Interests

Transferrable Technical Ideal Career

Understand What others

tell you about the type of

person you are

The skills strengths you have that you may need to

develop

What values you bring to

the workplace

Opportunities available to

you

What interests you have that will influence

the type of job or industry

1st Year 2nd – Penultimate Year Final Year

BUILD SELF AWARENESS EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES

MAKE DECISIONS AND TRANSITIONS

Decide on Degree RESEARCH!!! Fine tune resume

Confirm Major Work experience: internships, volunteering, part time work

Networking

Fine tune Subject selections

Overseas exchange Interview skills

Informational interviewing LinkedIn profile

Professional associations, subscriptions

Articulating what they want

- On paper - Online - On the phone - In person

Audit of what

employers want and

what have you got –

GAP analysis

Reflect upon the

experiences using the

CARL framework

(Context, Action,

Response, Learning)

Establish a

Career Action Plan

- timeframes, targets,

contacts, register of

activity

Implement the

action plan

- Creative job seeking

- work related

experiences (voluntary

work, CS programs)

The whole uni experience Workplace learning activities

(UniVative, GQEST, Careers Central Interns)

ARTS301

the starting point for all effective job seeking…

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