Mind The Gaps–Short Version April 28, 2009
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Mind the Gaps –Professional Skill Development During Times of Illness
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Who Am I? What Do I know?
• 1980 BA in Soc-Anthropology/Clinical Psychology from Western Illinois University (after 14 majors/minors)
• 1977-2001 Volunteered in various communities with low income and unemployed individuals to help find employment and develop job skills (Worked about 42 different jobs.)
• 2002 Pfizer downsized office and I began caring for family with significant long & short term illnesses
• 2005 Graduated from SNL with MA while caring for family
• 2005-2008 Focused on skill development planning to help friends and others with illnesses – got others jobs.
• 2008- Present Part-time Job Coach / Developer for UCP in Chicago
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Understanding the Gaps
A Job is….
• Doing
• Now
• Performance based
• Growing skills or learn elements of work
• Titles may differ, work remains the same
• Jobs are added or lost
A Career is….
• Become
• Over Time
• Recognized Expertise
• Teaching skills or elements to others
• Clear identity of skill field or industry
• Careers change, but never are lost
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Sage Insights
• Make sure the reality of your expertise lives up to perceptions of those around you – if not, identify areas for improvement and fix NOW, not later.
– Reality shows prove that many of us think we have talents that make us stars or winners.
– Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Who is the best worker? Syndrome -Performance reviews and co-worker comments are not best places to see reality for career choices.
– Remember : Jobs are the things we DO. Careers are what we BECOME. Gaps can become the garden bridge between them.
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Personal Mission Statement
• Simple one sentence statement
• Easily understood by 4th grader
• Able to memorize and repeat any time / anywhere / under any life stress
• Guides both personal and professional life
• Clearly defines passion and life goal
• Simply is a life compass – States boldly “This is what I am about.”
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Mind Mapping
What is mind mapping?• According to Wikipedia: A mind map is a diagram used
to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea.
• Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.
• A mind map is often created around a single word or text, placed in the center, to which associated ideas, words and concepts are added.
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How to use a SWOT ANALYSIS with a MIND MAP
STRENGTH WEAKNESS
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
SWOT ANALYSIS
A SWOT analysis is a popular project management tool used in business planning to determine a snapshot of where a project or team is, what it faces , and see gaps or connections not yet made.
In working with planning gaps, this method allows a quick, compact view of situations or sudden detours that might otherwise cause gaps in skill development.
I call it the opportunity maker, as you can see problems and brainstorm around them.
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Family
Job (s)
Volunteer Education / Professional
Training
Volunteer
Family
Starting Point
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How to Map the Gaps
Drawing a mind map:
• Start in the center of a blank page and draw or write central theme – This is the Career focus. The “Illness” is under career.
• Place sub-heading in each corner - These are areas of life such as hobbies, education, family, etc.
• Connect sub-headings/areas of life with branches/ arrows to central theme if a relationship to career or skill development opportunity can be shown
• From areas of life corners, more than one sub-heading activity can be placed.
• Consider all opportunities to learn or develop new skills and add to map with dashed lines and consider using colors.
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Mind Mapping
The basic Rules:
• Use colors, pictures, images, words, symbols, etc.
• Use one word or very simple phrases
• Use both straight and curved lines or arrows for branches
• Use circles, boxes, etc to capture key sub-headings and place in corners
• Depth or focus on sub-headings should be placed on separate “focus map”
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Looking for Opportunity
ILLNESS
Where & what can I teach? In my illness, What can I learn to share with others?During my recovery time, Can I add to my skills?
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Charting the Gaps
• Look at the Big picture of how jobs and life fit toward career goals
• Look for Opportunities that have been over looked or never considered
• Skill knowledge or experience brushed off because not gained on a “job” or at school
• Chart skills needed for career goal and best choices of time / money use
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Skill Gap Charting for Career
Burger King Fry Cook/PT
Counter help
Local Library
AM Paper Route
Timing
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Mapping 101
What she loved
• Teaching others
• Black /White ethical lines
• Details
• Finding errors
• Working independently
• Creating data analysis reports or spread sheets
What are her skills
• Natural gift for breaking down ideas or concepts
• Knack for editing and proofing anything
• Managing projects alone
• Maintaining ethical self
• Ability to compile data into easy to understand formats
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Illness verses the Map
What Illness gave
• Time to research field and study for auditing exam
• Met many new people and made network contacts
• Opportunity to reinvent self and adjust career to illness
• Insights to personal limits
What map gave
• Clear goal path
• Assessment of skills from all areas of her life
• Refocus on life and career
• Learned what she is about –Teaching and Resource
• Targets without time limits
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Minding the Gaps - Results
• Given the knowledge of illness ups and downs, Lyn could see down times as skill sharpening opportunities
• Gaps in her resume no longer are illness or job loss excuses, but have a planned purpose
• Planning for detours gave her options and control/power illness thus increasing energy
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Lessons Learned
Before the Map
• Paranoia and illness caused performance to decline.
• Checked herself into an outpatient therapy.
• Illness was main focus and career/job was not on radar.
• Illness was elephant in the room, career wasn’t even IN the room.
After the Map
• Saw relationship of illness to performance issues.
• Began to focus on career skills and development.
• Illness and career co-existed and were recognized as equally important.
• Illness and career are treated like objects that move around in the same room.
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Your turnIn the workbook, more details and actual breakdowns of elements.
• Define your main goal as the center topic of your map.
• Next add your primary values to your map as free-floating topics.
• Add primary topics, one representing each of the major life roles or domains in your life (i.e.: work, family, church, hobbies, etc.)
• Then add secondary topics, steps and strategies you will undertake to achieve your goal within the context of each life role. (If your map becomes too cluttered, consider creating sub-maps to expand details of each life role.)
• You can assign numeral rankings to create action steps in your plans, allowing it to be easier to know where to start or what is next.
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Thank You
Paulette M. Glass