Career Management
Course Trainer: Shaun Harper
The modern manager needs to take control and manage his or her own career. This course shows how to think about what you really want to do, what skills you have, what your organisation and the market is looking for and how to match your skills and experience to that internal and external job market.
As a result of taking this course you will develop an understanding of:
- Review and evaluate career options
- Build knowledge and skills on career/job search
- Produce a marketable resume which promotes your strengths
- Be able to write an effective letter
- Understand different interview techniques
- Feel more confident in a interview situation
- Be able to sell yourself effectively in a interview
- Understand direct and indirect approaches
- Networking
- Produce an effective career plan to meets the needs of the business or external job market
Course Outline
What you’ve got to offer:
- Your skills
- Your work values
- Your work style
- Personal SWOT Analysis
Thinking about your options
- Career anchors
- Visualizing your future
- Your preferences
- Life line
Matching your skills to the business needs and plan accordingly
- What opportunities are there
- What opportunities will there be
- Identifying your preferred options
- Identifying your skills
- Action planning gaps, where you are and where you want to be
- Succession planning
Achieving your plan
I. Making your CV work
- Resume styles
- Resume layouts
- Highlighting key and relevant skills and experience
- Do’s and Don’ts
- Prepare an effective resume
- Cover letters
II. Presenting yourself right at the interview
- Different types of interviews
- Competency based, One to One, Panel, Group Exercises, Testing and Assessment centers
- Preparing for interviews
- Questions
- Practice session
III. Networking internally/externally effectively to meet your goals
- What is networking?
- Routes to the job market
- Do’s and Don’ts of Networking
- Who are your network contacts?
- Action plan
To apply for this course, please download and complete the registration form (PDF 80kb)