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Self Awareness &

Career Choice

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Todays session

What influences career choice? What do maths graduates do?

Methods of career choice

Get to know yourself better Your career motivation

Your personal style and role in a team

What opportunities are available?

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What stage have you reached in

your career planning? I have definite career

plans and know how

to achieve them I have some ideas but

am not sure what to

do next

I have a few vagueideas

I havent got a clue

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Career Matching Tools

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What factors influences career choice?

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DOTS

A process for career planning

1. Self

Awareness

2. Opportunity

Awareness

4. TakingAction

3. DecisionMaking

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The Road to discovery

Weighing up all the options

Read up A flash of

inspiration

Talk to others

Reflect on

experiences

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Its all about you self

awareness What kind of person are you?

What are you good/bad at?

What motivates youyour values? What interests you?

What do you want from a job?

What opportunities are open to you?

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What do you want from a job? and why?www.windmillsprogramme.com

Review your motivations

Purpose (live to work or work to live?)

Roles (people, ideas, things?)

Organisation (public, private, large , small)

Career Motivation (reward, security, variety,autonomy, expertise, challenge?)

Environment (steady, pressured?)

Sector (Industry, academic, commerce?)

Skills (what skills/qualifications are necessary? Dothey match what you have?))

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Activities for career planning

Testing for aptitude

Personality fit

Values Destinations

Careers Guidance

CVupdate

Networking

Work shadowing

Alumni

Professional bodies

Friends & Family Mentoring

Volunteering

Gap year

Work/study Overseas

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New self-assessment package

PROFILING

FO

R SUCCESSOn-line tests and questionnaires to assess

your;

Verbal reasoning Numerical reasoning

Abstract reasoning

Learning style Personality type indicator

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CareerDrivers

an inner force which determines what

you want and need from your working life

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CareerDrivers

Not just a superficial personality characteristic

A fundamental component of an individuals

identity Gives us Energy and Direction in pursuing our

goals

Without - you may feel de-motivated & unfulfilled

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9 CareerDrivers

Material rewards

Power/influence

Search for

Meaning

Expertise

Creativity

Affiliation

Autonomy

Security

Status

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Self Awareness your team role

Introduction to preferred team roles

Most jobs require you to work in a team

Application forms require you to demonstrateteam working abilities

Your team working skills will be tested at

assessment centres

It will enable you to work more effectively in

groups throughout this course

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Team rolesA tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with

others in a particular way.

Different team members bring differentstrengths to teams

you may be a mixture of 2 or more roles it helps the team to recognise

the +s and -s of each team member

you may change over time

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Summary

Career planning is a process

Self awareness - wants/needs - key part of this

process

Also need to know what is possible