Career Opportunities & Career Opportunities & ManagementManagement

Career - Today’s SessionCareer - Today’s Session

• What is Career Management?• Where to Start• Decision Making• Getting What You Want

I Just Concentrated On My I Just Concentrated On My DegreeDegree

• Definitely Need to Do More

• May Need to Do Something Specific

What is career??What is career??• Job vs. Career

– Job – “What can I do now to make money?”

– Career – Chosen Profession for your life. Requires a willingness to get the training needed to build your skills for the future.

• A career is the work a person does. It is the sequence of jobs that an individual has held throughout his or her working life E.g. occupation of teaching.

Career planning what’s Career planning what’s that?? that??

“Career planning consists of activities and actions that you take to achieve your individual career goals”

““Intuition, instinct, passion Intuition, instinct, passion and, “I’ve always wanted and, “I’ve always wanted

to be…” Will not be to be…” Will not be enough to convince 21st enough to convince 21st century recruiters…….”century recruiters…….”

“Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane “Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane Ratchford & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance Ratchford & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance

Today Vol9 No3 May/June 2001Today Vol9 No3 May/June 2001

Where Do I Start?Where Do I Start?

• Where are you on the scale (1 – 10)???• No idea at all• I think I want to “work with people”• I’m interested in accountancy,

business• I know I want to…...

Where Do I Start?Where Do I Start?

Career Planning is Career Planning is NOT…NOT…

• Leaving the decision to chance• Getting information and never deciding• Going along with someone else’s plans

It’s OUR future. WE need to make our career decision!!

OLD: Choose a DESTINATION“What will you be when ...”

NEW: Follow your HEART“Who are you now?”“What are your special assets?”“Who needs what you like to do?”“What work arrangements make sense?”“What skills do you need to manage your career?”

Paradigm ShiftParadigm Shift

The High The High FiveFive

1. Career Management Principles

Know yourself, believe in yourself and follow your heart.

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Become a good traveler.

You’re not alone. Access your allies, and be a good ally.

Change is constant, and brings with it new opportunities.

Learning is lifelong, and it’s good. We are most alive when we are learning.

The knowledge to manage your career comes from

you (why, who, how) and from an understanding of the career you wish to enter (what, where, when):

Why? … identify your goalsWho? … network with peopleHow? … learn the skills

necessaryWhat? … understand

requirementsWhere? … find out points of entry When? … know when to start

looking

Six Easy Words To Help Six Easy Words To Help You Navigate For Career You Navigate For Career

SuccessSuccess

Deeper insight … Deeper insight … • It is the life- long process a person goes through

to learn about self such as– purpose,– personality– interests– skills – talents

• Develop a self- concept, learn about careers, and work situations

• Make a career choice, while developing and coping social skills

Career planning : An Career planning : An ongoing processongoing process

Here You… • Explore your interests and

abilities • Strategically plan your

career goals• Create your future work

success by designing learning and action plans to help you achieve your goals.

Career Management SkillsCareer Management Skills

• Opportunity Awareness• Self Awareness• Self Promotion• Decision Making• Action Planning

Career - OpportunitiesCareer - Opportunities• Career StreamsCareer Streams

– Finance– Human Resources– Journalism– Legal– Insurance– Hospitality– Fashion Designing– Administration – Marketing

Career - FinanceCareer - Finance• Professional coursesProfessional courses

– CA (Chartered Accountant)– ICWA (Cost Accountant)– ACS (Company Secretary)– MBA – M.Com

• Job oriented careersJob oriented careers– Finance & Administration– Audits – Taxation

Career – Human Career – Human ResourcesResources

• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– MBA– MSW– Diploma

• Job oriented careersJob oriented careers– General Administration– Training & Development– Compensation & Benefits– Consulting

Career – Journalism Career – Journalism

• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– Degree– Diploma

• Job oriented careerJob oriented career– Reporters– Writer– Cartoonist

Career – Legal Career – Legal

• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– LLB

• Areas of specializationAreas of specialization– Civil– Criminal – Taxation– Insurance – Corporate Law

Career – Insurance Career – Insurance

• Job oriented careersJob oriented careers– Life insurance– Health insurance– Vehicle insurance– Corporate insurance– Property insurance

Career – Hospitality Career – Hospitality

• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– Diploma

• Hotel ManagementHotel Management• Travel & TourismTravel & Tourism

Career – Fashion Career – Fashion DesigningDesigning

• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– Diploma

• Merchandising Merchandising • Designer Designer

Career – Administration Career – Administration

• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– MBA– Diploma

• Job oriented careersJob oriented careers– General Administration– Planning – Operations – Logistics– Procurement – MIS

Career – Marketing Career – Marketing

• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– MBA– Diploma

• Job oriented careersJob oriented careers– Market Research– Marketing – Promotion & Advertisement– Sales

Career – Corporate Career – Corporate SectorsSectors

• Banking• Industries (Manufacturing / IT / Services)• Insurance• Education• Hotels• Hospitals• Travel & Tourism

Career – Civil ServicesCareer – Civil Services

• Professional CoursesProfessional Courses– Central – UPSC (Union Public Service

Commission)– State – KAS (Karnataka

Administrative Service)• Areas of SpecializationAreas of Specialization

– IAS– IPS– IFS– IRS

Career – Armed ServicesCareer – Armed Services

• ArmyArmy• NavyNavy• Air force Air force

– Long Service Commission– Short Service Commission

Career – Others Career – Others

• BPO’s • Retailing• Franchisee• Contract• Commission Agents

Career – Select InstitutesCareer – Select Institutes

• Identify the right institutesIdentify the right institutes– Reputation – Facilities– Faculty– Industry Collaboration

Career – Entry Into Career – Entry Into InstitutesInstitutes

• Understanding the requirementUnderstanding the requirement– Selection process– Competitive examinations

• Self preparationSelf preparation– Quantitative– Qualitative

““With the stakes so high With the stakes so high it is essential for it is essential for

individuals to seek out individuals to seek out and exploit good quality and exploit good quality information, advice and information, advice and

guidance.”guidance.”“Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane “Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane

Ratchford & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance Today Ratchford & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance Today Vol9 No3 May/June 2001Vol9 No3 May/June 2001

What Next?What Next?

• Action Plan• Basic information / personal

research?• Specific research?

Opportunities ResearchOpportunities Research• Need opportunity informationNeed opportunity information• Information Room• Internet• Newspapers / Job Fairs• Talks Program - NOW!!!!• Creative research• KNOWING THE MARKET

While technical and job-specific skills have sufficed in the past, it is increasingly being accepted that the worker of the future will need a more comprehensive set of meta-competencies that are not occupation-specific and are transferable across all facets of life and work.

The economic value, to the individual and the nation as a whole, of a workforce equipped with these meta-competencies cannot be underestimated and their development cannot be left to chance.

Meta-competenciesMeta-competencies

Source: Managing Life, Learning and Work in the 21st Century. (2003) Miles Morgan Australia for the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training

““On the list of candidate On the list of candidate essentials must be an in-depth essentials must be an in-depth understanding of self, including understanding of self, including

personal philosophies, personal philosophies, drivers,competences, attributes, drivers,competences, attributes, interests and abilities - and how interests and abilities - and how these mesh with the demands these mesh with the demands

both of the post on offer and the both of the post on offer and the employer and industry.”employer and industry.”

““Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane Ratchford Burning Ambitions - How Desire is Not Enough” Jane Ratchford & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance Today Vol 9 No 3 & Professor Cary Cooper Career Guidance Today Vol 9 No 3

May/June 2001May/June 2001

A PERSONAL MANAGEMENT1 Build and maintain a positive self-concept2 Interact effectively with others3 Change and grow throughout life

B LEARNING AND WORK EXPLORATION4 Engage in lifelong learning5 Locate and effectively use information6 Understand work/society/economy relationship

C LIFE/WORK BUILDING7 Secure or create and maintain work8 Make life and work decisions9 Maintain balanced life and work roles10 Understand changing nature of life/work roles11 Manage one’s career building process

Career Career ManagementManagement CompetenciesCompetencies

Personal ResearchPersonal Research• Know Yourself• Review and analyze• Part-time work, leisure, travel

etc• Skills Update - practical• CV Update

Decision MakingDecision Making

• Review what you know Review what you know • Realistic / UnrealisticRealistic / Unrealistic• ValuesValues• ConstraintsConstraints

Getting What You WantGetting What You Want

• Confidence to ConvinceConfidence to Convince• Need Evidence and KnowledgeNeed Evidence and Knowledge• Good CVGood CV• Application Form / Interview Application Form / Interview

QuestionsQuestions

Answer ThisAnswer This• Describe an occasion when you Describe an occasion when you

came up with a new idea or a came up with a new idea or a better way of doing somethingbetter way of doing something

• How did it happenHow did it happen• How did you overcome How did you overcome

difficultiesdifficulties• What was the outcomeWhat was the outcome

Thank youThank you