C & C CAREER & COMPETENCE

CAREER COACHING GROUP

Session 2Session 2How to become aware of your strenghts and skills?

Milja Tuomaala & Tiina Hämäläinen, University of Oulu, VALOA-project Milja Tuomaala & Tiina Hämäläinen, University of Oulu, VALOA-project

CAREER COMPETENCES- KNOW WHY, KNOW HOW, KNOW WHOM

Motivation – Why am I making certain choices? What motivates me to choose certain career, job and life style? Values, attitudes, needs (motivation), identity

Skills – How is my know-how compounded? Skills, expertise, prowess, tacit vs. conscious knowledge,

experience

Networks – Who do I know? Relationships, connections

Maria Järlström

EXERCISE 2.1 CHALLENGING SITUATION

The exercise is found on SlideShare;http://www.slideshare.net/VALOA/documents

(C&C training material)

ADDUCING MY SKILLS AND KNOW-HOW

Starting point for job seeking process: Identifying your own skills and know-how Ability to describe it with examples and achievements

It’s important to believe in your personal competence, but also to recognize the areas you need to develop.

Read through job announcements carefully: What is the employers looking for? Tailoring the applications and CV according to that

EXERCISE 2.2 ACCOMPLISHMENTS WORKSHEET

The exercise is found on SlideShare;http://www.slideshare.net/VALOA/documents

(C&C training material)

EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCE

What kind of competences and skills you’ve got? Do you have some special skills that you could emphasis? What kind of assigments you have succeeded best in your

previous jobs? Why? What kind of assigments have been most challenging /

difficult for you? Why? What kind of skills and competences you need to develope

/ gain more? What is your best achievement so far? What have you learned from your previous employments?

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