Career Enhancement Workshop

Rosa Martinez

Feb 23, 2012

Workshop Outcomes

1. Identify career development stages

2. Assess their career development competencies

3. Manage their career development path

WH-Questions?

What?Where?How?When?Why?Who?

AIMGA Career Support

Career Development Stages

Where to start?

Task 1. Assess YourselfRank your values, needs, personal

qualities & interests (Worksheet)

Know Yourself

Values

Qualities

Needs InterestsMe

Know YourselfValues: personal & work valuesNeedsPersonal qualitiesInterests

Career Development Cycle

You

Know Yourself

Explore Possibilities

Make choices

Take Action

Task 2. Assess your Career Development Competencies

Fill out the career development competencies questionnaire

Career Development Competencies

Career Management

Self-Assessment

Career Awareness

Goal-Setting

Skills Development

Career Development Model Competencies Assessment

• Asses your level of career development competencies • Focus on your lowest score area

• Develop your other competencies

• Search for more tips, tools, resources, and guidance

• Task: Fill out the assessment form

Task 3. Track your career planning path

Manage your Career PathCreate an online record of your career planning

activitiesOpen an account at Alberta Learning Information

Service (ALIS) CareerInsite https://careerinsite.alberta.ca/careerinsite.aspx

Contact a career advisor

ReferencesGovernment of Alberta. (n.d.). CAREERinsite. In Alberta

Learning Information Service. Retrieved February 20, 2012, from https://careerinsite.alberta.ca/careerinsite.aspx

University of California Berkeley (n.d.). Career Development at UC of Berkeley. In Human Resources at Berkeley. Retrieved February 21, 2012, from http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/learning/career-development

University of Dalhousie. (2010, June 9). Career Development. In Human Resources: Recruitment & Retention. Retrieved February 21, 2012, from

http://staffingservices.dal.ca/Career%20Development/