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Career Self Awareness

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Career Management

Opportunities

Career Planning

Work/Life Balance

Personal Development

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Career Decision Making

Work Experience & Achievements &

Knowledge

Qualifications & Training

Skills (Abilities/Aptitudes)

Strengths & Areas For Development

PersonalityInterests Needs & Values

Health

AmbitionsS/T & L/T

DomesticSituation

RestrictingFactors

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Career Development Process

A person’s career lies somewhere between lifestyle and job. A lifestyle emcompasses all aspects of a person’s life.

A job is a specific set of interrelated tasks, in a particular context.

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Self-Awareness Exercises

• How do we think?

• How we think affects our work

• What are my best skills?

What are my weaknesses? • What can I develop further that will impact on my career?

Thinking Styles Skills Analysis

Career Motivators Interests & Values

• What are my outside interests?

• How important is work-life balance to me?

Technical Competence

Service/Dedication Security/Job tenure

Lifestyle/Family

Management

Autonomy

Challenge

Geography Entrepreneurship

Self-Awareness Exercise

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Individual Goal Setting

Have a clear vision Establish realistic goals Choose goals that benefit others as well as yourself Set long term objectives Break goals into daily plans of action Establish checkpoints Set a deadline Write your goals down Do not compromise your goals

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Managing Transitions

Self Awareness

Career Decision Making

EMPLOYMENTSTUDY

RETIREMENT SELF EMPLOYMENT

Career Decision Making

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Job Search Strategy

• Curriculum Vitae• Cover Letter• Interview Skills• Communication• Networks

• Recruitment Agencies• Job Adverts• Direct Approaches• Contact & Networking

• Interviewing• Psychometric Assessments• Presentations• Other Assessment Exercises• Salary Negotiation

Job Search Toolkit

Search Process

Employer Contact

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For further information, please contact:

Paddy Collins

Torc Consulting Group

4 Lower Pembroke Street

Dublin 2

Ph : +353-1-6623020

www.torc.ie

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