Lecture 1 - Career management

Question 1

What is a career?

Answer 1

It is a specific occupation, profession or trade some of which require a lot of training or formal education whilst others do not

Question 2

What is another definition of career?

Answer 2

All of the progress that someone has made in their working life, including different jobs, roles and accomplishments

Question 3

Multiple unrelated jobs?

Answer 3

A pathway that includes various jobs that have no obvious connection between them e.g. being bar staff than a sales assistant

Question 4

Advancing within 1 occupation?

Answer 4

A pathway that refers to multiple jobs within the same occupation, although this does not have to be within the same organisation e.g. working as a police constable, then sergeant and then inspector

Question 5

Advancing in the same industry but not occupation?

Answer 5

A pathway where all the jobs are within the same industry e.g. going from a holiday rep to events organiser than assistant hotel manager

Question 6

What are the 14 useful personal skills?

Answer 6

1. organisation/ self management
2. problem solving
3. analytical skills
4. creativity and innovation
5. technical and digital skills
6. communication
7. people skills
8. emotional intelligence
9. team work
10. leadership
11. negotiation
12. networking
13. adaptability
14. resilience

Question 7

What is organisation/ self management?

Answer 7

the abilities that allow people to set goals, stay focused on different tasks, and use their resources such as time and mental capacity effectively and efficiently in order to achieve the desired outcome

Question 8

What is problem solving?

Answer 8

the ability to work through potential options to find a solution to a difficulty

Question 9

What are analytical skills?

Answer 9

the ability to draw conclusions from data, can involve assimilating and analysing data as well as thinking critically about what evidence means

Question 10

What is creativity and innovation?

Answer 10

the ability to come up with new ideas and methods that others have not thought of

Question 11

What are technical and digital skills?

Answer 11

they relate to your ability to use tools or technology as necessary to perform practical tasks

Question 12

What is communication?

Answer 12

being able to convey information through spoken, written and visual means

Question 13

What are people skills?

Answer 13

they relate to your interaction skills that enable you to relate to others on a personal and professional level

Question 14

What is emotional intelligence?

Answer 14

the ability to monitor your own feelings and those of others and use this information to guide your actions

Question 15

What is teamwork?

Answer 15

involves working collaboratively with a group of people to achieve a goal

Question 16

What is leadership?

Answer 16

being able to organise, inspire and motivate a group of people to achieve a goal

Question 17

What is negotiation?

Answer 17

being able to discuss a topic and come to a mutual agreement over key issues

Question 18

What is networking?

Answer 18

ability to make contacts and share knowledge with people with common interests

Question 19

What is adaptability?

Answer 19

the capacity and willingness to adjust to changing environments, situation and demands

Question 20

What is resilience?

Answer 20

the ability to maintain or rebuild motivation after encouraging challenges

Question 21

What is a competency question?

Answer 21

It is one that requires you to give a specific example of a scenario in which you demonstrated a particular skill

Question 22

How should you answer a competency question?

Answer 22

• use the STAR technique;
  S= describe a Situation you were in
  T = mention the Task that needed accomplishing
  A = outline the Actions you took: focusing on what you did personally
  R = round off by discussing the Results: what happened, what you achieved and what you learned