Topic 6 - Personal Career Management Flashcards
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What is meant by the term career planning ?
Career planning is the continuous life long process of :
- Reflecting on your interests, skills, values and preferences
- Researching the education, training and work options available to you
- Making sure your work fits with your personal circumstances
- Developing and adapting your plans to help you manage changes in your personal life and the world of work which is constantly changing with new technology and new employment patterns
What are the four steps in career planning ?
1) Self review and evaluate your interests, skills, values and achievements
2) Research jobs and education courses available to you and compare them with your self review to see if they are suitable and set goals
3) Set SMART targets to help you achieve your goals
4) Take the actions necessary to achieve your goals and targets
When self-reviewing and evaluating what are some of the questions ayoung person may ask themselves or reflect upon ?
- Where am I in my learning now, what do I like and what am I good at ?
- What skills and qualities do I have now ?
- What are my strengths
- What are my values and preferences, what’s important to me
- Where do I want to be in 2 years/5 years etc
When setting goals in career planning what are some of the things a young person may do ?
- Research and explore careers, occupations and area of interest in learning
- Research the specific qualifications and skills required for preferred jobs and courses
- Compare their findings to their self-evaluation in order to see if there are missing skills, qualifications etc
- Identify gaps in their own knowledge and qualifications
- Set their overall realistic goals/ambitions to get them to where they want to get to
What does SMART target stand for ?
Specific - The target should be specific to your career path
Measurable - It should be measurable so that you know when the target has been met
Attainable - Meaning it should be realistic and possible to achieve
Relevant - The targets should bee relevant to your personal circumstances
Time related - Meaning they should be achievable within a given timeframe
What is meant by taking action in career planning ?
Taking action means planning in detail the steps and actions you must take in order to achieve your targets and therefore your overall goal
What actions may a young person take in order to achieve their targets ?
- Do work experience in their chosen career pathway to gain experience and knoledge in that field and get a feel for the job
- seek advice from subject teachers to find out strengths and weakness and how to improve in weaker areas
- Attending careers events in school to find out about career and courses available and what is needed for specific courses and jobs
- Gain additional qualifications
- develop skills by participating in extra-curricular activities in or outside of school
What are the 4 steps in career planning ?
1) self reveiw and evaluation
2) Research and goal-setting
3) Target setting (SMART)
4) Action
Why is it important that you know the specific requirement in terms of skills,qualities and attitudes when researching a potential career ?
It’s important to know the specific requirements in terms of skills, qualities and attitudes when researching a potential career so that you can reflect and see if your self review matches any of these and what, if any skills and qualities are missing. Any gaps that need to be made up will form part of the targets that need to be set
Name 4 processes that a young person can us which will help to make logical choices when career planning ?
- They can do the research using the 4 steps in career planning
- They can weigh up the postives and negatives of each option
- Take advice from those who are a positive influence
- Review your decisions as your skills, qualities and attitudes develop
- Make sure your final decision is based on your own weighing up of all the factors
What is an informed decision ?
An informed decision is one which is made after reviewing all the available information advice and guidance and is the best way to achieve success at each stage of your career whether in training, gaining qualifications or suitable employment
What are the external influences on young peoples attitudes to education, training and employment ?
- Significant adults such as family, friends, neighbours
- School : teachers, classroom assistants, careers adviser, pupil, work experience supervisor
- Media: films, TV shows, social media, magazines
- Role models: celebrities, influencers, musicians, sports stars
What is the impact of positive external influences on a young persons attitudes to education, employment and training ?
Positive external factors are an important part of a persons decision making process and can lead to positive lifelong learning and a fulfilling career if the young person is given positive input and is motivated and encouraged to continue in education and work hard for their future
What is the impact of negative external influences on a young persons attitude towards education, employment and training ?
Negative external infuences can be the reason why some young people don’t make good decisions and may then not access further education , training and employment.
This can result in long term disadvantages like lack of secure employment in their adult life, poorer living standards and poorer health
