Career Development
Take Charge of Your Career: Discover Your Strengths
Unsure where to go next with your career? Discover your strengths and preferred behaviors so that you can make career choices that match your skills (or be more successful in your current position).
You will learn to:
- Identify your personal strengths through analysis
- Apply your personal strengths in your career
- Evaluate your individual patterns of behavior through assessment and match them to distinct career paths
- Describe the importance of a good fit between career areas and temperament
- Explore career possibilities you may not have considered and evaluate them against your strengths and behaviors
- Determine the gap (if any) between your current career and your long term goals
- Recognize ways to network properly that can lead to new job experiences
- Find alternative ways to develop experience in new job areas so you can realize the goals of your career plan
You will benefit by:
- Knowing your strengths and behaviors and how they apply to your career decisions
- Making a voyage of self exploration to determine which career path is right for you
- Gaining a clearer sense of direction about your career
- Having a written plan mapping out where you would like to go with your career, based on personal findings
- Gaining a clearer sense of direction about your career
Becoming aware of the actions you need to take as a head-start in pursuing your plan
NOTE: This class is split into two components. The first half of the class will take place online, over a two week period. The second half of the class will take place in the classroom with an instructor. Online, you will complete two different tools and have a chance to discuss them with an instructor and the other students.
You will complete:
- Career Maze– an evaluation to help you identify your behavior patterns and the types of jobs they are compatible with
- The Work Importance Locator - a tool to assist you in prioritizing the aspects of your career that are important to you
Audience:
Anyone who would like to understand their strengths and apply them to their career path
Program Note:
This course contains an on-line component. You will need access to a computer and the Internet to participate in this course.
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Cost: $79 |
Dates & Times: Online access: Mon. 2/8/10, In-class: Wed. 2/24/10, |
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Career Services for Staff Website
If you are planning your career or helping others plan theirs, then U-M HR’s Career Services Website is for you! In this Web-based, self-guided site you will find a wealth of information that includes:
- Career planning information
- University and outside resources
- Resources for career self-assessments
- Job search tools
- Related career search links
You will benefit by:
- Increasing your career planning knowledge
- Building awareness of career tools and resources
- Building staff commitment and motivation
- Helping supervisors motivate and retain staff
Audience:
All staff members interested in career planning or for supervisors who want to assist their staff in developing their careers
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This website is available anytime at http://www.hr.umich.edu/career |
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