Managing Your Career: Creating a Plan


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
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Overview/Description
Getting and keeping your career on track takes careful planning. Those who wait for opportunities to come knocking may be left behind. Approaching your career proactively and being able to recognize opportunities to move ahead are key to smart career management. It starts with knowing yourself and what you want to do so that you can align your career moves with your goals. This course guides you through the process of taking stock of your present situation and determining the best way ahead. It starts with taking inventory of your values, interests, skills, and needs. Then based on these findings, you can determine your strengths. This course provides examples of roles in which you could use those strengths. It also provides tips on how to deal with any weaknesses that are holding you back. Materials designed to support blended learning activities aligned with this course are available from the Resources Page.

Target Audience
Employees at all levels who want to advance their career

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Managing Your Career: Creating a Plan

  • identify the types of questions you should ask to evaluate your career
  • determine your main strengths
  • recognize ways to deal with weaknesses
  • recognize the steps involved in developing a career plan
  • Course Number:
    pd_10_a01_bs_enus