Career Path
Designing a Career Path
EMC2010 Leadership Workshop
Sponsored by TC1
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Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
Designing a Career Path
• • • • • • • • Career vs Job What do I want to be … When I Grow up Doctor / Lawyer / Indian Chief IEEE Dream Jobs How do I get from here…to there? Time lines and reality Dealing with barriers How do I know when I get ‘there’?
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Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
A ‘Career’ vs. a ‘Job’
• Why pick a job instead of a career?
–Jobs are relatively easy to get, –No uncomfortable life choices involved, –No decision stress, –No sense of urgency –No need for long range planning.
• If a job is all you want, there are plenty of ditches to be dug. • A job is not permanent.
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Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
A ‘Career’ vs. a ‘Job’
• Most 1st employment opportunities are ‘Jobs’ as opposed to ‘Career’ track entry points. • We suggest you set your sights higher. • Ask some of the ‘hard’ questions, and look at the results. • Ask where this choice will lead you in the future.
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Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
Make your ‘lists’:
• Do a self assessment of your strong points and weak points. • List the things that interest you. • List your skills. • List the things that you value. • Do you work well with others? • Are you best ‘on your own’? • Is security important to you, or adventure?
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Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
Compare your skills
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1. 2. 3.
Things I do well:
Eating Sleeping Daydreaming
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Things I suck at:
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Everything else in the known universe.
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Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
You know your starting point!
• Right where you are today! • Your self assessment tells you that your starting point
EMC2010 Leadership Workshop
Sponsored by TC1
1
Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
Designing a Career Path
• • • • • • • • Career vs Job What do I want to be … When I Grow up Doctor / Lawyer / Indian Chief IEEE Dream Jobs How do I get from here…to there? Time lines and reality Dealing with barriers How do I know when I get ‘there’?
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Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
A ‘Career’ vs. a ‘Job’
• Why pick a job instead of a career?
–Jobs are relatively easy to get, –No uncomfortable life choices involved, –No decision stress, –No sense of urgency –No need for long range planning.
• If a job is all you want, there are plenty of ditches to be dug. • A job is not permanent.
3
Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
A ‘Career’ vs. a ‘Job’
• Most 1st employment opportunities are ‘Jobs’ as opposed to ‘Career’ track entry points. • We suggest you set your sights higher. • Ask some of the ‘hard’ questions, and look at the results. • Ask where this choice will lead you in the future.
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Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
Make your ‘lists’:
• Do a self assessment of your strong points and weak points. • List the things that interest you. • List your skills. • List the things that you value. • Do you work well with others? • Are you best ‘on your own’? • Is security important to you, or adventure?
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Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
Compare your skills
•
1. 2. 3.
Things I do well:
Eating Sleeping Daydreaming
•
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Things I suck at:
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Everything else in the known universe.
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Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership
You know your starting point!
• Right where you are today! • Your self assessment tells you that your starting point