Plan Your Future
Career Planning
Benefits
For most of us, during the time we are awake, we are working. Therefore how happy we are at work has a significant impact on how happy we feel in our lives.
How much we enjoy our work may then depend on several factors like does the work respond to our values, principles and ethics.
Career planning helps us create a career where we can do things that we like and are natural for us. This results in a job we are passionate about, where we can express ourselves and feel the natural urge to create. A satisfying career leads to great results and professional development and lands you in a comfortable working atmosphere with a social environment and culture aligned with your values.
Challenges
Planning your career and drawing personal career strategy is an ongoing process.
Circumstances and the environment are constantly changing, and in today’s rapidly changing world, you must react and make alterations to your vision and goals.
The balance between on-site and remote work has changed. Modern technology allows you to work in many professions almost from anywhere. The world has become global, and your location is less important than before.
At the same time, in some industries, deglobalization is growing. The amount of project work and short-term employment is increasing. Young generations have different values and expectations from life and career than older generations. For instance, digital transformation and sustainability affect what kind of talents and expertise are required in the future.
Common Mistakes
Many people never systemically plan their careers. This often leads to a situation where you are at work, which will not optimally match your wishes and talents. This will result in not feeling happy at work and being unable to achieve maximal results at work. Without a personal career strategy, you are drifting into the labour market. This is often a problem for highly talented people. They are recognized, and they receive a significant number of job proposals. Without a vision and personal strategy, they often end up in not optimal positions from their perspective, thus on a sidetrack in their career.
One of the riskiest and also, at the same time, biggest possibilities in your career is when you get fired. It is a known fact that if you plan the career transition and have a vision and strategy, you will end up in a better position than you left. However, when fired, many panics and often take the first job proposal they get. A huge mistake is to start looking for a new job without being prepared-without knowing what you want, what your strengths are, without knowing how to find what you want, and how to approach it – thus, without a personal career strategy. With the wrong approach, you may ruin your possibilities of getting your dream job and a new potential career path.
How to Select a Career Consultant?
To get maximum results from career consulting, you need an experienced consultant with a track record and knowledge in your area of business. The consultant should understand the market, trends and driving forces of the industry and know the key players in the market in your geography, their plans and expectations when recruiting people.
LOOK FOR THESE DETAILS WHEN LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT CAREER CONSULTANT.
SYSTEMATIC PROCESS
To received defined and expected results a systematic process will be required. Add hock couching or mentoring may sometimes also help but to guarantee results you should follow a systematic process which is adjusted to your situation and needs.
This way you know what you are paying for and what results you may expect for this money and time.
EXPERIENCE AND NETWORK
You should require that the coach/mentor has experience and track record in helping people insimilar positions as you have, to find the best possible job for them. It is also important that thecoach/mentor knows the business and market you are in and has experience and network from this market.
CHEMISTRY
Online consulting sessions require fluent and confidential communication between you and the coach/mentor. The sessions should be inspiring, motivating, productive and comfortable. To reach this it is essential that there is personal chemistry between you and the coach/mentor.
The coach/mentor should be able to challenge you and deliver add value to your situation.
The Process
The environment and circumstances are constantly changing, and you should adjust your career plans at each moment to these changes. Planning your career is an ongoing process, and the process consists of five stages.
The process will be tailored according to your individual needs to reach the best possible outcome. It consists of coaching, mentoring and consulting depending on what best serves the purpose.
Find Your Potential
In this module, we assess internal factors. We will talk about your values, principles, personality, talents, motivation, drivers, what you expect and what is expected from you. We will also analyze your career history, choices you made, where you succeeded and where you did not and why?
The outcome will help you understand your potential, what drives you and why, and where you want to go.
Draw a Strategy
In this module, we build your vision and make the strategy to reach your career goals by analysing global and local trends in your market and how they influence your future - how should we react to those, and what opportunities do they bring?
Combining this information with what we learned from your potential, drivers and objectives, we create a strategy to reach your career goals.
Brand
Yourself
In this module, we will focus on analysing your potential and strengths that are important for reaching your goal. You learn how to market and brand yourself, keeping in mind your goal, making your CV to reach your goal and how to do digital marketing to achieve your objectives. We will also cover topics like networking.
The outcome will help you create a professional brand emphasising skills important for your ideal recruiter.
Find Recruiting Channels
In this module, we cover the right recruiting channels, how to find the right channels and how to approach the right people.
You will learn how to make your CV to reach your goal, pass screening, and get to an interview.
We will draw a strategy to reach the right channels - whom to contact, how, practising how to approach and what to say.
Prepare for the Interview
In this module we cover the executive interview process.
Learn how to prepare for the job interview in executive positions.
Learn the do's and don'ts in an interview and how to negotiate a contract.
We will cover the interview process and different stages.
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