Let's Talk Careers!
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This document provides information and exercises to help employees develop their careers at Fibernetics Corporation. It encourages employees to discover their strengths, interests, and preferred job characteristics. It then guides employees to prepare for career success by determining their strengths, getting input from managers, networking within the organization, and charting a potential career path and action plan. The goal is for employees to understand themselves better and create a plan to develop their skills and advance in a way that matches their interests and abilities.
Let's Talk Careers!
- 2. Table Of Contents WE WILL HELP YOU SUCCEED...........................................................................................................3 What Is Career Development?...................................................................................................................3 Why Does Career Development Matter?...................................................................................................3 USING YOUR CAREER PLANNING WORKBOOK.............................................................................4 DISCOVER YOURSELF!.........................................................................................................................5 Define What Success Means To You.........................................................................................................5 Career Development Assessment...............................................................................................................6 Your Preferred Job Characteristics.............................................................................................................7 The Abilities That You Enjoy Using..........................................................................................................8 What Are Your Interests?...........................................................................................................................9 What Have You Learned From Failure?..................................................................................................10 PREPARE FOR SUCCESS!....................................................................................................................11 Determine Your Strengths........................................................................................................................11 Get Input From Your Manager.................................................................................................................12 Network Inside Your Organization..........................................................................................................13 Your Potential Career Path.......................................................................................................................15 Chart Your Plan Of Action.......................................................................................................................16 My Action Plan........................................................................................................................................17 OUR CORE VALUES.............................................................................................................................19 2
- 3. WE WILL HELP YOU SUCCEED Whether you are a new employee or you have worked for Fibernetics for many years, we believe that career development is extremely important. That's why career development is a fundamental element of our HR Plan. What Is Career Development? For Fibernetics, career development is the critical process of growing employees to help them fulfill Fibernetics' mission and provide high-quality services to our customers. For you as an employee, career development is choosing a job that matches your interests, values and skills as well as developing these skills through the many resources made available to you at Fibernetics. Career development is the lifelong process of managing your living, learning and earning in order to reach your professional goals. Why Does Career Development Matter? Fibernetics' customers cannot receive the service they deserve without a skilled workforce. Without awesome employees like you, Fibernetics cannot reach its goals. That's why helping you manage your career is one of our top priorities. For you as an employee, career development matters because, if you are able to use your strongest skills, you will become more engaged in your work and you will feel more fulfilled. 3
- 4. USING YOUR CAREER PLANNING WORKBOOK This career planning workbook will help you manage and develop your career. It contains exercises that will help you set your career development goals and create your Career Development Plan. The workbook also incorporates the way in which Fibernetics Corporation will support you in this process. It will teach you how to have a meaningful career conversation with your manager. Remember, your supervisor is there to provide guidance and support but the Career Development Process belongs to you. Only you can steer your career in the right direction. The workbook's objectives are to assist Fibernetics' employees in considering relevant information that is needed in order to make career decisions and plans. The brochure will help you identify the steps you need to take before decisions and plans can be made. It will teach you how to obtain the support and the information you need in order to reach your goals. The workbook follows a step-by-step format. The exercises that are included in this booklet will help you organize your ideas and start meaningful conversations. All you need to do is to go through the exercises in a thoughtful way. Carefully reflect on the question and properly consider your answer. Take your time! You don't need to complete all the exercises in one sitting. If you take the time to diligently complete all the exercises you will most likely discover interesting things about yourself. 4
- 5. DISCOVER YOURSELF! Before you make any decisions regarding your career you should take the time to understand what motivates and inspires you. If you are inspired and motivated at work you are more productive and more effective. Self-assessment is the first and the most important step in planning your career. Making plans for your future is a difficult task and we understand that. We are here to guide you through this process. Let us guide you in mapping out your future at Fibernetics! Define What Success Means to You We all have our own definitions or models of success. Some of us equate success with advancement. For others success means a financially rewarding job. For some success means advancing their skills. And to some, success means making a meaningful contribution to society. What does success mean to you? 5
- 6. Career Development Assessment Before we start our conversation about careers, think about where you are in your career development process. Which of these statements best describes you? Check “yes” or “no” in the “My Pre-Activities-Assessment” on the left for each of the statements below. Once you complete all the exercises in this workbook, you should revisit these questions to see how much you have learned. Check “yes” or “no” in the “My Post-Activities Assessment” on the right. My Pre-Activities My Post-Activities Assessment Assessment Yes No Yes No I know exactly which jobs at Fibernetics best fit my strengths I know my work preferences and my skills very well I think career development is a complicated process I know who to talk to about getting career information I know how to develop a plan to get the job I want I have someone to help me make decisions about my career path 6
- 7. Your Preferred Job Characteristics Use this table to identify which of these job characteristics are most important to you: Job Characteristics Important Fairly Important Not Important 1. Camaraderie with co-workers 1 2. Can exercise authority 3. Flexible hours 4. Good relationship with supervisor 5. Intellectually challenging work 6. Involves detailed work 7. Job stability 8. Location is close to home 9. Opportunities for travel 10. Loyalty is valued 11. Work offers variety 12. Working independently Write down the 5 job characteristics that are most important to you 7
- 8. The Abilities That You Enjoy Using We all have many different skills and abilities but, often our work requires us to use these skills that we don't really enjoy using. So why not trying to pursue a career that allows us to use these skills that we truly enjoy using? Please rank the following abilities and skills in order of preference (1 being the highest): Abilities/Skills Description Rank 1. Active listening Understand the message others deliver 2. Adaptability Being flexible 2. Analysis Examine, break down 3. Communication Clearly convey a message 4. Innovation Invent, change 5. Interpretation Explain, advise 6. Imagination Conceptualize, picture 7. Leadership Guide, direct 8. Negotiation Mediate, intervene 9. Organization Plan, structure 10. Persuasion Convince, Overcome opposition 10. Problem Solving Find solutions 11. Team Player Work well with others 8
- 9. What Are Your Interests? If you perform tasks that you enjoy, there is a greater chance you will actually love your job. Think back to your work-related experiences over the past year. List three activities that you enjoyed during this period and the reason why you enjoyed these activities. Activities I enjoyed over the past year Why I enjoyed this activity 9
- 10. What Have You Learned From Failure? We all have been assigned tasks we were not good at. But, remember, failing is one of the best tutors in career development! It is important to know what tasks we would like to avoid in the future. Write down three experiences in which you did not succeed and the reason why you did not succeed. Job assignment in which I did not succeed Why I did not succeed What have you learned from these unsuccessful experiences? 10
- 11. PREPARE FOR SUCCESS! Determine Your Strengths Look back at other jobs you had that you particularly liked; this will help you identify your strengths. We all enjoy performing tasks we are excelling at. What tasks did you perform? What skills did you use? Tasks I liked from previous jobs Skills I used 11
- 12. Get Input From Your Manager Your manager is there to provide training, guidance, feedback and encouragement. These questions might be helpful in starting a meaningful conversation with your manager. Write down your manager's suggestions and comments. What would you say my strengths are? Are there any special developmental opportunities in the year ahead? What would you suggest as potential career path? Who else should I speak to that could help me advance my career? 12
- 13. Network Inside Your Organization Start a list of people that you know at work and the jobs they have. If you think you are interested in a particular job-type you might consider going on an informational interview with someone who works in your area of interest. Person Meeting arrangement- Location, date, time 13
- 14. Now write down a list of questions that you would like to ask them: Sample questions: What skills do you need to do your job? Does your work involve overtime? What advice do you have for someone who wants to work in your field? Your questions: 14
- 15. Your Potential Career Path Now that you have learned so much about yourself, list possible job options, the assets that you have as well as the assets you will need to develop in order to be able to perform these jobs. Job Option The assets that I have Assets that I will need to develop 15
- 16. Chart Your Plan Of Action Your Plan Of Action How will you reach it? What will you have to do? Who can assist you? When? How much time will you need? What potential obstacles do you see ahead? What strategies will you use? 16
- 17. MY ACTION PLAN (to be completed during performance review discussion with your manager) Name Date Action Plan Prepared With Identified Needs: Goals: 17