Building Employability & Career Development By Segun Akiode

Presented By:

BUILDING EMPLOYABILITY &

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Segun Akiode, ACIPM

At

Enterprise Development Program

Organized by CYAA, Ajah.

October 1st, 2014

Introductions

I’m a born Teacher…

A Chemical Engineer turned Human Resources Professional.

I’ve a passion for knowledge sharing and committed to personal development.

I desire to make impact in my generation and die empty with my footprint on the sand of history.

© segunakiode.com 2014

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Part 1 – Building Employability

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What is Employability?

Employability refers to a person's capability for gaining and maintaining employment.

Employability depends on the knowledge, skills and attitudes (KSAs) individual’s possess and the way they present those assets to employers.

Employability is affected by Demand & Supply – a supply-side (individuals, applicants) and demand-side (recruiters, employers, economy).


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What is Employability Skills?

Employability skills are the skills you have developed inside and outside of school that you can transfer to the workplace.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes (KSAs) relating to a particular job.

The ability to identify suitable job opportunities and self presentation for job applications and interviews.

Your academics alone is not enough to automatically open job doors for you after school, you need employability skills.

What are Recruiters & Employers looking for?


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What Do Employers REALLY Want?

Employers are hiring everyday but they complain that there is scarcity of quality talents in the labour market that’s what we call ‘the War for Talent’ in human resources.

Any job seeker (fresh graduates inclusive) that hopes to secure a job with any employer of labour must develop capacity to see from the employers’ perspective.

Every employer is always willing to hire an employee with the hope that such an employee would add ‘value’ to the organization.

Potential Value

Experiential Value


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What Do Employers REALLY Want? Contd. Every employers want job seekers that would be a GOOD FIT in

terms of Skills set for the workplace. Some of these skills set are:

Professionalism – do you possess the skill, good judgment, and polite behavior require in the workplace?

Positive Attitude – do you possess abundance of enthusiasm and a “can do” attitude?

Self-management – do you possess the ability to take responsibility per time?

Communication Skills – do you have the ability for business communication?

Technologically Savvy – do you have basic technology skills needed in the workplace?

Every employer want job seekers that would be able to CONNECT theoretical knowledge with business realities.


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Crafting A Winning Résumé

The right mindset for writing a résumé/CV is that of a marketing mindset.

You’re a product being sold to a potential employer and the goal of your résumé is to communicate what you can do.

You have to see your résumé as a marketing tool because that is what it is; employers’ first impression about you.

A résumé would not get you the job but it gives you an interview opportunity.

Résumés are ‘fluid documents’ that need to change for each new job application.


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The Right Interview Mindset An interview is a conversation between two or more people where

questions are asked by the interviewer to elicit facts or statements from the interviewee.

In the case of a job interview, the interviewer (usually the employer or recruiter) assesses the interviewee (potential employee) on the suitability to do a job or otherwise.

A job interview is a game of perception so make a great impression.

As a job seeker, the secret sauce to acing any job interview is to make a great impression as fast and deep as you can and leave in a blaze of glory.

A Job interview is more of a game of perception than competence.


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Part 2 – Career Development

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What is a Career?

Career describes an individual’s journey through learning, work and other aspects of life.

Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person’s “course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)”.

One critical factor here is the fact that there is no career without an individual.

The concept of a career is centered round an individual’s life. You would agree with me that your career is your life and not mine.

You are born to solve a problem, meaning your Career is coded into your DNA.


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What is Career Development?

Career Development is the lifelong process of managing learning, work and transitions in order to move toward a personally determined and evolving preferred future.

Career development is how individuals manage their careers within and between organizations or how organizations structure the career progress of their employees.

Career development is a personal responsibility every individual must take and not to be left to the organization


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Career Management Model

Self-Assessment

Exploring Options

Skill Development

Personal Marketing

Career Enrichment


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Self Discovery & Your Career

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment’

– Lao Tzu

Many fail to realize that looking for a job without the realization of who they are is planning to fail in their career journey.

‘Can you tell me about yourself?’

This question is actually about self-discovery and your answer helps employers know if you have discovered your own ‘unique value proposition’ which is deeply embedded in your personality.

Self assessment is instrumental in the continuous journey (not an event) of self-discovery.


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Elements of A Successful Career

Strengths

People

Passion


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Elements of A Successful Career Contd.


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Playing to Your Strengths - People excel by maximizing strengths, not by fixing their weaknesses.

Strength = Talent + Knowledge + Skills

Setting Your Passion Free - Passion, drive, motivation, zeal, intense emotion, compelling enthusiasm or desire for anything.

Working with the right set of people (cultural fit) - “everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

Concept of Career Triangle

Job Satisfaction

Lifestyle

You Values & Goals

The Pay


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Concept of Career Triangle Contd.


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Job Satisfaction – this is measured by the quality of the job you undertake, professional development opportunities and the culture of the organization.

Lifestyle – this is measured by the raw hours required of the job, how much control you have over your work schedule and work-life balance.

The Pay – this is measured by the total rewards (cash & non-cash benefits) and the social prestige the job offers per time.

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