CareerCycles Narrative Method of Practice

Training Intro

Mark Franklin, M.Ed.,P.Eng.CMF

president & practice leader

producer & host, Career Buzz

CareerCycles

www.careercycles.com

Professional Training

Level 1: Get Started Jan. 23-24, 2014, OttawaPresented through CCDF

Level 2: Earn ‘Holistic Narrative Career Professional’ (HNCP) designation tbd, 2014

Hi, I’m Mark Franklin, practice

leader and president of

CareerCycles

You can find out more about me at

http://careercycles.com/amazing-team/mark-franklin

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Overview

1. Intro to CareerCycles

2. Benefits of a consistent method of practice

3. Overview of CareerCycles framework

4. Overview of training, Jan. 23-24, 2014

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CareerCycles

MISSIONTo be at the leading edge of the evolution of “career” - helping people fully express who they are and how they want to be in the world

VISIONEnriching the career well-being of humanity

Trusted career management social enterprise with key clients and strategic relationships

Our track record

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Client questions emerging from THEIR situations….

• Am I in the right career? What would make me happy?

• What can I do to re-invent myself with a career that is fun and does not "feel" like work?

• How do I create my future taking into account my whole life?

• I am all over the map and interested in a variety of things; how do I figure out what to do as my first career following graduation?

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We evolved a narrative method of practice to answer their questions…

• 3500+ clients • 215 trainees in Canada and US• 40+ documented interventions • 68 participants in outcome study • 1 peer-reviewed journal article

Zikic,J., Franklin,M. (2010). Enriching careers and lives: introducing a positive, holistic, and narrative career counseling method that bridges theory and practice. Journal of Employment Counseling, 47-4

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What's great is that the method provides a framework, though if it were 'cookie cutter' I'd be bored.

Instead, I bring all my clinical skills and professional judgment to apply the right interventions at the right time for each client. It's effective, fast, easy to use and clients love it. 

-Jayne Greene-Black,M.Ed., CareerCycles Associate

Benefit 1: Attract More Clients, and Retain Them

• Benefit 2: Deliver Consistent, Consistently Good Service

• Benefit 3: Training and mentoring/ supervising is better & easier

• Benefit 4: Improve Programming• Benefit 5: Evaluate Services

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A client speaks…

Session 1: “I am fascinated by the process and what the results might be. I like how this is going the next level, deeper and really liking how process is taking me to next level.”

Session 2: “Saying stuff out loud and will help me realize what I really want to do…thrilled with it all.

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We corral elements from client’s stories to get what matters from what happened, using

leading edge processes & life changing tools

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Tap each story to gather and organize… desires, strengths, personal qualities,

assets, influences, possibilities

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Refine and crystallize into a concise, client-generated and empowering

Career Statement

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Charlotte’s Career StatementHere’s what I want… (Desires)

I am working with people and loving it; I’m having a reasonable workload, and job advancement…Here’s what I want to do or use… (Strengths)

I want to teach, coach, mentor and manage. I want to use interpersonal and verbal communication. I want to develop relationships, conflict resolution…Here’s the kind of person I am… (Personal Qualities):

I am a person with a tremendous sense of responsibility. I’m reliable though a bleeding heart. I’m a reader, introspective and either really on or off.

Here’s what I bring with me (Assets): 6+ years experience in advertising wedding planning experience Carleton university courses Director, student advocacy at college Cosmetician – loved it Diploma in Advertising

Here are other people’s influences

I’m mindful of how my role as a parent of a young child continues to influence my career and life choices.

These are the possibilities I’m most curious about exploring now:

mom website – self employment post secondary student services fundraising, event coordinator ad agency with a focus on non profit

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Crystallization of narrative interventions “Finally, my truth!” Acts as compass for Intentional Exploration

CareerStatement

Focus is on presentand future. Opens

you to change.

TraditionalResume

Focus is on past. Can limit change. Career Statement is part of the

CareerCycles narrative method of practice. Copyright © Mark Franklin

CareerCycles Framework

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Framework Elements For Students/Clients For Career Professionals

1.Model Acts as roadmap Guides practice and communication

2.Tools & handouts Between-session tasks, e.g. Your Story, Getting Feedback

20+ handouts, consistency

3.Method of practice Trust there’s a ‘method in your madness’

40+ written interventions

4.Learning program Feel reassured Initial learning. Ongoing ‘playbook’

5.Career definition Enlarge scope, from job to life. Use when needed

Common understanding

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Holistic method draws on, grounded in… Narrative approach (M White, L Cochran, M Savickas, P Brott…)

Positive Psychology (S Lyubomirsky, B Fredrickson…)

Cognitive methods (A Beck…)

Happenstance approach (Mitchell, Levin, Krumboltz…)

Constructivist perspective (V Peavey…)

Chaos theory & careers (D Bloch, J Bright…)

Law of Attraction processes (E Hicks, L Grabhorn…)

Adlerian Psychology (A Adler…)

Client Centered Therapy (C Rogers…)

Canadian Standards & Guidelines

Statistically significant increases in six key measures: Outcomes study (N=68)

• hope, optimism, confidence, resilience, curiosity and exploration, personal growth

• Correlations with:– career clarity, job satisfaction, job fit– suggests this approach leads to sustainable

and positive employment and career outcomes

hopeful students graduated at rates 16 percent higher…; hope a better predictor of academic success than intelligenceSource: Inside Higher Ed, Here’s Hoping, by Allie Grasgreen (July 2012)

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CareerCycles Method of Practice is aligned with

Who You Are MATTERS!® Career and life clarification game

And, CareerCycles online narrative career assessment tool, for blended-delivery career management

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Professional Training Opportunities Learn a Positive, Holistic and Narrative Method of Practice

Level 1. GET STARTED: Learn to Use a Positive, Holistic and Narrative Method of Practice Jan. 23-24, 2014, OttawaImmediately after Cannexus / Presented with CCDF

Level 2. BUILD SKILLS & CONFIDENCE: Earn ‘Holistic Narrative Career Professional’ Designation dates tbd

Led by Mark Franklin, MEd, PEng, CMF, practice leader of CareerCycles www.careercycles.com

For registration, full descriptions, testimonials and details, visit http://www.ccdf.ca/ccdf/index.php/training

What you will learn in Level 1• How to listen to stories with a greater understanding to help clients

reframe dissatisfaction into career and life desires • How to map what is happening in a narrative session, and to

gather and organize elements from client stories • How to align clients’ plans with their mindsets so they welcome

opportunities and take inspired action • Skills to transform a client’s career and life clarification into a

succinct ‘Career Statement’• Specific exercises and tools to help clients research and explore

career possibilities and maintain momentum • Ways to link this holistic, narrative approach to traditional career

counselling, employment advising• How to apply this framework effectively with a diversity of clients

and in a variety of settings

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What you get from Level 1• Two full days of training• One 75-minute group follow up meeting• Certificate in the CareerCycles Method of Practice• Guidebook of CareerCycles Method of Practice

containing 20+ core interventions, and accompanying working documents, learning program, client samples

• Client Handout set in PDF format (soft copies) for 20+ core interventions

• Licence to use 20+ core interventions of CareerCycles Method of Practice

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Nov. 2013 trainees speak:• Kate Kavanagh came from Boston, and said, "What I

like most about the training was how well-grounded, organized and integrative it is. The concept, tools, presentation and practice are so well conceived and executed. I can’t wait for the online tools!"

  • Kerri Latham came from McMaster in Hamilton and

said, "I liked being able to learn from others, hear their stories and be a practice client. This was an extremely helpful and meaningful training experience. I feel I can take what I learned and apply it. Thanks!"

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Who should register?• Career professionals, counsellors,

coaches, advisors, HR professionals, recruiters, therapists, social workers, helping professionals

When should you register?• Early bird deadline Tues. Dec. 17• http://www.ccdf.ca/ccdf/wp-content/uploa

ds/2010/12/Brochure-FINAL-2.pdf

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“The major motivating factors for embracing the CareerCycles narrative method of practice at our Centre had to do with both consistency and quality assurance. 

As a manager, I feel more confident knowing there’s a consistent approach and a common language used when supporting students with their career exploration. 

In addition, the framework is flexible enough to allow professional staff to draw on their personal styles and experiences, while adding to their professional skill set.”

-Tony Botelho, Manager, Career Services & Volunteer Services, Simon Fraser University

Level 1. GET STARTED: Learn to Use a Positive, Holistic and Narrative Method of Practice Jan. 23-24, 2014, Ottawa, immediately after Cannexus / Presented with CCDF

Led by Mark Franklin, MEd, PEng, CMF, practice leader of CareerCycles www.careercycles.com

For registration, full descriptions, testimonials and details, visit http://www.ccdf.ca/ccdf/index.php/training

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