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CEU Business School, Romania
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“It's never too late to be what you might have been.”
- George Elliot“If you don't know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.”
- A. Armstrong
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I NEED 3 VOLUNTEERS!
1. Your Name2. Your Facultate3. Your Field of Study
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What Do You Want To Be
When You Grow Up? How Will You Know When You Get There?
Who Do You Want To BeWhen You Grow Up?
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• It is YOUR responsibility to put yourself in the right place… companies used to take responsibility for this in return for your life long loyalty and as compensation for doing a job that was not fulfilling.Question:Would you hire this person? Why or Why not?
HomeCV
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Is This Your Plan?
Childhood University Work Retirement
Start Living Die
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A Better Plan
Work
Play
Start Living Die
Childhood University
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The Best Plan!
There should be no Difference between WHO you are and
WHAT you do!
Start Living Die
Childhood University
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Define: Career Development
1.Assess Where You Are2.Decide Where You Want To
Be3.Make the Changes
Necessary To Get There
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First,Assess Where You Are
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It does not matter how good you are if you are not in the right
place!
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Know Yourself:• The Types of work you like to do• The activities that give you the most
satisfaction• The environments in which you prefer to
work• The sorts of people you like to work with• The abilities you possess that you’d like to
develop
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EconoSofia 2010Ask 5 or 6 friends these questions: (I hope you have that many friends!)• What four words best describe me?• If your best friend asked you to tell her more about me, what would you say?• What appears to motivate me?• What would be the ideal job for me?• What seems to make me most fulfilled and excited?• What work should I stay away from, and why?• What about myself do I have trouble seeing?• What aspects of myself do I need to change to be more successful?• What aspects of myself should I not change?
Collect the responses and
look for common themes.
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Sources for Knowing Yourself:• Colleagues• Friends• Family• Yourself Imagine that you have just
retired. Finish these two sentences:1. I am most proud of ______________2. I wish I had done more of _________
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“Most people think they know what they are good at. They
are usually wrong. More often, people know what they are not good at – and even then, more people are wrong than right.” –
Peter Drucker
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Second,Decide Where You
Want To Be
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A quick diversion
• Scalable vs. non-Scalable
• Pro’s & Con’s• Winner Take All• Distribution of $$$$
• Careers fall into one of these two categories. Non-Scalable Scalable
Doctor Investment BankerTheater Actor Movie Actor
Bus-Driver AuthorBaker Internet Entrepreneur
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“Managing Oneself” by Peter DruckerFive key questions:1. What are my strengths?2. How do I work?3. What are my values?4. Where do I belong?5. What can I contribute?
“Do not try to change yourself – you are unlikely to succeed. Work to
improve the way you perform.”
- Drucker
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Interests vs. Values vs. Skills
The next 3 slides will go into more detail(Sorry if it gets a little boring)
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Your Core Business Interests(Warning: this is my most boring slide.
Now would be a good time to check your text messages if you need to!)
• It has been shown that these core business interests change little, if at all, over time.
(Whereas your work values and skills may shift over time.)Application of Technology Counseling and Mentoring
Quantitative Analysis Managing People and Relationships
Theory Development and Conceptual Thinking Enterprise Control
Creative Production Influence Through Language and Ideas
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Work ValuesWhat motivates you? • An environment of openness and friendliness?• Access to experts in the industry?• Good health and childcare benefits?• Stock options and profit sharing• Flex-time, telecommuting?• Cash?
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Your SkillsThese can be a lot of things:• Using your hands• Using words• Using your senses• Using numbers• Using creativity• Using artistic abilities• Using leadership
Transferable vs.
Non-Transferable Skills
Keep in mind:• Skills are a “threshold”
variable (ex.: TOEFL)• Skills can be altered• Everyone has
weaknesses• Weigh the cost/benefit
of developing a new skill
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Third,Make The Changes Necessary To Get
There
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• You Need to Prepare for you career just like you would to master an instrument or to prepare for your final university exams.
• Make a plan: Example - For every hour you spend on the internet, spend 10 minutes on career planning. Keep track of the hours and once a week or once a month use the accumulated career planning time.
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The “Breaking Through” exercise (hand-out)Seven self-assessments:1. Career Snapshot2. Competence Assessment3. Credibility Assessment4. Confidence Worksheet5. Relationship Assessment6. Relationship Worksheet7. Next Steps
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What is the answer?1. Find development opportunities at your company:
• What career ladders are available to me right now?
• Am I in a position to take advantage of them?• Have I identified and made some provisions for
the skills and experiences I will need to climb to the next level? (Training)
• What can I do to get “unstuck” from a career plateau?
2. Find a Mentor
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Remember to start living!
No Difference between WHO you are and WHAT you
do!
Start Living Die
Childhood University
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Recommended Readings
• “The Black Swan” - Nassim Taleb• “Fooled By Randomness” – Nassim Taleb• “Outliers: The Story of Success” – Malcom Gladwell• “The Tipping Point” – Malcom Gladwell• “Freakonomics” - Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J.
Dubner• “SuperFreakonomics” - Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J.
Dubner• “The 4-Hour Workweek” - Timothy Ferriss• “When Genius Failed” - Roger Lowenstein
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