Transition – College to Career

Amar Patel

Cell : +91 – 88660 04550.

Email : ap@amarpatel.co.in

Agenda • Transition Meaning & What leaders says about

• Transition Cycle, Pain & Type

• Career Planning – Components

• Goal to achieve : Personal Career Guidance

• SWOT Analysis: Individual & Companies

• Factors – Choice for Career

• Training Methods

• Career Counseling – Related Topic

Transition

Transitions are changes that require us to transform how we

perceive and interpret ourselves and the world around us,

and to develop new priorities, learn new skills, behaviours

and patterns of interpersonal reactions so that we can fit into

the new roles."

- To better understand the nature of transition

- The Challenges during the transition

- The Opportunities for transformative learning offered by

various transition phase

Transition – What leaders says about

Trigger events [that] create a point of disequilibrium and heightened self-

awareness that can lead the individual to challenge his or her basic beliefs and

assumptions‘ - Avolio & Hannah

Passages, as events that 'take you from one place to another' - Dotlich, Noel &

Walker

transitions into significant new roles are the most challenging times in the

professional lives of managers - Watkins

leaders themselves perceived making a transition to be among 'life's most difficult

personal challenges‘ - Byham, Concelman, Cosentino, & Wellins

Transition – Cycle

Encounter

Actu

al

An

ticip

ate

d

Adjustment (Let go of old role &

acquire new role)

Stabilisation &

Consolidation

Preparation

Behavior Belief

Skills

T

rain

ing

Performance Plan & Action

Nicolson 1988

Transition TYPE

• First Job

• Losing your job

• Downsizing (lot of people)

• Layoff (just you)

• Resigning from a position

• Reorganization

• Loss of traditional support

• The expected path for promotions has been eliminated

• Continuous shuffling

First Day : Job

Transition TYPE

• Relocation

• To a new city

• To a new department or business unit

• generally more difficult when it is not your choice

• A major shift in job assignments

• Not just a new project, but involving your role and how you are viewed by others

• Loss of the “specialist”, downsized organizations are looking for generalists

Transition Pain

Some of the feelings associated with you first days on a new

job or in a new setting?

Did you feel…

Nervous?

Fearful?

Awkward?

Inept?

Confused?

Frustrated?

Like you wanted to give up and run away?

Career Planning

To survive in this competitive

environment in world, it is not

important to be the best, but also to

keep evolving to say the best.

Career Planning : Components

a. Career Planning: Career Profile / Path, Develops

Performance, Stress Management etc.,

b. Career Management: Training, Skill Enhancement

Programs etc.

The Goals to achieve in Guidance

1. Exploring self

2. Determining Values

3. Setting goals

4. Explore the world of work

5. Improving efficiency

6. Building relationship

7. Accepting responsibility for the future

To excel in the above factors, one has to have proper

guidance and motivation in an appropriate manner

SWOT Analysis: Individual, Companies

Strength Weakness

Opportunities Threats

+

Match

Vision + Mission (Goal) + Values

Factors must remembered while selecting a

career

1. Intelligence

2. Personality

3. Interest

4. Aptitude – Talent - Skill

5. Gender

6. Age

7. Soft Skills

Training Methods

Self Learning

Group Discussion

Case Study

Small Group Discussion

Mentoring and Coaching

College level Learning Workshops and Seminars

Class room teaching

Online Testing

Career Counselling – related topic

1. How to prepare Curriculum Vitae / E-Resume

2. Tips for better performance in Interview

3. Stress Management

4. Personality Development

5. ITES – an overview

6. Group Discussion

7. Soft Skills for Successful Career

8. Career Counselling and Guidance (particularly for Placement Officers)

9. Leadership Skills

10. Negotiation

11. Time Management

12. Team work

13. Motivation

Transition : What next ?

1. Managing self as an individual contributor at work

2. Managing others as a first-time leader

3. Managing managers

4. Managing a function or department

5. Becoming a general manager

Thank You

“A transition that is successfully managed can be powerful

triggers for transformative self and leadership development.

On the other hand, transition failures lead to great costs for

the individual and the organisation."