Strategic Early Career Planning Rachel OBrien, Allegheny College
Preparing for an Academic Career in Geosciences Workshop: Summer
2011 Strategic goal(s) Tactical actions The hierarchy of planning
Paving the path of your career Look, Ma...no hands! Paving the path
of your career Who am I as a professional? Where do I want to be?
What do I want to accomplish? Strategic Planning Academics as
intellectual entrepreneurs A key strategic notion Entrepreneurs
Autonomous (need to control and direct) Attracted to a challenge;
hardworking Proactive; sense of urgency Conceptual ability,
comprehensive awareness, numerical literacy Entrepreneurs Ability
to accept & create change Self-confident Disciplined Good
health, emotional stability Focused on the customer Intellectual
entrepreneurs The personal driver: Curiosity coupled with the joy
of generating and sharing new knowledge PLUS The Academy:
Intellectual autonomy with a foundation of financial and logistical
support EQUALS An opportunity to take charge and run with your
ideas and imagination. A maritime analogy You earn a captains
license You are selected to be a commander Your institution
provides the vessel and a navigational chart You choose when and
where to journey for the next years You have the power &
privilege of navigating Move forward intentionally, mindfully,
strategically Remember your responsibility to others Enjoy the
journey! Research and observation Planning and managing Developing
Participating Getting you there: key tactical actions Research and
observation on getting a job and early career success Reading
literature, attending workshops, building networks, using mentors
Planning and managing Developing Participating Key tactical actions
Research and observation Planning and managing All aspects of your
career Developing Participating Key tactical actions Research and
observation Planning and managing Developing Your teaching, your
research, your personal skills Participating Key tactical actions
Research and observation Planning and managing Developing
Participating As a citizen of your Department, institution,
profession As an individual: locally, globally Key tactical actions
Strategic: Job candidate metric Tactical: Semester on a page
Examples of planning and management tools Semester on a page Job
candidate metric Lets roll up our sleeves and get to work......
