Michele Kenworthy's slides from Week 2 of ARTS301 Spring

1. Michele Kenworthy
UOW Careers Central
www.uow.edu.au/careers/
michelek@uow.edu.au

2.  “Careers are no longer like a Chinese
banquet, 14 courses brought to your
table… they’re more like a progressive
supper, bite sized portions eaten in
different places”

3.  “There’s no such thing as a career path
anymore…
its crazy paving and you lay it yourself”

4.  Globalisation and business competition
 Demographics
 Technology
 Politics
 Socio-Cultural trends
 Mass higher education

5.  The specialist
 The generalist
 Connected
 Self reliant

6.  Self aware, matching and decision
making, action planning,
 Networking, political awareness,
negotiation,
 Coping with uncertainty, development
focus
 Transfer skills, self confidence and self
promotion

7.  How to think
 How to relate
 How to use technology productively

8.  “The indipreneur…an
interdependent individual with an
entrepreneurial focus”
Dr CarolynCorbin

9.  Critical thinking
 Problem solving
 Interpersonal understanding
 Written communication

10.  Communication
 Teamwork
 Problem solving
 Initiative and enterprise
 Planning and organising
 Self management
 Learning
 Technology

11.  The UOW Graduate Qualities
 Informed
 independent learners
 problem solvers
 effective communicators
 responsible
 www.uow.edu.au/about/teaching/qualities/index.html

12.  Informed
 independent learners
 problem solvers
 effective communicators
 responsible
 Self aware
 networking,
 matching and decision
making
 Coping with uncertainty
 self confidence and self
promotion
 Communication
 Teamwork
 Problem solving
 Initiative and enterprise
 Planning and organising
 Self management
 Learning
 Technology
 Action planning,
 political awareness
 development focus
 Transfer skills

13.  the starting point for all
effective job seeking…
research

14.  Trait and factor theories (Holland)
 Lifelong (Super)
 Systems theories (Patton and McMahon)
 Content and process.
 The content of career development learning
…. learning about self and learning about the
world of work.
 Process learning … the development of the
skills necessary to navigate a successful and
satisfying life/career

15.  Learning about self (know yourself)
 Learning about opportunities (know your
options)
 Decision Learning (make your choice)
 Transition Learning (make your move)

16.  Maslow “it isn’t normal to know what we
want. It is a rare and difficult psychological
achievement.”
 Nietzsche “help us to become who we are”

18.  Abilities, aptitudes,
competencies, skills
 Interests
 Personality
 Rewards - extrinsic and intrinsic
 Values, ethics, moral compass
 Passion and purpose

19. Values
Skills
Interests
TransferrableTechnical Ideal Career

20. Understand
What others
tell you about
the type of
person you are
The skills
strengths you
have that you
may need to
develop
What values
you bring to
the workplace
Opportunities
available to
you
What interests
you have that
will influence
the type of job
or industry

21. 1st Year 2nd – PenultimateYear FinalYear
BUILD SELF AWARENESS
EXPLORE
OPPORTUNITIES
MAKE DECISIONS AND
TRANSITIONS
Decide on Degree RESEARCH!!! Fine tune resume
Confirm Major
Work experience:
internships, volunteering,
part time work
Networking
Fine tune Subject
selections
Overseas exchange Interview skills
Informational interviewing LinkedIn profile
Professional associations,
subscriptions

22.  Articulating what they want
- On paper
- Online
- On the phone
- In person

23. Audit of what
employers want and
what have you got –
GAP analysis
Reflect upon the
experiences using the
CARL framework
(Context, Action,
Response, Learning)
Establish a
Career Action Plan
- timeframes, targets,
contacts, register of
activity
Implement the
action plan
- Creative job seeking
- work related
experiences (voluntary
work, CS programs)

24.  The whole uni experience
 Workplace learning activities
(UniVative, GQEST, Careers Central
Interns)
 ARTS301

26.  the starting point for all
effective job seeking…
research