3. WORKSHOP OUTCOMES
To become aware of one’s career resilience
skills
To identify career self-reliance areas to work
on
4. WHAT’S RESILIENCE?
Ability to recover from
or adjust easily to
misfortune or change
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
5. WHAT’S CAREER RESILIENCE?
Ability to adapt to
changing
circumstances even
when they are
adverse, disruptive or
discouraging
6. TASK 1.
Self-assess your career resilience skills
(Worksheet 1)
Discuss your findings and how you can build
your resilience skills
7. DEALING WITH CAREER CHANGES
1) Describe the change. What will you lose as a
result of this change?
Example: Job loss
Losses: Stable job; income; job status; contact
with co-workers; sense of belonging;
professional purpose.
8. 2) Find out everything about the change and how it
affects you. Look for the positives
Example: The job loss was a result of relocation.
My profession is a regulated one here so I first
need to pass a series of regulatory bodies exams
before working as a doctor again.
Positives: I ….
9. 3) Allow yourself time to process what your
learned about the change and about yourself
Example: Focus on your leisure activities or
hobbies; do sports; read a book; meet new
people
10. 4) Explore the positives that result from this change and make
some decisions about how you’ll respond to change
Example:
Options: Change career; get a transitional job; get accredited
as a doctor
Decision: I’ll look for my professional accreditation
Benefit: Greater job satisfaction
Challenge: It takes time and persistence
Next step: Start your accreditation & figure out budget
11. CAREER RESILIENCE SKILLS
Acknowledge change as part of your life
Give yourself time to process it
Look for opportunities change creates
Know your skills and keep them updated
Reframe career development around learning
Be able to compromise and adapt to changes
12. TRAITS OF CAREER RESILIENT PEOPLE
Team players Focus on continuous
Effective learning
communicators Self-confident
Adaptable to change Willing to take risks
Positive and flexible Committed to personal
attitudes excellence
13. TASK 2.
Explore your beliefs and attitudes towards
work search in your field (Worksheet 2)
17. IF YOU ARE CAREER SELF-RELIANT
Growth & development mean:
Moving sideways, downwards our upwards in
your current position
Changing employers
Changing occupations
Specializing or generalizing
Choosing self-employment
18. CASE STUDY
Jose, an electronic engineer, used to work as a
production manager, in a textile company in his
home country. When he arrived here, he first worked
as a technician for a small embroidery company and
after a year he changed jobs. Now, he works for a
nation-wide company and he plans to take his
professional accreditation exam by October.
In the long-term he would like to start his own
business so he is saving to take some businees
courses first.
19. TASK 3.
Complete the Self-Reliance Test (Worksheet
3)
Think about the ways you could growth in
each of the career self-reliance areas
20. CAREER SELF-RELIANCE SKILLS
Self-awareness Matching & decision
Self-promotion making
Exploring & creating Political awareness
opportunities Coping with uncertainty
Action planning Development focus
Networking Transfer skills
Negotiation Self-confidence
21. AIMGA CAREER ENHANCEMENT WORKSHOPS
Career
Development
& Management
Career Career
Resilience &
Self-reliance Awareness
Interpersonal
Communication Soft skills
23. REFERENCES
Brown, B. L. (n.d.). Career Resilience. ERIC Digest. In ERIC
Digests. Retrieved April 18, 2012, from
http://www.ericdigests.org/1997-3/career2.html
Careers: Self-reliance Skills (2010). In Moreton Bay College.
Retrieved April 18, 2012, from
http://www.mbc.qld.edu.au/mymbc/careers/careers-self-
reliance-skills
Positive Works II (pp. 22-36). (2004). Edmonton, Canada:
Government of Alberta, Human Resources & Employment.