How understanding yourself can help you get a job you love

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1 How understanding yourself can help you get a job you love Rebekah Hudson Your Careers Centre

2 YOUR career service helping YOU. from today until you graduate and beyond Your Careers Centre

3 Your Careers Centre A great place to start

4 FLO topic: one stop shop Self reflect Options Decide Act Training Leadership Entrepreneur WorkReady Volunteer Mentoring Expos Industry Associations Search Resumes Application Interview Your Careers Centre

5 Session overview Job Satisfaction Round Peg Round Hole Reality Check Tell your story Where to from here? In Summary & Questions Your Careers Centre

6 Job satisfaction

7 Job satisfaction - Activity Work on your own values using the list on the hand out. In the column headed Your Ranking 1-20, rank the factors which you regard as having the most positive influence on your performance in your current job in order from More tools to evaluate your VIPS:

8 Job satisfaction - compare your values with others Source: Survey Mind the Gap in HR Monthly, October 2000 Employees (n-1072)

9 Round peg round hole

10 Round peg round hole Activity Skills / Knowledge Gaps Other Self Skills Options

11 Reality Check Known SELF The Johari Window Unknown OTHERS Known Unknown Open What you and others know about you Secret What you know about yourself but others don t Blind What others know about you that you don t know Hidden What others and you don t know about yourself

12 Reality Check Self Assessment Financial Responsibilities Personal Responsibilities Skills Health Needs Values Goals & Priorities Motivations Interests Leisure Activities Spirituality

13 Reality Check Activity Pets Children Family Strategy development Leadership Business Management Good feedback and Communication Mortgage Insurance Childcare Flexible work arrangements Buy new house Finish studies Challenging work Hiking Flute Gym Food prep

14 Tell your story Personal Brand Personal branding isn t easy, but thinking through your unique strengths, your career goals and aspirations, and how you want others to perceive you can have dramatically positive results. Lisa Quast Your Careers Centre 012/11/19/build-a-personal-brand-notjust-a-career/#61555abe4075

15 Tell your story 1. Say what you want, not what you do right now 2. Be extremely clear and specific. Assume your audience know nothing about you, because they know nothing about you. 3. Be concise 4. It's great to show your personality, but don't be a goofball 5. Conveyed a sense of you as a unique individual? 6. Delivered punchy and informative statements, getting straight to the point? Activity: In 6 key words or less, describe your professional capabilities without using your job title.

16 Tell your story Tell it across different formats: The elevator pitch Your chit-chat as you interact with others at professional/networking events Resumes, cover letters, applications Social media Informational or formal job interview It can be of different lengths, with more or less detail, but always with a single overriding narrative.

17 Tell your story Application Instructions What three words best describe you? We would like you to put together a 1-2 minute video telling us a bit about you! Interviews Tell me something I wouldn't know from looking at your CV? Why are you a good scientist? Describe the work environment or culture in which you are most productive and happy.

18 Where to from here? Discover the secrets of researching your career choice A hands on session to gain experience and knowledge about how to research jobs and uncover career opportunities. Tues 10am-11am Understand and sell the value of your transferable skills All employers value transferable skills and look for evidence of them when sourcing candidates. Learn how to identify your transferable skills and use them as evidence to market your skills and experiences for the workplace. Mon 3:30pm-4:30pm Thurs 12pm-1pm (Noel Stockdale Rm, Central Library) What is this EQ thing employers are looking for? Emotional intelligence (EQ or EI) is an important factor in the workplace, it determines how you may fit in and integrate more quickly, while also excelling in your role. Everyone is going to have to deal with clients, co-workers, or both and having an understanding of EQ, and how to improve your EQ, can be a differentiator for you as a professional. Tues 3pm-4pm Wed 12pm-1pm (webinar) Personal Brand What is it and why is it important? Your brand is what people think of you. In this session we aim to help you learn how to control your brand and use it to advance your career Wed 1pm-2pm Wed 10am-10.30am (webinar meeting#: password: careers)

19 Your Careers Centre In summary Identifying your values and making career decisions that align with them can lead to greater job satisfaction. Your interests can give you some clues about what is likely to be important in satisfying work and help you to identify industries or sectors that may appeal to you. Ideally the work (and study) that satisfies you will be the work where you are interested, motivated, and achieve your best results. Finding a career that aligns with your personality preferences can make for a more comfortable fit. Some skills will be natural talents that link with your character strengths and personality, while others will be learnt skills. Whether a skill comes naturally to you or not you can always develop it further through practise. Identify skills you would like to develop or improve on and set yourself some goals. Understanding yourself allows you to start developing your unique story about you

20 We are here to help you Your Careers Centre