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CAREER TRANSITION: FROM PRECARIOUS OR UNFULFILLING EMPLOYMENT TO PERSONAL OPPORTUNITY Erika Steffer & Jane Brind ZIF HR February 3, 2017 Learning Objectives 2 From this session you will: Better understand the career transition


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CAREER TRANSITION: FROM PRECARIOUS OR UNFULFILLING EMPLOYMENT TO PERSONAL OPPORTUNITY

Erika Steffer & Jane Brind

February 3, 2017

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Learning Objectives

From this session you will:

Better understand the career transition

process

Identify key questions that will help you begin

your Career Pivot or Career Change

Be introduced to tools and resources for

undertaking a Career Pivot or Career Change

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To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating

  • neself endlessly.

Henri Bergson The river I step in is not the river I stand in. Heraclitus

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Questions for consideration

What’s prompting my need/desire for change? Who am I? What do I want to explore? How can I best explore it? How should I represent myself during this

process?

How do I focus my goal and attain it? How do I stay engaged?

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What’s prompting the change?

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New graduate Precarious employment Life transition

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Change process

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Letting go, being confused, coming out the other side

Disengagement Dismantling Disidentification Disenchantment Disorientation Neutral Zone New Beginning / Adaptation 5 D’s of Ending

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Who Am I?

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SKILLS

  • full bio, portfolio, CV

INTERESTS

  • Assessments, Interest Inventories
  • www.careercruising.com
  • Career/Employment Counselor

VALUES

  • Lists, Value Deck Sorting
  • http://www.lifevaluesinventory.org
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Who Am I?

Skills Interests Values

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Who Am I?

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The thing you are most proud of? Greatest achievement in your career? What did you like to do as a kid? What would you be if you knew you couldn’t

fail?

If money were no object how would you live

your life differently?

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What Do I Want To Do?

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Factors that are important to you right now....

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What Do I Want To Do?

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How do I want to explore it?

Seeking insights & getting the word out

Personal &

professional networks

Information interviews Referrals Research & reading Brainstorm for other

ideas… Important to “paint a picture” of yourself & what you are seeking

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The Tools

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All your tools WORK TOGETHER . Have the SAME MESSAGE. Aimed to support your JOB GOAL.

Hard Copy / Written Online In Person Programs

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The Tools – Hard Copy/Written

Can I glance at your

Resumé and understand immediately what it’s about and what you are looking for?

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The Tools – Hard Copy/Written

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The Tools – Hard Copy/Written

State purpose Fill in gaps Proper grammar Less is more Own voice

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The Tools - Online

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A portrait photo that doesn’t cut someone else

  • ut will look

more professional

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The Tools - Online

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What looks “tousled” in a more conservative industry can be “hip” and attractive to a more creative one

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The Tools - Online

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Summary should be 2-3 short paragraphs – this one is a bit long.

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The Tools - Online

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Looking toward the camera will help you connect better with your audience

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The Tools - Online

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The Tools - Online

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Same message, same branding Lock down personal social media Think about websites and social media that

assist you in your goal

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The Tools – In Person

“Elevator Pitch” 1 line that sums up

what you are seeking

Immediately clear to

recipient

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The Tools

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Programs

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Work with an Employment Services Agency

  • Second Career

Centennial College Centre of

Entrepreneurship

Continuing Education Course Certificate programs

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Determining your goal

Explore

  • ptions

Plan

  • Experience
  • Exposure
  • Education

4 1 2 3 5 6 Prioritize in light of

  • Market forces
  • Individual aspiration
  • Competencies,

potential, assessment Commit to goal Work to goal Take stock after X months

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How do I focus my goal?

Decision grid Who am I filter

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Q&A & Contact Information

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Jane Brind Erika Steffer

jbrind@zifhr.com erika.steffer@egonzehnder.com

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Summary of Resources to Utilize Additional Resources

RESOURCES

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Resources

Change, Transition & Stress Management

Transitions

William Bridges. Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Books, 2004

Stress management

http://wholeinsights.com/positive-negative-copers/11/positive-negative-copers/ These lists are not original to the website owner, but she presents them in a clear way.

Employability Skills 2000+

http://www.conferenceboard.ca/topics/education/learning-tools/employability- skills.aspx Conference Board of Canada lists the fundamental, personal management and teamwork skills needed in the world of work today.

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Resources

Career Information & Self-Knowledge

Employment Centres

City of Toronto provides links to a range of online employment resources. http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=9319cff9501c0410V gnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=e531d08099380410VgnVCM1 0000071d60f89RCRD

National Occupational Classification

http://noc.esdc.gc.ca

Interest Inventory + Career Information

http://www.careercruising.com/

Online Values Inventory

http://www.lifevaluesinventory.org

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Resources

Decision-Making How We Decide (Jonah Lehrer, 2009) Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life & Work (Chip Heath and Dan Heath)

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Resources

Landing a Job

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The Job Search Solution: The Ultimate System for Finding a Great Job Now! (Tony Beshara, 2012) Job Sites / Aggregators www.eluta.ca www.indeed.ca

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Resources

Starting a Business

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Help with Starting Own Business

http://www.centennialcollege.ca/programs-courses/centres-institutes/centre-of- entrepreneurship/ Mom, Inc. (Amy Ballon and Danielle Botterell, 2011) http://www.mominc.ca “How to raise your business and your family without losing your mind or your shirt” The Big Enough Company: How Women Can Build Great Businesses and Happier Lives (Adelaide Lancaster and Amy Abrams, 2012)

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill