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CREATING YOUR CAREER CAPITAL

WOMEN IN ENTERPRISE Nyree McKenzie, Director Thought Bubble

passion, persistence & pivot

WHAT WE’LL COVER WHAT WE’LL COVER

• About Th

Thought Bubble

• What is

is career capital?

• Where are tomorrow’s jobs?
• Pla

lanned ch choices - ext xtending str trengths, facing fears, exp xploring in interests

• Steering towards your goals
• Les

essons le learned

• Your career pla

lan

ABOUT THOUGHT BUBBLE WHAT WE’LL COVER

• Professional serv

rvices marketing & communications and business strategy

• Cli

lient base of f top tie tier and glo lobal fir firms, , government, university and defence

• rganisations
• Mature in

in tender/bid consulting

• Growth in

in community sector (h (health) and dig igital

PASSION

WHAT IS IS CAREER CAPITAL? WHAT WE’LL COVER

• The skil

ills you have th that are both rare and valu luable

• Use th

them to your advantage to define and progress your career

• You can begin building your career capital now!
• Every

ry skill ill, every piece of f knowledge and every experience will ill in incrementall lly pave th the way

• It

It constantly evolves and le learning is is a lif lifelong jo journey.

WHERE ARE TOMORROW’S JOBS? WHAT WE’LL COVER

Knowledge economy –

• Hea

ealth care

• Anything to do wit

ith data

• Dig

igital media and marketing

• Accounting,

g, fin finance, , professional advisory ry

• Automotive in

industry ry – watch th this space

• STE

TEM (s (science, , technology, en engineering, , maths)

• In

Information security

WHERE ARE TOMORROW’S JOBS? WHAT WE’LL COVER

Work sty tyle

• Holly

llywood model – where small expert teams are assembled to meet demand, , th then dis isbanded aft fter completion.

• Contract and fr

freelance to fill fill expertise gaps

• Working fr

from home and “homing from work” – em employee comforts

WHERE ARE TOMORROW’S JOBS?

WHERE ARE TOMORROW’S JOBS? WHAT WE’LL COVER

Skill ills / / Exp xpertise

• Companies will

ill be lo looking for a balance of f technical and cr creative skil ills

• Web-enabled tools (cl

(cloud computing) to collaborate

• Artificial in

intelligence, , alg lgorithms (b (big data)

• Analytics and use of

f statistical tools will ill be in in hig igh demand (t (testing, g, measuring and optimising dig igital ch channels)

• Dig

igital marketing and cu customer experience

• In

Influencer en engagement

• Vid

ideos and vis isuals

WHERE ARE TOMORROW’S JOBS? WHAT WE’LL COVER

PERSEVERENCE

WOMEN AS BUSINESS OWNERS WHAT WE’LL COVER

• More female en

entrepreneurs in introduce in innovations (n (new products and serv ervices) in in developed economies (GE

(GEM).

• Average age of

f business owner in in Brisbane – 46 yea ears

• % of

f female business owners in in Bri risbane – 35% (so

(source: AB ABS).

• Female-owned businesses oft

ften outlast male-owned businesses in in ce certain sectors/industries. But…

• Fewer women (4

(47.7 percent) th than men (6 (62.1 percent) believe th they have th the capabili lities to start and ru run businesses (GE

(GEM). ).

• About th

three quarters of f people made redundant in in th the GFC were men.

TEENS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP WHAT WE’LL COVER

• 663,200 15 to 19-year-olds are

em employed nationally

• 98 per ce

cent work an average of f 19 hours a week for someone el else.

• 3,700 are own account workers and

work alo lone on average 13 hours a week

• 500 teens are em

employers and hir ire

• ther staff, working an average 10

hours a week. . (AB

(ABS)

PLANNED CHOICES

Building my career capital

ROLE MODELS - ENCOURAGEMENT

• Family and fr

frie iends

• Teachers, mentors
• Public

ic fig figures

• Popular cult

lture

CIRCUMSTANCES - NECESSITY WHAT WE’LL COVER

PIV IVOT

STEERING TOWARDS YOUR GOALS WHAT WE’LL COVER

• Learn as much as you can

about the field

• Work experience
• Internships
• Open days
• Shadowing

STEERING TOWARDS YOUR GOALS WHAT WE’LL COVER

• Where do you want to be?
• Have the right expectations

(finances and ego)

• Big vs small company
• Specialist vs

generalist

STEERING TOWARDS YOUR GOALS WHAT WE’LL COVER

• Work on your personal

brand

• How do you want
• thers to see you?
• How do you want to

be remembered?

STEERING TOWARDS YOUR GOALS

• Building networks
• What would your fans say about you?

⃝ Known to you or know of you ⃝ Well known ⃝ Good friends / colleagues – supportive of your cause ⃝ Cheerleader (advocate) – will actively support you unprompted on any occasion

• Source: performance strategies

STEERING TOWARDS YOUR GOALS WHAT WE’LL COVER

• Find a mentor
• Can be

formal

• r

informal

STEERING TOWARDS YOUR GOALS WHAT WE’LL COVER

Develop a personal board of directors

Personal development Personal support Balanced life Influence and connections Motivation Knowledge and support

FUTURE PROOFING YOUR SKILLS WHAT WE’LL COVER

• You will be seen as an authority
• You will be a scare resource who will be in

demand

• You will have built career capital.

LESSONS LEARNED WHAT WE’LL COVER

FACIN ING OUR FEARS EXTE TENDING OUR STR TRENGTHS EXPLORING OUR IN INTE TERESTS

USEFUL LIN INKS

• acma.gov.au
• jobsguide.gov.au
• myfuture.edu.au
• au.Hudson.com/salary-guides
• abr.gov.au
• coursera.org

DEVELOPING YOUR CAREER PLAN WHAT WE’LL COVER