Career planning: Your career, your life
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Career planning: Your career, your life
This course is part of Adapting: Career Development Specialization
Instructor: Dr Alena Soboleva
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What you'll learn
Evaluate current career management issues and their implications on your professional career plans and development.
Create strategies and approaches to set new career vision, goals and action plans.
Apply knowledge of career models and tools for successful career planning and management.
Design a career path that fits personal values, interests, personality, and skills.
Skills you'll gain
- Adaptability
- Branding
- Professional Networking
- Self-Awareness
- Professional Development
- Communication
- Proactivity
- Design Thinking
- Business Communication
- Business Correspondence
- Web Presence
- Crisis Management
- General Networking
- Business Writing
- Digital Brand Strategy
- Writing
- Personal Development
- digital literacy
- Planning
- Creative Thinking
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- Learn new concepts from industry experts
- Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
- Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
- Earn a shareable career certificate
There are 6 modules in this course
Are you satisfied with your career? Where do you see yourself in the future? No matter where you are on your professional journey, careful planning will help you reach your goals. This course will help you adapt to rapidly evolving job markets by enhancing your self-knowledge and confidence to explore wider career opportunities. You will create a career development plan, encompassing your career goals, skills and knowledge development for your current and future jobs, and learn how to make the most of your strengths, talents, and experience. You’ll receive valuable guidance based on practical suggestions, theoretical models and current empirical evidence. Via structured learning activities you will gain an appreciation that career planning and management is an ongoing, rewarding process of assessing career identity, setting new learning goals and career visions, and celebrating accomplishments as you develop.
What are the most influential factors shaping contemporary careers, and why is individual adaptability critical to succeeding in a rapidly evolving career landscape? This week you will be introduced to a range of economic and technological issues redefining the future of work and its implications to contemporary career management. You will also review how to proactively think about your career that will help you not to lose focus even in the light of the fundamental shifts in work and also learn about career competencies related to successful adaptation.
What's included
5 videos3 readings2 assignments2 discussion prompts
5 videos•Total 36 minutes
- Course welcome and introduction•8 minutes
- Week 1 outline•3 minutes
- 1.1 The changing career landscape•11 minutes
- 1.2 Creating career with a purpose•8 minutes
- 1.3 Ensure continuous learning to stay relevant and get ahead•7 minutes
3 readings•Total 50 minutes
- Course overview•10 minutes
- Learning activities and assessment•10 minutes
- Explore further resources 1•30 minutes
2 assignments•Total 90 minutes
- Check your applied learning 1•60 minutes
- Recall: Check your understanding 1•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- Preconceptions•10 minutes
- Introduce yourself•10 minutes
This week you will explore and collect career information from diverse sources to inform your professional awareness about different career paths and help you become more adaptable and flexible in your approach to career management. You will be guided to begin exploring “possible selves”, identify your favourite / best skills, and think about them in the context of different professional behaviours / roles.
What's included
4 videos1 reading2 assignments
4 videos•Total 33 minutes
- Week 2 outline•3 minutes
- 2.1 Corporate career or working for yourself: Overview of different professional paths•9 minutes
- 2.2 Environmental career exploration•12 minutes
- 2.3 Self-assessment: Identify what you love doing and your favourite skills•9 minutes
1 reading•Total 60 minutes
- Explore further resources 2•60 minutes
2 assignments•Total 90 minutes
- Check your applied learning 2•60 minutes
- Check your understanding 2•30 minutes
What is the link between your values, vision, goals, and careers you’re interested to explore? This week you will apply elements of the design thinking approach to career planning to further help you identify what defines your professional identity even if you don’t exactly know what your career goals should be. These activities will help you to imagine alternative career trajectories in relation to the future of work. You will learn strategies to achieve better alignment between your skills and job description / job specification documents and be invited to create an unconventional (but effective) career game plan.
What's included
4 videos2 readings2 assignments
4 videos•Total 27 minutes
- Week 3 outline•1 minute
- 3.1 Applying design thinking elements to career planning•8 minutes
- 3.2 Getting the career that matches your personality•8 minutes
- 3.3 What to take into consideration when creating a career plan•9 minutes
2 readings•Total 70 minutes
- Become a Global MBA learner•10 minutes
- Explore further resources 3•60 minutes
2 assignments•Total 90 minutes
- Check your applied learning 3•60 minutes
- Check your understanding 3•30 minutes
How will you navigate a career path in order to ensure that it is going / developing in the direction you want? This week you will review several critical areas that can orient you to develop important skills to manage and improve your career prospects (networking, self-awareness) and the ability to proactively manage difficult situations (e.g. career crisis).
What's included
4 videos1 reading2 assignments
4 videos•Total 32 minutes
- Week 4 outline•2 minutes
- 4.1 Benefits of networking for your career management•12 minutes
- 4.2 How to deal with personal imperfections•9 minutes
- 4.3 Strategies to reinvent yourself when changing careers or dealing with mid-career•9 minutes
1 reading•Total 60 minutes
- Explore further resources 4•60 minutes
2 assignments•Total 90 minutes
- Check your applied learning 4•60 minutes
- Check your understanding 4•30 minutes
How will you navigate a career path that is evolving to be boundaryless, are you confident to create and direct your own path? This week you will focus on creating or polishing your digital profile, updating your cv or creating a new one from scratch and and practice or further refine your professional communications skills for ongoing development.
What's included
4 videos1 reading2 assignments
4 videos•Total 25 minutes
- Week 5 outline•2 minutes
- 5.1 Creating your digital professional profile•7 minutes
- 5.2 Writing a winning resume•9 minutes
- 5.3 Polishing interviewing and negotiation communication skills•7 minutes
1 reading•Total 30 minutes
- Explore further resources 5•30 minutes
2 assignments•Total 90 minutes
- Check your applied learning 5•60 minutes
- Check your understanding 5•30 minutes
What are the most influential factors shaping contemporary careers, and why is individual adaptability critical to succeeding in a rapidly evolving career landscape? This week you will be introduced to a range of economic and technological issues redefining the future of work and its implications to contemporary career management. You will also review how to proactively think about your career that will help you not to lose focus even in the light of the fundamental shifts in work and also learn about career competencies related to successful adaptation.
What's included
5 videos1 reading2 assignments1 discussion prompt
5 videos•Total 29 minutes
- Week 6 outline•2 minutes
- 6.1 Recognising other essential skills for your career success•8 minutes
- 6.2 In order to stand out, show up and add more value•6 minutes
- 6.3 The art of personal branding•9 minutes
- Course wrap-up•3 minutes
1 reading•Total 60 minutes
- Explore further resources 6•60 minutes
2 assignments•Total 90 minutes
- Check your applied learning 6•60 minutes
- Check your understanding 6•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- New perspectives - Building a successful career•10 minutes
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Reviewed on Nov 20, 2020
This course made me realize that having a successful career path is not linear. Instead, we should invest in broadening our skillset.
Reviewed on Apr 28, 2020
The course was fantastic and have learned so many new things.
Reviewed on Jun 13, 2021
A course with a lot of worthwhile ideas on how to jumpstart
or rebuild your career. Strongly recommended.
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