Strategic Career Self-Management
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the current economy, Americans shift jobs every 4-5 years, which translates into 8-10 job transitions, including several career changes, over oneβs life time. With competition for jobs on the rise, a personβs continuing employability and career success are increasingly defined by his or her mastery of individual career development and the ability to effectively "manage oneself" (P. Drucker).
In this course, you will learn how to think strategically and professionally about your career self-management. Through this course you'll develop an objective, external view of your marketable skills as a solid foundation for building a strong career brand. In particular, you'll be able to: - explain why developing a protean and boundaryless career perspective based on transferable (portable) skills is advantageous for continuing employability and career growth; - design your portable skills portfolio, identify and examine critically important competencies underpinning your transferable skills, and analyze your career self-management competency gaps; - increase self-awareness, pinpoint your career goals, and envision your future work self; - recognize the central role of self-management for developing transferable, marketable, skills and create a customized self-management information system (Career Development Lab) for ongoing personal development and professional growth; - conduct a thorough, competency-based job analysis in your area of interest and examine practices of evidence-based, data-driven competitive employee selection; -implement your newly developed skills for crafting effective selection criteria statements and refining your job applications.
To gain a competitive advantage in the job market, one must distinguish themselves by developing superior skills and developing a strong career brand. The first lesson, "Specialization at a Glance," walks you through all stages of career self-management training and certification, giving you a bird's-eye view of the specialization. If you've already taken other courses in the specialization, you can either skip this lesson or skim through it quickly to refresh your memory. The second lesson provides an overview of the current Course 1 "Strategic Career Self-Management." You will also begin working in your Career Development / Skills Management Lab.
What's included
5 videos4 readings1 assignment
5 videosβ’Total 23 minutes
- Career Self-Management Trainingβ’6 minutes
- Welcome to Career Development / Skills Management Lab Workoutsβ’4 minutes
- What is Strategic Career Self-Management?β’8 minutes
- CDL Workout: Setting your self-management information systemβ’2 minutes
- CDL Workout: Using CDL templatesβ’2 minutes
4 readingsβ’Total 11 minutes
- Career Self-Management Certification (three modes)β’2 minutes
- Optional textbook and Kindleβ’1 minute
- CDL Workouts: Weekly schedule and templatesβ’5 minutes
- How this course worksβ’3 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 3 minutes
- Practice Quizβ’3 minutes
At the conclusion of this Module, you will have demonstrated an understanding of a skills-based economy and competitive job markets, while focusing on the development of your marketable skill sets. Associate Professors Dr. Michele Forte and Dr. John Beckem are assisting us in explaining the complex topics covered in this module.
What's included
6 videos6 readings4 assignments2 discussion prompts
6 videosβ’Total 23 minutes
- The importance of skills in the new economyβ’4 minutes
- O*Net exerciseβ’5 minutes
- Skills-based hiring exerciseβ’2 minutes
- The Professional (Skilled) Selfβ’3 minutes
- Are you a I-shaped, T-shaped, or Ο-shaped professional?β’4 minutes
- CDL Workout: Skills Audit [templates included]β’5 minutes
6 readingsβ’Total 47 minutes
- Maintaining employability in the 21 centuryβ’10 minutes
- CDL Workout: My occupational area snapshot [template included]β’10 minutes
- CDL Workout: My functional rΓ©sumΓ© β’10 minutes
- Employability skillsβ’2 minutes
- T-shaped professionalsβ’10 minutes
- CDL Workout: Module 2 resources and reflection notes (template included)β’5 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 36 minutes
- Practice quizβ’3 minutes
- Practice quiz β’3 minutes
- Module 2 Graded Quizβ’20 minutes
- Module 2 Career Self-Management Skills Self-Assessmentβ’10 minutes
2 discussion promptsβ’Total 20 minutes
- Why do employers increasingly focus on skills?β’10 minutes
- Making a case for Ο-shaped professionalsβ’10 minutes
At the end of this Module, you will have demonstrated awareness of protean and boundaryless careers, personal attributes, future work selves, skills-based career growth strategies, and underlying career self-management skills. Associate Professors Dr. Michele Forte and Dr. Kymn Harvin are assisting us in explaining the complex topics covered in this module.
What's included
7 videos6 readings4 assignments1 peer review
7 videosβ’Total 37 minutes
- Protean and boundaryless careersβ’5 minutes
- Career growthβ’8 minutes
- Self-discoveryβ’3 minutes
- Personal valuesβ’6 minutes
- Personal mission statementβ’5 minutes
- CDL Workout: Self-Discovery Audits (templates included)β’4 minutes
- Future work selfβ’6 minutes
6 readingsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Powerful tools of self-discoveryβ’10 minutes
- CDL Workout: My career summary statement (template included)β’10 minutes
- You are always changing: Your future self by Dr. Dan Gilbertβ’10 minutes
- Career-building skillsβ’10 minutes
- Optional bonus TEDx talks: Future of Work and Skills in the Age of Artificial Intelligenceβ’15 minutes
- Module 3 CDL resources and reflection notes (template included)β’5 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 41 minutes
- Practice quiz β’3 minutes
- Practice quiz β’3 minutes
- Module 3 Graded Quizβ’20 minutes
- Module 3 Career Self-Management Skills Self-Assessmentβ’15 minutes
1 peer reviewβ’Total 120 minutes
- Making sense of career fitness activities. Part 1β’120 minutes
You will develop strategic orientation and be able to employ strategic management tools for skills-based career growth, with an emphasis on establishing a competitive edge in a skills-based job selection (promotion) process. Associate Professor Dr. John Beckem is assisting us in explaining the complex topics covered in this module.
What's included
8 videos4 readings5 assignments1 peer review2 discussion prompts
8 videosβ’Total 76 minutes
- Managing skills strategicallyβ’10 minutes
- Optional bonus interview: Reading the job market: An interview with Richard Sellersβ’19 minutes
- CDL workout: Job analysis and skills-based job selection (templates included)β’5 minutes
- Optional bonus video: Preparing for a job interview: A conversation with Richard Sellersβ’23 minutes
- CDL Workout: Selection Criteria Statement (templates attached)β’3 minutes
- Additional notes about your next jobβ’5 minutes
- Some ideas for a better job analysisβ’4 minutes
- Thinking about how to make your job application stand outβ’6 minutes
4 readingsβ’Total 19 minutes
- Learning from business strategyβ’3 minutes
- CDL Workout: My personal, skills-based SWOT analysis (template included)β’10 minutes
- How to excel in a skill-based, competitive job selectionβ’1 minute
- Module 4 CDL resources and reflection notes (template included)β’5 minutes
5 assignmentsβ’Total 44 minutes
- Practice quizβ’3 minutes
- Practice quizβ’3 minutes
- Practice quizβ’3 minutes
- Module 4 Graded Quizβ’20 minutes
- Module 4 Career Self-Management Skills Self-Assessmentβ’15 minutes
1 peer reviewβ’Total 120 minutes
- Making sense of career fitness activities. Part 2 β’120 minutes
2 discussion promptsβ’Total 20 minutes
- Making sense of personal SWOT analysisβ’10 minutes
- A prospective employer's view of your skillsβ’10 minutes
At the end of this Module, you should have developed a strategic vision for achieving a competitive edge in a skills-based job selection (promotion) process. You will also go over what you learned in the course and prepare for the next steps in your career self-management training and certification process. Associate Professor Dr. John Beckem is assisting us in explaining the complex topics covered in this module.
What's included
7 videos4 readings2 assignments
7 videosβ’Total 35 minutes
- Competency mapping exerciseβ’5 minutes
- Strategic plan for skill-buildingβ’4 minutes
- Presenting evidence of your skillsβ’5 minutes
- Evaluationβ’5 minutes
- Putting it all togetherβ’5 minutes
- What we have learned in Course 1β’6 minutes
- Next steps: Skills management and personal brandingβ’4 minutes
4 readingsβ’Total 17 minutes
- CDL Workout: Preparing your training groundsβ’5 minutes
- Course feedback survey (optional)β’10 minutes
- Course developers and contributorsβ’1 minute
- Reuse of course contentβ’1 minute
2 assignmentsβ’Total 18 minutes
- Week 5 Practice quiz β’3 minutes
- Module 5 Career Self-Management Skills Self-Assessmentβ’15 minutes
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Reviewed on May 25, 2020
It is said that common is very uncommon . This course teaches the career development is a very simple and methodological way. This is very effective and practical. Beauty in the simplicity.
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A must for anyone in the work force or about to enter!!!!
Reviewed on Sep 2, 2020
This course is very helpful for me and make me think about so many new aspects of myself and the career that I want.. I recommend it to everyone
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