Professional Development Maintaining your skills Managing your career Donald Lickley DipLib MA

Career management Today / tomorrow alternative career pathways multiple organisations continuous learning you take responsibility portfolio careers security in your employability rather in your employer Yesterday job for life one organisation hierarchical progression development decided for you training job security

Frameworks Personal Development Planning - PDP Continuing Professional Development - CPD Competency Frameworks Government KIM Professional Skills Framework Career Pathway Planning Personal Learning Networks – PLN

Planning Where are you now? Where do you want to be? How will you get there? Getting there

New staff induction External events: meetings, seminars, conferences, supplier meetings, Professional memberships & accreditation, volunteering Reading / writing, blogs, virtual networks, new technologies Internal events: briefings, team meetings, intranets, wikis Internal training programmes Mentoring Task groups, projects, new areas of work Job shadowing, visits 1 to1 management meetings, coaching Development routes

What’s the difference? Appraisal-linked personal development Training & development specifically linked to current role Planning to support targets in your current role Discussed in appraisal meeting Work based, completed in work time May incorporate an element of development supporting career goals Joint responsibility for development Professional skills development Specifically tailored to your own development and career aspirations Development activities may be linked to a different role May commence at appraisal but continues outside appraisal process May incorporate activities outside work Personal responsibility for your own development

Obstacles? Getting started Day-to-day demands Maintaining enthusiasm and energy Support from colleagues and managers Measuring progress

Objectives: SMART or SCARCE? Specific Measurable Agreed Realistic Timed Specific Contributive Agreed Realistic Challenging Evidence of achievement

Keeping on track Feedback to manager / team Deliver training to colleagues Development diary Blog / twitter / wiki Professional press / internal newsletters

What’s in it for me? Record of achievement Self-confidence Raise your profile Prepared for new challenges

Strategies Take responsibility for your own development Research emerging skill requirements Identify future colleagues / future employers Record, reflect, evaluate Everything is a development opportunity

What next?