Unit 8- Career planning

Lesson Objectives Today we aim to: Indentify what a personal development plan is Benefits of the PDP to academic performance Benefits of the PDP to professional life Benefits of the PDP to personal life

What is a personal development plan? A Personal development planning or PDP means creating opportunities to think through, in a structured way, questions such as: What do I really want to achieve from life? What kind of person do I want to be? Am I clear about my personal goals and ambitions? Am I making the right decisions to get me where I really want to be? Am I in charge of my life and my studies - or am I just hoping it all will work out somehow?

PDP plan In order to make a PDP plan successful and work you need to reflect where you are now

Personal development plan

Personal development plans Personal developments plans can be used in a variety on contexts; i.e. career, personal life and professional life

Career development? SKILLS Communication IT Numeracy Driving Organisational Problem solving/decision making Team workINTERESTS Computers/IT Media/Arts Building/construction Business/customer service Childcare/nursery Music/film Working with others QUALITIES Self-confidence Motivation Ability to learn Flexibility Determination Goal setting EXPERIENCES Work experience Experience at school/home/camp/journey Volunteering/community work Role models/ How can these help our working, academic and personal lives??

Finding your ideal career It is important to make sure that, not only do you have the right skills for a job, but that it also suits your personality and style. Most people “skill match” themselves against a job description, whilst some people use interactive tests like Fast Tomato or Direct Gov’s screening test. It is also important to find out what the role involves and how it links to other careers. You can normally find this information online or in a library.

Where to find help! college website, school or community-based careers services Jobcentres Plus, Learndirect, Connexions, direct.gov.uk libraries, ‘Careers and Jobs’ sections in local newspapers, magazines personal development and career development magazines and websites, work placements, progress files websites

Personal development progression benefits Benefits for myselfBenefits for others improved quality of lifeteaching or training others personal fulfilment, job satisfactioninspiring or helping others financial benefitsimproving financial situation of a company on-going learning and development for self Improving quality of work Also shows you have been doing things to develop on your CV

PDP- Benefits to personal life?

PDP: Benefits to career

PDP: academic performance

Planning your career Using the template make a career action plan. Make sure you are detailed, use SMART targets and the timing is possible. Think of: Short term goals Skills to be developed Resources timeline

Lesson Review Have we met our objectives? Understand the skills and qualities needed to progress in a career Understand information and guidance related to career progression Understand the importance of career progression Be able to plan the next steps in your career

Lesson Objectives Answer the following question Indentify what a personal development plan is Benefits of PDP to academic performance Benefits of the PDP to academic performance Benefits of the PDP to professional life Benefits of the PDP to personal life

Next week We will be looking at interview processes, procedures and questions: in order to do this Identify a administration job you would like to work in Look through a variety of sources Assess your suitability for the role Please bring the job with you; as your answers to interview questions will be based on the job role/ description for an administrator and therefore it is important for you to be aware of the variety of responses you can provide