1. Introduction to Career Management

2. Understand what is meant by ‘Career Management’ Review your current position Look ahead at the skills and knowledge you will gain in Career Management whilst at college

3. Imagine you are 5 years old again. What do you want to be when you grow up?

4. Why do ideas change as people grow up?

5. Why might career ideas change through life?

6. Career Management Taking control of your future and making your own decisions Taking responsibility for finding out about the areas you are interested in Reflecting on your choices and your progress towards your goals Being flexible to changing your goals or your strategies to working towards them Adapting to changes that are forced on you and beyond your control

7. Decide what you want to do Career Management Research & Plan how Make it happen Goal

8. Decide what you want to do Career Management Plan how Make it happen Goal Need for change

9. People who are good at managing their careers can…

10. Research Ideas (and read what they find thoroughly) Plan Ahead Be Realistic Ask for Help Review Progress Persevere Present themselves at their best on paper and in person Make the most of opportunities available to them

11. TASKS TODAY 1. Distribute and organise careers files 2. Look at the careers checklist 3. Assess your starting point in career planning

12. Assessing your starting point

13. Next week… People who are good at managing their careers can… Research Ideas Plan Ahead Be Realistic Ask for Help Review Progress Persevere Present themselves at their best on paper and in person Make the most of opportunities available to them