1. Design A Plan That Leads To Your Career Success!
Presented by: Patty Dang, M.S.
Career Development Services Counselor
Welcome to the Design A Plan That Leads To Your Success Workshop.
I am Patty Dang, the Career Development Services Counselor at CSU Channel Islands. This workshop will explain why it is important to develop a career plan, and how to successful design a plan that leads to your career success.
For more information on other workshops online and in person, please visit our website at

2. Learning Outcomes Describe two long-term career goals.
List three tasks that could be on a “to do” list or checklist.
Identify what factors should be reviewed before making a career decision
Summarize the key elements in a written career plan
After participating in this workshop, we hope you will be able to:
Describe one career assessment available to CI students.
Identify key elements in each stage of the career development process and,
Summarize how career assessment can help you.

3. Agenda Decision making Goal setting Create a written plan
3rd stage of the Career Development Process
Decision making
Goal setting
Create a written plan
I will now go over the agenda of this workshop.
First we will go over the Decision-Making in the Career Development Process, to help guide you through the information you will learn, and hopefully help you figure out where you are in the career development stages. Then, we will discuss goal-setting and how this process helps in your career development.
Lastly, we discuss how you can convert your career decision making and goal setting into a written plan.

4. Career Development Process
Self-Discovery
Career Research
Design Your Career Plan
Experience Your Field
Launch Your Career
Who Am I?
What is important to me?
What do I value more?
Do my personal interests relate to careers?
How do I get help?
Career Exploration
Understand multiple career pathways
Review job descriptions
Short-term goals?
Meet with a Career Counselor
Decision- Making
Creating a timeline
Internships
Gain hands- on work experience and skills
Relationship Building
Job search strategies
Proactive job search strategies
Networking
update resume and cover letter
Practice Mock Interviews
Salary Negotiations

5. Career Planning Make some decisions on your major or career interests
Develop short-term and long-term goals
Write down goals and plans
Work with a Career Counselor
Narrow down to 3 specific job types or industries
Creating a timeline (getting an internship, completing a resume & cover letter, sign-up for a mock-interview)

6. Decision Making Review & Reflect Asking yourself some tough questions:
Can I see myself in this position for the next 10 years?
What concerns were brought up from the following:
Career assessments
Career research
Informational interviews
Career counseling

7. Decision Making Needs vs. Wants Do you NEED a high-paying salary?
What is most important to you?
When to make sacrifices?
In school with an internships and extra workload
After school with little direct experience
When do you want to gain the hands on skill?
Education alone is not enough

8. Decision Making Time to Decide
Narrow down to 3 specific job types or industries
Internships and job shadowing will help you confirm
Not permanent
Just the beginning

9. Goal Setting Short-Term Goals Design a calling script
Create a list of interested companies
Create/update resume & cover letter
Attend a career-related workshop
Smaller and achievable goals lead to completing long-term goals

10. Goal Setting Long-Term Goals
Gain two internships that relate to your career
Improve a specific skill needed to excel in your career
Build professional relationship with a mentor (faculty, staff or supervisors)
Long-term goals usually require several completed short-term goals (resume and interview skills)

11. Create A Written Plan To Do List/Checklist
Consists of mostly short-term goals:
Create a resume and cover letter
Meet with a career counselor
Can also include research:
Review myplan.com and bls.org
Things to learn or improve can also be included:
Learn how to use Facebook & create a Linkedin profile

12. Create A Written Plan Dream Broad A daily visual reminder
Keep in a place that you can often see
Think of what motivates or inspires you
This image should help you visualize the end result of hard work
Examples:
A collage of your life or the things you want
A drawing or image showing your success
Any single image that motivates you

13. Create A Written Plan Timeline
Have a specific time to complete your tasks
6pm-8pm every Tuesday and Thursday
Know what you should be doing in the next few weeks, this semester, this year, and by graduation
Utilize the Career Compass or design a similar one
If it’s not scheduled it’s not happening

14. Create questions or concerns
Create A Written Plan
Create questions or concerns
What type of education do I need?
Where can I find good internships in this field?
Do I need specialized skill in this industry?
Is this career in high demand?
Make time to find the answers from a career counselor, faculty, mentor or employers
The best plans are simple and often achievable

15. Resources to help you … Career Development Services: Website
Career Steps on CDS Website: Career Steps
4-year Career Compass Guide: Career Compass
Detailed Listing of Workshops & Events: Schedule
Exploring Majors: College Majors 101, Myplan,
What Can I Do With My Major
For more information please visit our website

16. Design A Career Plan That Leads To Your Career Success Survey
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey, and we look forward to providing you excellent resources, services and support in your career development journey.

17. from September 13, 2012 – November 29, 2012
Questions?
Please feel free to come by the Career Center for Drop-in Counseling held every Thursday
at 9:30 a.m :00 p.m.
from September 13, 2012 – November 29, 2012
Amanda Carpenter, M.S. Coordinator of Career Development Services &
Henry L. "Hank" Lacayo Institute Internship Program California State University Channel Islands  Bell Tower 1527 (805) (office)   Career Development Center California State University Channel Islands  Bell Tower 1548 (805) (office) (805) (fax)
Patty Dang
Career Development Services Counselor California State University Channel Islands  Bell Tower 1548 (805) (office) (805) (fax)