Managing Your Career

A simple checklist to help you identify if you have a good approach to finding a new job.

A questionnaire for reflection on personal career management. Allow 20 minutes for completion.

If you’re thinking about a career change, how can you be sure that it is a completely new career you want, rather than just a different job or a change of scenery? If you are unsure about your reasons and motivations, this diagnostic can help you determine whether you’ve considered the long-term implications of changing career, and will help to ensure that you’ve considered all the available options.

A self-diagnostic for analysing an individual’s present position. Allow 30 minutes for completion

An exercise to help individuals market themselves to think about who they are and what they have to offer. Allow 45 minutes for completion.

An exercise aimed at helping individuals assess their strengths and weaknesses. Allow 30 minutes for completion.

This exercise demonstrates a simple technique to help individuals understand their network more precisely and learn how to shape it. Allow 45 minutes for completion.

An exercise that introduces the importance of goal-setting in career progression. It helps individuals to set career goals by asking them to considering goals in other areas of their lives. Allow 40 minutes for completion.

An exercise which asks individuals to consider their life achievements. Allow 30 minutes for completion.

An exercise for considering the relationship between work and home life and self-esteem. Allow 40 minutes for completion.

An individual exercise focusing on how to identify and advertise skills. Allow 1 hour for completion.

To be really effective in their networking, individuals should prepare both a personal sales pitch and a networking letter. Allow 1 hour for completion.

This exercise will help individuals understand how to tailor their CV to different job specifications. Allow 45 minutes for completion.

An exercise aimed at groups and individuals, which explores organisational changes affecting roles and careers. Allow 45 minutes for completion.

This exercise will help individuals identify the type of job that really appeals to them. Allow 50 minutes for completion.

An exercise to help you define your ideal future. Allow 30 minutes for completion.

Use this SWOT exercise to help you analyse whether to accept or apply for a new career opportunity. Allow 30 to 45 minutes for completion.

An exercise for individuals to help them consider if the job options available to them are in fact feasible. Allow 45 minutes for completion.

An individual exercise designed to help participants prepare for an interview. Allow at least 1 hour for completion. Pre-exercise preparation is also required.

This document introduces a workshop which is designed to help a group of individuals plan for their future careers. This workshop is comprised of 5 separate documents.

This brief article provides a suggested programme for the Managing My Career workshop and summarises the learning objectives. This workshop is comprised of 5 separate documents.

This template can be used by participants as a framework for discussing their their development needs prior to attending the workshop. This workshop is comprised of 5 separate documents.

Participants can use this template as a framework for discussion when reviewing the overall value of the workshop. This workshop is comprised of 5 separate documents.

Use this evaluation form to gather feedback at the end of the workshop. This workshop is comprised of 5 separate documents.

This document introduces a day-long (or two half days) workshop on Job Search Skills, which is designed to help a group of individuals understand the importance of job searching and improve their abilities. This workshop is comprised of 5 separate documents.

This brief article provides a suggested programme for the Job Search Skills workshop and summarises the learning objectives. This workshop is comprised of 5 separate documents.

This template can be used by participants as a framework for discussing their development needs prior to attending the workshop. This workshop is comprised of 5 separate documents.

Participants can use this template as a framework for discussion when reviewing the overall value of the workshop. This workshop is comprised of 5 separate documents.

Use this evaluation form to gather feedback at the end of the workshop. This workshop is comprised of 5 separate documents.