Overview

So far we have looked at what employability skills are, the importance of assessing yourself, where to find employability resources, what career might suit your profile, graduate destinations in China, what employers want, how to make effective applications and perform well at interview. This session deals with how you plan your career through action planning and how to make effective career decisions.

What is in this session?

• PowerPoint presentation - Careers Action Planning - Powerpoint
• Introduction to action planning - Reflective Exercise
• ‘Windmills Creating stepping stones exercise - Exercise
• SWOT analysis - Exercise
• What kind of career animal are you? - Exercise
• Find your decision-making style - Exercise
• Personal Careers Action Plan - Exercise

What you will learn?

• • Understand how to make an effective careers action plan using SMART objectives
• • Learn about the skills required for effective action planning
• • Find your decision-making style
• • Identify resources to support your action planning