Connecting with Your Career Module Summary

Purpose
To help you recognize your individual strengths, skills, and unique way of contributing
To help you connect with others to create strong professional relationships

Learning Goals
· Recognize and communicate your strengths and skills
· Identify your work preferences
· Develop and maintain a professional network
· Elicit feedback and suggestions to shape your professional development

Design Concept
Putting together the puzzle pieces

Learning Principles
· Nine components of the successful career manager
· Developing an awareness of your strengths
· Networking: how to develop and maintain a professional network
· Networking communication strategies

Behavior Models
· Requesting a Networking Meeting: Five step approach to obtaining a networking meeting
· Steps in the Networking Meeting: Five steps to conduct a networking meeting

Individual and Group Exercises
· Putting the Pieces Together: Exercise to assemble a puzzle
· Analyzing the PARTS: Five-part model for successful career management
· Analyzing the PARTS: dyad exercise identifying professional accomplishments, actions, results, traits and skills
· Trying on Jobs: Assessing the fit of your own job, sample jobs and your goal job

Discussions
· Ice Breaker: What you liked about your first real job

Role Play
· Networking Practice: Practice conducting a networking meeting in triads

Speed Bumps
Places to slow down

Action Planning
Identify three steps you will take to connect with your career

Approximate Time Length of Module: 3.0 – 3.5 hours