Events
Career Development - Wednesday 7 November 2007
(Antrim Civic Centre)Price: £50
Details
1 Introduction
The Local Government Staff Commission piloted the Developing Potential Career Planning workshop in 2006 and 2007 which has been positively evaluated by participants. The workshop is designed to help participants take stock of their experience, skills and personal style and think about possible career opportunities and direction for the future. It will complement other training events which focus on issues like preparing for selection and promotion interviews. The workshop is designed to be practical and interactive so that participants benefit from each others' experience and ideas as well as being guided by the facilitator, Anne McMurray see pen picture below.
2 Aims and Objectives
The aim is to enable participants to assess their personal strengths, values and life/career aspirations; set goals and develop an action plan to achieve this.
The objectives for the event are that participants will
- Develop an accurate self-assessment of their strengths, experience, values and aspirations as a starting point for future planning
- Identify their personal style preferences using the Myers Briggs personality profile
- Identify career and vocational areas which they may pursue in the future
- Set goals and develop an action plan to achieve these.
- Understand how to create a competence based personal profile search.
3 Logistics
The workshop is deigned for up to 20 participants, who should be of a similar level or grade. Participants are asked to complete a number of assessment and preparation exercises before the event:
- A skills self assessment which should be completed by self and at least one other peer
- A trait self assessment competed by self and at least one other peer
Please complete the self assessment form attached to the confirmation email once booked.
Participants are also advised to bring a recent curriculum vitae if they have one which they will develop into a competence based profile during the workshop. This is a summary of the key areas of competence they have developed during their career and examples of how they have demonstrated these
During the workshop participants will work in pairs or triads as well as in the full group.
Each participant will receive a workbook which will contain pro-formas and guidance for each of the activities. Participants will also receive further literature and references for follow up. The workbook will be branded for the programme and sponsoring organisations.
4 Facilitator: Anne McMurray BSSc. MSW. MSc.
Anne McMurray is an independent organisational development consultant, specialising in leadership and team development, strategy formulation and change implementation. She combines a focus on the people side of organisations with the realities of sustaining performance in a complex and changing world.
She draws on career experience which has included youth and community work, family therapy, health and social service senior management and organisational development consultancy through Ireland, GB, Europe and Canada since 1989. Anne is an associate trainer with the Centre for Creative Leadership in Brussels and is a registered consultant with Cognitive Edge, a knowledge network specialising in working with complex organisational systems.
Anne's client base is north and south of Ireland as well as England, particularly in the areas of health and social services, NGOs, housing, education and local government, as well as with private sector clients. In a voluntary capacity Anne is a board member of an economic and social regeneration partnership in Belfast and chair of the East Belfast Social Economy Company. For more information see www.annemcmurray.com.
5 Outline programme
9.30 am | Arrive and coffee | ||
9.45 am | Start Welcome: Introductions, expectations, approach (1 minute introduction from each person) | ||
10.00 am | Who am I: self assessment exercise. Individual reflection and paired discussion | ||
10.30 am | How I am: personal style and preferences using MBTI self report, followed by individual reflection and information | ||
11.00 am | Break | ||
11.00 am | MBTI self assessment continued Links to vocational preferences | ||
12.00pm | What I want: developing a picture of my career possibilities based on work and lifestyle choices | ||
1.00 pm | Lunch | ||
1.45pm | Making it happen: discussing my career options to identify goals and actions - input and discussion Individual goal setting and action planning | ||
2.15 pm | Developing a CV – input on structure and drafting practice Questions and answers | ||
3.15 pm | Break | ||
3.30 pm | Review of event and next steps | ||
4.00 pm | Close |
Bookings should only be made by the TLO, or someone authorised by the TLO.
Cancellation Policy:
Substitutions may be made at any time, but please give as much notice as possible. In the event of a cancellation notified between two weeks and one week before the start of a course, a charge of £50 per training day will be levied. For a cancellation less than one week before the start of a course, or a nominee's failure to attend a course, a cancellation fee of £100 per training day will be charged to councils. This principle will also be applied if a participant fails to attend on any day of a course lasting two or more days. No charge will be levied if a cancelled place is filled from a reserve list.
