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 The 3 Stages of Career Management . . . .

Job search and career management have never before required more thorough preparation to enable the successful outcome of employment for the individual. There is so much competition and no matter what anyone says ageism is definitely a problem. At Lifeconfident, we use a three-stage approach to prepare you for market:

Stage 1: About you!
Stage 2: Planning
Stage 3: Action

Many people make the mistake of rushing headlong into action without doing the crucial preparatory work of Stages 1 and 2. The Lifeconfident Programme - Stage 1- prepares you to make more focused plans for your future. Stage 2 - Planning - gives you the ideas and targets designed to motivate you to succeed. Stage 3 - Action - will depend on a combination of thorough preparation, and the skills, knowledge and support to make it happen and keep up your momentum.

Stage 1: About you

This is the fundamental preparation, which should be undertaken prior to making a decision about your career and personal development. It enables you to address the questions who am I? what do I want? and what do I need?

It may include the use of tests, questionnaires and self-appraisal exercises to help you address your:

• Skills (what am I good at?)
• Aptitudes (what am I capable of?)
• Interests (what am I motivated to do?)
• Values (what is most important to me?)
• Personality (what work roles and environments would suit me?)
• Career Drivers’ (what are my key career needs?)
• ‘Past Positives’ (what activities & environments enable me to thrive?)

Further exercises will enable you to clarify these results, leading to the creation of a ‘Job Template’, a summary of those key elements you must have in your work life. This is the point you will reach by the end of Stage 1: About you.

Stage 2: Planning

With the increased clarity and confidence which Stage 1 can provide, you will be in the best possible frame of mind to brainstorm ideas for your future. We will help you to narrow down your list, and to produce a focused, realistic and step-by-step action plan, which is key to your success in finding the right role.

Stage 3: Action

Stage 3 consists of a number of modules. You can take one or more of these modules immediately following Stages 1 and 2, or as a ‘stand alone’ option:

Developing an effective curriculum vitae
Job search techniques and Powerful networking
Making interviews work for you
Making a success of your next job

Your effective CV

• Ensuring your CV stands out and you are chosen for interview
• using language effectively
• using layout to highlight your key strengths.

Effective Job Search

• Identify and manage the best Job Sites
• Identifying opportunities through contacts

Networking

• How to network effectively, leverage the knowledge of new contacts.

Making interviews work for you

• Improving your interview technique by building rapport
• Presenting yourself confidently
• Matching your responses to the job
• Dealing with tricky questions.

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Preparation for your next job

No matter how ‘right’ a job or employer seems ‘on paper’; the reality can be very different from what you expect. There are proven ways to prepare yourself, which can be crucial in contributing to a successful move.

Career Management

Planning your next move

Effective career management is about keeping your eye on the ball, planning your next move and how you are going to get there!

Be Successful!! Use Lifeconfident!!