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Career Development: Solid Suggestions for Savvy

Seniors

Becky Campbell

Director - CareerWorks

CareerWorks Mission Statement

…the career development process promotes a high level of self-knowledge and career competency through self-assessment, career exploration, job-search skill development, and decision-making.

CareerWorks provides resources and services based on this foundation.

WHY NOW?

Why not now?

Career management is your responsibility now and in the future.

The Cultural Shift

• “We no longer look at a job as a function or a certain kind of work. Instead, we see it as a set of skills and competencies.” Intel, like many companies, uses this “skill set” as the basis for training and evaluation.

• Marile Robinson, deployment manager

What has changed?• OLD

• Vocation• Vocational Guidance• Placement office• The DOT• Job• Work• Job descriptions• 9-5

• NEW

• Career• Career development• CareerWorks• Do What You Love...• Work• Projects• Skill sets• Flextime/24-7

What has changed?

• OLD

• One job – 30-40 yrs.• One career• Work where you live• Work in an office/factory• Commute• Work for someone• Education for Education’s

sake• Foundation in the Liberal

Arts

• NEW

• 6-12 “jobs”• 3-5 careers• Work Globally• Work at Home• Telecommute• Work for ourselves• Education for

employment• Foundation in the Liberal

Arts

The Career Development Model and the Pyramid of Success

Career Development Model

Self-Assessment

Exploration

Self-Marketing

80%

The Decision

Career testing, values, interests, experiences, achievements, personality, skills, coursework, journaling, reflecting

Coursework, career counseling, internships, shadowing, research majors, employers, read about, interview for information

Resume, interview, cover letter, networking

Declare a Major, find employment, re-career

Self-Assessment

Exploration

Self-marketing

The Decision

© Seton Hill University, 2005

Entrepreneurial Skills

Liberal ArtsLiberal Arts

Self-MarketingSelf-Marketing

ExplorationExploration

Self-AssessmentSelf-Assessment

CareerWorks Pyramid of SuccessCareerWorks Pyramid of Success

NCSEE*

The Decision

* National Content Standards for Entrepreneurial Education

80%

Liberal Arts & The “E” Word

Entrepreneurship Defined at SHU

• Using your resources creatively for an optimal outcome.

Employers Want Liberal Arts Skills

National Association of Colleges and Employers, 1995-06

• Communication skills• Interpersonal skills• Honesty/Integrity• Teamwork • Initiative• Entrepreneurial skills

• Analytical thinking• Flexibility • Computer skills• Self confidence• Creativity• Strong work ethic

The Skills Employers Want

Communication Skills (oral, written, interpersonal)

Diverse Skill set

Flexibility

Leadership

Life-Long Learner

Critical Thinking

Entrepreneurial

The Skills Employers Want Recommendations from Recruiters

Pittsburgh Technology Council-2005

SHU Entrepreneurial Skills

• Goal setting• Risk taking• Flexibility• Teamwork• Sound decision making informed by values• Learning to learn as a lifelong professional• Transferring knowledge into behavior

Key Phrases in Job DescriptionsSource: Monster.com, 2006

• Seeking entrepreneurial candidates with MS/BS degree in computer science, problem solving skills and desire to succeed.

• Able to work in a culture/environment that promotes an entrepreneurial spirit and a “let’s get it done now attitude.”

• Strong sense of confidence, maturity and intelligence. Self-starting leader with… an entrepreneurial spirit.

• Employees will be expected to work as a team, be entrepreneurial, passionate, accountable, strong work ethic, balanced life and communicate, com., com.

Key Phrases in Job Descriptions

• Monroeville Mall is looking for an energetic, positive, entrepreneur-like intern to assist and learn the basics of Specialty Leasing in a retail environment. This will involve the day-to-day operations like canvassing local area for leads and new tenants, negotiating deals, collecting rents and sales, improving visuals, and meeting and exceeding goals.  

The New Model

The Cultural Shift

• The average age of an entrepreneur in the United States has dropped recently from 40 to 34 and continues to fall. (Entrepreneurs Organization, Alexandria, VA)

• The “entrepreneurial spirit” remains elusive, according to the Herman Group. “This perspective, and the courage that goes with it, has not been taught by enough schools…” (Herman Trend Alert: The Secondary Talent Problem, June 2005)

Experiential Learning

• Experiential learning has risen to the forefront of entrepreneurship education and colleges and universities are responding to research that encourages both real-world projects and extracurricular learning activities, such as internships, to better teach entrepreneurship.

• (The Growth and Advancement of Entrepreneurship in Higher Education: An Environmental Scan of College Initiatives, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, 2001.)

Enhance the Internship Program

• Internships integrate the theory of the classroom with the world of work.

• Students apply skills and knowledge to a project.• Career development is an integral process within

the internship, formal and informal.• Goals: Improve the quality of internships. Train

internship supervisors. Integrate entrepreneurial skills. Develop a better process for students, faculty, employers. Collect data for all experiential learning at the University.

“Internships are the number one reason people stay and get jobs in this region.”

JoAnne W. Boyle, President

Seton Hill University

Internship to Full-Time Employment Conversion Rates

20.1%

52.5%

Summer Employees

Interns

Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers, 1999 (1717 employers)

Examples of How CareerWorks Can be a Resource

STUDENTS

• Serve as a resource for all aspects of career development

• Assist with the career development process (and skill sets) within the major

• Resources for grad school, GRE testing

• Online jobs and resume referral to employers

FACULTY• Take part in a dialogue

for Program Reviews• In-class presentations• Career-related handouts

and career library• Integrate entrepreneurial

skills into an internship• Assist with online career

resources for classroom use

Examples of How CareerWorks Can be a Resource

STUDENTS

• Career coaching and counseling students in a developmental career process

• Liaison between students and employers for jobs and internships

• Programming for professional development

• 5 Career-Job Fairs (400+ employers)

FACULTY

• Provide online and paper career testing and interpretation

• On campus recruiters for students

• Develop/compile resources for the career and/or academic advising process

• Compile information on graduates

CareerWorks Staff• Becky Campbell, Director

• Jamie Martin, Assistant Director

• Judy Wiessbock, Administrative Assistant and Global Career Development Facilitator

• Ashley McKoy, Work Study and P-T Internship Coordinator, SHU Senior Music Major

Your Invitation to Join the CareerWorks Advisory Committee

• Help us to develop a process for students that will link career development and entrepreneurial skills to experiential learning/internships.

• “Volunteers will be invited by name if people don’t come forth.” Mary Ann G.

Another invitation…

• CareerWorks and E-Magnify Open House

• Third Administration

• October 12, 2006

• 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (tentative)

• Food

• Prizes

• “Giveaways”

A final quote from William Bridges

What you will need (the person and the organization) is the ability to bend and not break, to let go readily of the outdated and learn the new, to bounce back quickly from disappointment, to live with high levels of uncertainty, and to find your security from within rather than from outside.