Career Management Skills

What are career management skills?

They are the skills you will need to survive and succeed in a challenging/changing work environment, including:

• self awareness
• awareness of the changing world of work
• ability to take responsibility for your own career and personal development
• ability to manage the relationship between work and learning throughout all stages of life

Why are career management skills so important and why do I need them?

Because the world of work is changing!

• Greater competition for vacancies
• Fewer graduates in traditional graduate jobs
• No jobs for life
• More graduates in small/medium companies
• More graduates are self-employed
• Need to expect and plan for change
• Need to continue learning to stay employable
• Flexible working arrangements are increasingly common
• Need to cope with uncertainty

What’s in it for me?

• increased self awareness - leads to greater job satisfaction and personal fulfilment
• increased confidence and motivation
• clearer idea of changing nature of work
• recognition and evaluation of your existing skills
• understanding of what employers look for
• better ability to articulate career plans
• enhanced ability to promote yourself on paper (CVs, applications) and in person (interviews and presentations)