Understanding my skills
Featured in the Managing Career Development training manual
By Andrew Mayo & Geoff Atkinson& Karen Glasse
Category: Personal Development
Credit price: 4 download credits (Single user)
The first stage in ‘understanding myself’ is for the individual to analyse the skills they have developed in their career so far. This training activity provides a structured way in which to do this, and provides opportunities for individuals to benefit from their colleagues’ own experience and understanding.
The training activity begins with the participants looking at the skills they have shown so far in their careers. They are asked to consider moments in their lives when they have made significant decisions, and the issues involved in those decisions. They look at the value of a stocktake of their skills at such times. The participants then produce a graphical picture of their work experience so far, in the form of a career line, to see what they learned from that experience. Then they think about the times when career satisfaction has been at its highest and lowest, and reflect on their most recent positive work experience, achievements and the skills they have demonstrated. This is followed by discussion with a colleague to improve their thinking through questioning and suggesting. The participants then analyse their skills and find their key transferable skills to produce a summary of their skills for use in career planning.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to enable participants to take stock of their current set of skills using their past experience. This training activity is most suitable for use with participants analysing their skills for the first time.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 6 |
| Max Group Size: | 13 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:45:00 |
| No of Pages: | 21 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers with participants as part of a career development workshop, either inside an organisation or attended as an open programme. If required, it can be followed up with more detailed analysis, provided in ‘Values, attitudes and motivation’, ‘Behavioural profiles’, ‘Technical and professional know-how’, and ‘Networks and networking’. Participants working in organisations with more advanced knowledge/skill/competency models in general use, for example, for appraisal purposes, should immediately use more detailed activities such as ‘Values, attitudes and motivation’, ‘Behavioural profiles’, ‘Technical and professional know-how’, and ‘Networks and networking’.
Download the training activity, Understanding my skills as featured in the Fenman training manual; Managing Career Development