Description
Building a career can be very rewarding, both personally and financially. And while our managers can help us seek out new
opportunities and build the skills required for the future, it is really up to us to take charge and guide our own careers. The
Building Your Career courseware will help you do just that. You’ll learn how to identify potential career opportunities,
identify skill gaps, create a personalized career plan, and build a personal network. This courseware will give you all the tools you need to take control of your own career and move it in an exciting and meaningful direction.
Included Videos:
- Branding Yourself – Runtime: 3:44
- Career moves happen through people. Sometimes you know the person offering you the job, sometimes you don’t. Yet it’s certainly true that the more people you know, the greater the chance you’ll have of uncovering future opportunities, and the greater the chance you’ll know the person interviewing you, which can certainly give you a better shot at getting the job you want. This course will help you take action to build a strong professional network. Remember, the more people you know, the more you will learn, and the more opportunities you’ll uncover. By completing this course, you will know how to strengthen your personal network. This course has been approved for 1 hour of PDU credit from PMI (Project Management Institute).
- Building a Personal Network – Runtime: 3:16
- The more talent you have, the greater the chance you’ll have of being selected for a new position. So as you think about developing your career, you should be thinking about strengthening your skills and planning to build them. Creating a skill development plan is a good way to stay focused and build the right skills that will make a difference now and in the future. This course will help you create a plan to build the skills and key capabilities you need for your current job, or for a desired future position. By completing this course, you will know how to create a skill development plan. This course has been approved for 1 hour of PDU credit from PMI (Project Management Institute).
- Building Skills for Your Career – Runtime: 3:12
- It’s definitely true that building a career within a company can be a very rewarding experience, both personally and financially. Yet before you can make any move, you need to determine what’s available to you. Knowing what opportunities the company can offer will help your development planning, and can be motivating for your current job (certainly performing well now can only help you in the future). This course will help you identify potential opportunities within the company. It’s a great way to start building a career. You may not figure out everything right away, but you can start the process of building a company career that can be rewarding and fulfilling for years to come. By completing this course, you will know how to explore the jobs and opportunities within the company. This course has been approved for 1 hour of PDU credit from PMI (Project Management Institute).
- Company Jobs and Opportunities – Runtime: 2:52
- One way to ensure we are taking the right steps to create a great career is to build a strong career plan. A solid career plan will help guide us, keep us focused, and ensure we are taking the right steps to achieve the career we want. Even though plans should be flexible and may change, a thoughtful plan is essential to help anyone achieve his or her desired career goals. This course will help you create a career plan to help define what you will do in the future to build your career. By completing this course, you will know how to create a solid career plan. This course has been approved for 1 hour of PDU credit from PMI (Project Management Institute).
- Create a Career Plan – Runtime: 2:41
- One of the key aspects of building a career is developing our skills and capabilities. This is because our knowledge, skills, and abilities are what enable us to take on more challenging work and help us perform more complex roles. Therefore, an essential component to anyone’s career should be skill development. And a great way to start building your skills is to clearly understand your current abilities and to uncover what must be built for success now and in the future. This course will help you perform a skill inventory to help you proactively prepare for a career move and increase your chance for future success. By completing this course, you will know how to identify your current skills and capabilities and determine what gaps exist. This course has been approved for 1 hour of PDU credit from PMI (Project Management Institute).
- Identify Your Skill Gaps – Runtime: 2:26
- The thought of developing a career, building capabilities, and becoming more skilled can be very exciting. It’s fun to think about gaining experience, taking on more difficult work, and being rewarded for an increased set of knowledge and skills. It’s definitely true that building a career within a company can be a very rewarding experience, both personally and financially. This course will help you think through where you may want to take your career, as well as identify the first few next steps to start the process of moving in the direction you’d like to go. By completing this course, you will know how to identify potential career opportunities. This course has been approved for 1 hour of PDU credit from PMI (Project Management Institute).
- Potential Career Opportunities – Runtime: 2:15
- Sometimes your career aspirations don’t work out the way you want them to. At some point you may find yourself in a situation in which there are little to no opportunities for a positive career move. The lack of opportunities may be due to the size of the company, no jobs that match your expertise, or you may not have the skill set for the jobs that do exist. All of this can be very disappointing and frustrating. This course will help you not get discouraged, but to make a conscious effort to do something about the situation. Making an effort to stay positive about a difficult situation is hard, but it’s necessary. When you decide to take control and make the best out of a tough situation, you’ll find you can persevere and often find an unexpected and positive outcome. By completing this course, you will know how to reconcile a situation with little to no career opportunities. This course has been approved for 1 hour of PDU credit from PMI (Project Management Institute).
- Reconcile Insufficient Career Opportunities – Runtime: 2:21
- Sometimes your career aspirations don’t work out the way you want them to. At some point you may find yourself in a situation in which there are little to no opportunities for a positive career move. The lack of opportunities may be due to the size of the company, no jobs that match your expertise, or you may not have the skill set for the jobs that do exist. All of this can be very disappointing and frustrating. This course will help you not get discouraged, but to make a conscious effort to do something about the situation. Making an effort to stay positive about a difficult situation is hard, but it’s necessary. When you decide to take control and make the best out of a tough situation, you’ll find you can persevere and often find an unexpected and positive outcome. By completing this course, you will know how to reconcile a situation with little to no career opportunities. This course has been approved for 1 hour of PDU credit from PMI (Project Management Institute).
