1. Who Are You and What Are Your Goals? Bob Langewisch r-langewisch@kellogg.northwestern.edu Jill Clouse j-clouse@kellogg.northwestern.edu 23-January-2009 PTMBA-PDS

2. Career Management Process PDS Overview Get to know yourself & why it’s necessary Begin identifying your goals Group and individual exercises Next steps, recap, & Q&A PTMBA-PDS Agenda

3. Understanding of why knowing yourself is the foundation for successful career management. Knowledge of what you need to know about yourself Tools to help you know yourself and identify your career goals A start… initial info about yourself and your goals… to be further defined and refined PTMBA-PDS Today’s Takeaways

4. PTMBA-PDS Career Management Process Self- Assessment Exploring Opportunities Developing Job Search Strategy Honing Skills/ Materials Interviewing Evaluating & Deciding Working

5. PTMBA-PDS Professional Development Series InstructionPractice Who Are You and What Are Your Goals? - Jan 23 Who Needs a Plan? YOU! - Feb 6Speed Networking - Mar 6 Business Etiquette – Apr 25 Who Are You on Paper? - Feb 27Resume Review - May 8 Who Are You in Person? - Apr 3Interview Practicum - May 29

6. PTMBA-PDS Knowing Yourself – the key to successful career management. Why bother with self assessment? Identify careers that you don’t know Avoid careers not right for you Identify right and wrong culture Provide a base for reflection to guide your way and stay on track Don’t fall into the trap that others have Missed out on career Followed the herd Wasted time

7. PTMBA-PDS It starts with Self Assessment Self Assessment SkillsInterests Work environment Personal Circumstances

8. PTMBA-PDS Self Assessment is the foundation for exploring careers Explore FunctionIndustryCultureOther Factors Self Assessment SkillsInterests Work environment Personal Circumstances

9. PTMBA-PDS Set Goals where Self Assessment and Exploration intersect/overlap GOALS Plan APlan BPlan C Explore FunctionIndustryCultureOther Factors Self Assessment SkillsInterestsWork environment Personal Circumstances

10. SELF ASSESSMENT WORKPLAN (in packet) 15 min… work individually, use the 1 st three pages to make some notes about yourself. Don’t do the Ideal Job Description on the last page 10 min… exchange papers with a neighbor, review each other’s notes briefly; share your observations of any “themes” E.g. “It looks like you really like working with people” PTMBA-PDS Exercise 1

11. PTMBA-PDS CareerLeader is a best-in-class career assessment tool Specifically for business careers More than 250 MBA programs use it Cross culturally valid Designed for people like you Assesses Interests, Abilities, Motivators Matches your profile with 30 different careers What CareerLeader does It IS food for thought and discussion It is NOT definitive or a set of answers It is a starting point

12. PTMBA-PDS Other Assessment Resources Meyers-Briggs (MBTI)- talk to Bob Keirsey Temperment Sorter- www.keirsey.com Kingdomality- www.kingdomality.com On-line “What Color is Your Parachute?”- Bolles “Do What You Are”- Tieger & Barron-Tieger Books PTMBA Career Coaches- that’s us ;-) CMC Career Counselors- for those registering for on-campus recruiting Career Professionals

13. STRENGTH BOMBARDMENT (in packet) 5 min… work individually, think of 3 stories: personal, work, school 30 min… form a group with 2 other people. Take turns telling each of your 3 stories (abt 3 min per story) – listeners, make notes on themes 15 min… listeners provide feedback on themes; storyteller note feedback E.g. “It seems like you really enjoy diverse work tasks and change” PTMBA-PDS Exercise 2

14. In your packet: In-depth Self Assessment Happiness Graph Obituary 100 Jobs Prioritization Worksheet PTMBA-PDS Other Tools

15. Use these and other tools to clarify info about self: skills, interests, work environment, personal Research and explore opportunities: function, industry, culture, other Start identifying goals: complete page 4 of the Self-Assessment Workplan (exercise 2) – the ideal job description. Share with personal BoD and plan to revisit plan regularly Complete workshop evaluation on-line You’ll get an e-mail with instructions PTMBA-PDS Next Steps