1. www.MyCareerJourney.ie
Career Self-Management System
Presented by: Gerard Cunningham

2. Agenda
Who are Rational Careers ?
What is career self-management?
What is the My Career Journey system?
Using the system
Feedback

3. Who are Rational Careers ?
An Irish company, founded in 2009
Principals: Kevin Sorohan, John Costello
35+ years combined experience in technology development
An Enterprise Ireland HSPU grantee
HSPU - ‘High-growth Potential Start-Up’ company
Vision: Provision of an outstanding, on-line service that
enables an individual to manage his/her career direction
and choices for the future.

4. Idea Spark
Business idea arose from one of the founders going through an
outplacement process following a company closure
The process had involved significant direct contact hours
with a career coach and was expensive.
The career management process had obvious benefits for
individuals and healthy businesses too.
Opportunity was identified to create an accessible, effective,
on-line & affordable career management service.

5. Changes in the World of Work
Few companies are capable of promising lifetime employment.
Individuals are facing more frequent job and career changes.
Reasons include:
Rapid replacement of technologies;
Globalisation of markets and the workforce;
Individual choice.
Economic conditions
Individuals should take ownership of their careers.

6. Product Overview
www.MyCareerJourney.ie
A Career Self-Management System, delivered anywhere, on-line, as a
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS);
Founded on best practices in career management;
The pace of completion of the program is controlled by the user.
Three process steps:
REFLECT on the user’s skills, experiences and achievements;
EXPLORE the changes the user may be willing to make and to define
what success means to him or her;
DEVELOP an action plan to achieve the newly defined career goals.

7. Why Career Self-Management ?
Individuals benefit from:
Better understanding of their values, priorities and objectives;
Matching of career direction to their preferences and capabilities;
Development of career options and actions to be taken;
Higher engagement, productivity and job satisfaction as a result.
Companies benefit from:
Higher employee engagement and employee retention;
Higher performance levels and greater job satisfaction.

8. The My Career Journey Process
Three-Step Process
1. REFLECT 60 - 75 mins
2. EXPLORE 60 - 75 mins
3. DEVELOP 60 - 75 mins
Total: 11 Exercises

9. Step 1. Reflect – Who am I ?
1.1 My Values
Review and prioritise the values which are important to you
1.2 My Skills
Build your skills matrix:Your proficiency vsYour Enjoyment
1.3 My Interests
Identify activities you find energising or not or that bring you
satisfaction or not
1.4 My Learning Style
What learning methods suit you best ?

10. Exercise 1.1 - Values
Review the value cards
Arrange by importance
(drag and drop)

11. Step 2. Explore – What do I want ?
2.1 Personal Change
Build your personal lifeline diagram: what can you infer from it?
2.2 Limiting Beliefs
Identify and review your perceived limitations. What actions can you
take to surmount these?
2.3 Authentic Success
What does success mean to YOU? Define it.
2.4 Career Direction
Compare different careers. What are their requirements? How well
aligned are you ? What is your readiness ?

12. Sample Lifeline diagram

13. Step 3. Discover – How will it happen ?
3.1 World of Work
Think about the trends and changes in (i) your career, (ii) your
industry, (iii) your workplace (iv) other.
3.2 Networking
Grow your people, experience and knowledge base each year.
What actions will you take with individual members when you want
to use your network?
3.3 Career Plan
Make your career plan. What role do you want for yourself in 3
years time ?
What actions can you take over the next 6 months? 1 year? 2 years ?

14. Step 3.2 - Building your Network

15. Reports and Outputs

16. Registration & Activation
1. Go to www.MyCareerJourney.ie
Click Here

17. Enter Promotion Code
A confirmation email will be sent to your email address. Follow the instructions to
complete the registration and start using My Career Journey.

18. Next Step and Feedback
My Career Journey provides an opportunity to Reflect on,
Explore and Develop an optimum career direction for you, on
an ongoing basis.
I trust that your effort in engaging with My Career Journey
will prove to be rewarding.
We are continuously trying to improve My Career Journey.Your
feedback will be most appreciated:
Facebook feedback page: Rational_Feedback
Or by email: Gerard.Cunningham@rationalcareers.com