Introduction to Unit 15 with Review of what motivates them

1. Unit 15: Development Planning
for a Career in Business
Steve Saffhill
steve.saffhill@stamford.ac.uk

2. Summary
• The unit
• Assessment
• About you
• Your career

3. Aim
• Plan career in business
• Explore options
• Build career plan

4. Learning outcomes
1. Know how to access career related
information
2. Be able to develop a personal career
development plan
3. Be able to develop a range of transferable
business skills
4. Understand methods of professional
development and training.

5. Assessment
• TBA

6. About you
• On a piece of paper – draw images that best
represents you.
– What are your interests and hobbies
– Family and friends
– Jobs
– NO WORDS, JUST PICTURES
– Share with someone, share with all

7. Highs
Lows
About me!
Got
Average
A Levels
Went to
University
Selected
for
national
team Got
dropped
from
team
Cat died
First job!
First pay
packet

8. Let’s analyse! (or tally chart)
Driver Your Picture Highs Lows
Family & friends
Career & education
Materialistic
Personal development
What is important to you?
What is your key motivation?

9. How can your career help you with
your motivations?
• Will your job help you build and maintain friendship?
• Will you choose a job as you are passionate about it or are
you in it for the money?
• Will your job give you enough money for your materialistic
needs?
• Will your job help you develop your health and wellbeing?

10. What’s the best job for you?

11. What will you be doing in 10 years
time?
• Family & friends
• Career & education
• Materialistic
• Personal development

12. Focus on your career
• In 10 years time I will be…
• Principal!!!

13. Principal
Experience of
senior
management
Record of success
Prioritise what is
important and
make it work
Develop assertive
skills
Maintain log of
successes and
lessons learnt
Mixture of
environments
Apply for jobs in
different
organisations
Look at job
descriptions and
review what skills
are required
MBA in Education
Need to be middle
Manager
Volunteer for
project work
Be noticed by
senior
management
Develop project
management skills
Experience
managing team
Reflect and
develop leadership
skills
Huge Unbelievably Gigantic Goal
Drill Down

14. Drill down/critical path analysis
• What can I do today to enhance my career
opportunities?
– If you keep drilling down you will end up with the
answer

15. So where can I find more
information about my dream job?
• What qualifications?
• What skills?
• What experience?
• This is linked to assignment 1