Workshop: Discovering Your Career Path
Wed 10 Jul
|Free Online Workshop
Join us for a dynamic one-hour workshop designed to provide you with the essential tools and insights needed to explore your career options, understand your strengths, and start building a path towards a fulfilling and successful career.
Time & Location
10 Jul 2024, 19:00 – 20:30 BST
Free Online Workshop
Guests
About the event
This workshop agenda is designed to provide you with an introductory overview of navigating career paths. It covers key areas such as self-assessment, exploring options, gaining experience, networking, continuous reflection, and seeking guidance, offering a solid foundation for further exploration.
1. Welcome and Objectives
- Introduction
- Brief overview of the workshop's goals.
- Quick run-through of the agenda.
2. Self-Assessment
- Understanding Yourself
- Importance of self-assessment in career planning.
- Brief introduction to tools for self-assessment (e.g., personality tests, strengths assessments).
- Activity: Personal Reflection
- Participants reflect on and jot down their strengths, interests, and values.
- Share insights with the group.
3. Exploring Career Options
- Researching Careers
- Tips and resources for researching various careers.
- How to interpret job descriptions and requirements.
- Activity: Career Mapping
- Participants create a quick map of potential career paths based on their interests and strengths.
- Share findings with the group.
4. Gaining Experience and Networking
- Trying Different Roles
- Benefits of internships, volunteering, part-time jobs, and freelancing.
- Brief discussion on finding and approaching these opportunities.
- Building a Network
- Importance of networking in career development.
- Quick strategies for effective networking (attending events, informational interviews, online forums).
- Activity: Networking Simulation
- Practice a brief networking scenario.
5. Continuous Reflection and Seeking Guidance
- Ongoing Self-Reflection
- Importance of regular reflection on career progress and experiences.
- How to keep a career journal.
- Career Counselling and Mentorship
- Benefits of seeking professional guidance.
- How to find and approach mentors or career counsellors.
6. Conclusion and Next Steps
- Summary of Key Takeaways
- Recap of the main points covered in the workshop.
- Action Plan Development
- Participants outline one immediate action to take after the workshop.