Whose life is it anyway

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Whose life is it anyway?

• Jan Parry
• Assistant Programme Manager
• Corporate Services
• Modernisation Programme
• Home Office

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Aim and purpose
To help you think about yourself, your choices
and your future

• Who am I ?
• Who are you ?
• Who are we?
• What do you want to do?

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Who am I ?

• Mother, wife, friend
• Programme Manager
• Librarian / Information Specialist
• Employment Advisor
• Usherette
• Bar Work
• Teacher of Adults

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Who am I ?

• JAN

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Who are you?

• Librarian/Information Specialist
• Other work roles
• Parent, Son/ Daughter, Sibling, Friend
• You are YOU unique in the human race!

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Choices and Decisions

• Life decisions family, health, personal
• Career decisions
• Some are made for you
• BUT
• You need to feel content in your choices and good
  about yourself!

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Classification schemes
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• Classification of Occupations and Directory of
  Occupational Titles
• Standard Occupational Classification

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Employment Advice

• Work
• Education
• Circumstances
• Health
• Aims

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Stand Up Game
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Who are we?

• Human beings
• Librarians/Information Specialists
• Civil Servants
• ALL THREE!

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What DO you want to be/do?

• Are you content where you are?
• For ever or just for now?
• Is your position secure, as far as you know?
• Do you want to stay where you are?
• If not, where do you want to go?

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Do something different?

• What are your skills?
• What are your hobbies?
• What do you really enjoy doing having fun with?
• - think about doing something with this

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Stay in the profession?

• Do you want promotion?
• - very limited in Government Libraries
• Move out of Government?
• - specialist, academic, public or school?
• Consultancy? Self employment?
• Queen Victoria?

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Government Dept. Structure
Home Office Junior Ministers
Civil Servants
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Career in Government

• Do you want to pursue a career in the Civil
  Service?
• - If so, think wider than your current job
• Government competencies /or Committee of
  Departmental Librarian (CDL) competencies
• Professional Skills for Government

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Professional Skills for Government

• Career groupings
• Corporate Services Delivery
• Operational Delivery
• Policy Delivery

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Professional Skills for Government

• Core skills
• People management
• Financial Management
• Programme and Project Management
• Analysis Use of evidence
• Strategic thinking (SCS)
• Communications Marketing (SCS)

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Where to get advice

• Line Manager?
• Head of Profession?
• All staff have the opportunity for a career
  development interview with their HoP
• The HoP will provide an objective view of an
  individuals career development options even if
  it conflicts with needs of the library service

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Self Development

• Internal/External training provision
• Leadership
• Management Development
• Project/Programme Management
• Secondments/ shadowing
• Departmental initiatives
• What colour is your parachute
• -Richard Nelson Bolles
• -Ten Speed press
• -ISBN1580085415

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What will you need ?

• Courage
• Honesty
• Break from your comfort zone
• Feel the fear- do it anyway!

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Be prepared

• Envy
• Jealousy
• Bullying
• Setbacks
• Dont blame yourself!

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Hints Tips

• Network (informal)
• Mentors
• Know who to trust!!!
• Avoid people who make you feel negative

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Remember!

• Whose life it is
• And who can change it
• Good Luck !

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Contact Details

• Jan Parry
• 020 70350106
• Email- jan.parry_at_homeoffice.gsi. gov.uk
• Home Office
• 2nd floor, Seacole
• 2 Marsham Street
• London
• SW1P 4DF

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