CAREER PLANNING AND GOAL SETTING SEMINAR

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CAREER PLANNING AND GOAL SETTING SEMINAR

• Presentation to UWA Young Engineers
• 26 April 2007
• Susan Kreemer Pickford
• Business Development Manager Infrastructure
• SKM Graduate Development Coordinator
• Lesley Johnson
• Graduate Civil Engineer

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TIME FOR CAREER REFLECTION.

• Evaluate your strategic plan for career success
• Recognise the skills that you have developed
  during your graduate education
• Develop a long-term plan
• How do you match your employer to your dream
  career?
• Career development at SKM
• How did this all come together for one SKM
  graduate?

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DEVELOP YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR CAREER SUCCESS.

• How many of you already have a strategic plan?
• What activities have you most enjoyed during your
  graduate years? 
• Analyse your personal strengths and weaknesses,
  your passions and interests
• What is your own personal definition of success?

Think of your strategic plan as a bridge from
your graduate degree to your next career step.
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SKILL ASSESSMENT. WHERE ARE YOU NOW?

• Research/analytical skills
• Communication skills
• Entrepreneurial skills
• Persuasion
• Strategic leadership
• Project management skills
• Negotiating skills
• Team-building and collaboration skills
• What it Takes to Finish

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STEPPING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
Consider what your ideal career situation would
look like, what additional skills you may need,
and what career steps you would have to follow in
order to reach your ultimate objectives. Where
you will be and what will you be doing in a years
time, 5 years time? Set your goals
accordingly Time for an exercise!
A study of Harvard Business School Graduates
established that people who set goals and wrote
them down were 80 more likely to achieve them.
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PROJECT land dream job

• Find out as much as you can about employers that
  interest you
• Talk to people who work there
• Where do they have offices?
• What kind of work do they do?
• How do they support your career development?
• What opportunities are there to try different
  areas of the business, move offices, travel, be
  promoted, develop new areas of the business, run
  the company

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SEEK.. AND YE SHALL FIND

• Company/ industry newsletters
• Internet job and career sites
• Magazines, journals and newspapers
• Careers fairs / university careers office/
  lecturers
• Academic conference job networks
• Employment agencies
• Other professional associations
• The "hidden" job market (including professional
  networking)

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MAKE A START. ONE STEP AT A TIME.

• Look for and review relevant job advertisements
• Write effective and persuasive cover letters
• Create and update your CV or resume - include
  campus activities/ memberships
• Polish your interviewing and presentation skills
• Obtain letters of recommendation
• Learn how to negotiate job offers

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MORE INFORMATION.

• http//grad.ubc.ca/gradpd/gameplan/plannextsteps.h
  tml
• http//www.skmconsulting.com/careers/g_howToApply.
  htm

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BUSINESS UNITS.

• Resources
• Power and Industry
• Water and Environment
• Infrastructure
• Buildings and Property

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SUPPORTING GRADUATE CAREERS.

• Regional graduate development coordinator

• SKM is a PDP (professional development program)
  partner of Engineers Australia
• Structured learning and development program
• Study groups review career development and
  accreditation
• International graduate conference 2 to 3 years
  with SKM
• Comprehensive reward program spot bonus/
  international airfare
• Networking via our Young professionals forum -
  CONTACT

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MY EXPERIENCE

• My Career Reflection
• Why I chose SKM
• Where I want to go

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MY CAREER REFLECTION

• Reviewed my personal abilities
• Took on role with CEC to develop leadership
  skills
• Planned the type of career I wanted and the kind
  of company that I would like to work for
• Spoke to graduates already in employment
• Researched key companies
• Looked for the right opportunity!

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WHY I CHOSE SKM?

• SKM appreciates the extra skills that I have
• SKM actively works on my career with me
• SKM can provide me with the kind of career I want

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WHERE I WANT TO BE

• IN 1 YEARS TIME
• Working on the London 2012 Olympics
• Design Project
• IN 2 YEARS TIME
• Gaining CPEng status
• Construction/Project Management
• IN 5 YEARS TIME
• Working in South America
• Project Management

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SKM online applications for 2008 now open

• Apply online on our webpage graduate careers
• http//www.skmconsulting.com/careers/graduates.ht
  m
• Contact
• Jody Stephens Recruitment Support Officer
• Tel [phone]
• Email JStephens_at_skm.com.au