Career management in higher education

Career
Management
–

Navigating
the
Academic
and

Support
Services
Career
Paths

Presenter:
J.M.
Frantz

9
September
2015

09/09/2015HER-SApresentation

Where
do
you

work?

I
work
for
NASA

I
help
put
men

on
the
moon

And
what
do

you
do
there?

Luc
Gallopin
(2010)

Calling

Career

Job

•  If
you
see
your
work
as
a
job,
you
do
it

only
for
the
money
and
you
tend
to
look

at
the
clock
frequently
while
dreaming

about
the
weekend
ahead.

•  If
you
see
your
work
as
a
career
you
have

larger
goals
of
advancement
and

promoMon.
The
pursuit
of
these
goals

oOen
energizes
you
and
you
someMmes

take
work
home
because
you
want
to
get

the
job
done
properly.

•  If
you
see
your
work
as
a
calling

however,
you
find
your
work
intrinsically

fulfilling.
You
see
your
work
as

contribuMng
to
a
greater
good.
You
have

frequent
experiences
of
flow
during
the

workday
and
your
home
life.
More

integraMon.


Calling

Career

Job

WHERE
DO
YOU

FIND
YOURSELF?


A
job
=
linear

Job

Means
to

an
end

Linear

A
career
=
complex

Learn

more
SKILLS

Life
long

process

PASSION

Do

more

Complex

NETWORKS

Knowledge

Worker


TRANSFORMING
YOUR
JOB
INTO

A
CAREER

CAREER

SKILLS
NETWORKS

PASSION


DEFINING
CAREER

MANAGEMENT

• Career
management
is
the
combinaMon
of

structured
planning
and
the
ac6ve

management
choice
of
one's
own

professional
career.

• The
outcome
of
successful
career

management
should
include:

• 
personal
fulﬁllment,

•  work/life
integraMon,

•  goal
achievement
and

•  ﬁnancial
security


CAREERS
IN
HIGHER
EDUCATION


CAREER
PATHS

ACADEMICS

Senior
Professor

Professor

Associate

Professor

Senior
Lecturer

Lecturer

Tutor

ACADEMIC
SUPPORT

Registrars

Directors

Senior
Faculty

Officer

Faculty
Officer

Admin
Officer

Academic

assistant


A
case
study
of
an
academic
path
in

higher
education
(non-‐linear)

• Clinical
supervisor
–
contract
(Admin

support)

• Lecturer
(Academic)

• Senior
lecturer
(Academic)

• HOD
(Management
administraMon)

• Associate
Prof
(Academic)

• Prof
(Academic)

• Deputy
Dean
(Academic
and
Admin)

• Dean
(Management
Admin)


Journeying
through
a
career
path
in
higher

education

IniMal
years

OrientaMon

Self
-‐expectaMons

ExpectaMon
from
others

Establishing
a
voice

Networking
within

Establish
a
research
proﬁle

Work
and
Family
balance

Mid
years

AdapMng
to
change

Sharing
power

Networking
outside
of

your
insMtuMon

Deciding
to
lead

Work
and
family

integraMon

Final
years

Mentoring
and
advisory

role

Thinking
about
your
legacy

New
career
opportuniMes

Planning
for
reMrement

Work
and
family

integraMion


Journeying
through
a
career
path
in
higher

education

IniMal
years

OrientaMon

Self
-‐expectaMons

ExpectaMon
from
others

Establishing
a
voice

Networking
within

Establish
a
research
proﬁle

Work
and
Family
balance

Mid

years

AdapMng
to

change

Sharing
power

Networking

outside
of
your

insMtuMon

Deciding
to
lead

Work
and

family
balance

Final

years

Mentoring
and

advisory
role

Thinking
about

your
legacy

New
career

opportuniMes

Planning
for

reMrement

Work
and

family
balance


Journeying
through
a
career
path
in
higher

education

IniMal

years

OrientaMon

Self
-‐
expectaMons

ExpectaMon

from
others

Establishing
a

voice

Networking

within

Establish
a

research
proﬁle

Work
and
Family

balance

Mid
years

AdapMng
to
change

Sharing
power

Networking
outside
of
your

insMtuMon

Deciding
to
lead

Work
and
family
integraMon

Final

years

Mentoring
and

advisory
role

Thinking
about

your
legacy

New
career

opportuniMes

Planning
for

reMrement

Work
and
family

balance


Journeying
through
a
career
path
in
higher

education

IniMal

years

OrientaMon

Self
-‐expectaMons

ExpectaMon
from

others

Establishing
a
voice

Networking
within

Establish
a

research
proﬁle

Work
and
Family

balance

Mid

years

AdapMng
to
change

Sharing
power

Networking

outside
of
your

insMtuMon

Deciding
to
lead

Work
and
family

balance

Final
years

Mentoring
and
advisory
role

Thinking
about
your
legacy

New
career
opportuniMes

Planning
for
reMrement

Work
and
family
integraMon


Key
principles
to
consider:
Initial

years

• Developing
an
understanding
of
your

environment:

• Understanding
processes

• Understanding
resources

• Obtaining
relevant
knowledge
and
skills

• Primarily
improving
and
gaining

theoreMcal
knowledge

• Finding
a
mentor


Key
principles
to
consider:
Mid
years

• Implemen6ng
knowledge
and
skills

gained:

• OperaMonalizing
your
knowledge
and

experience

• Improving
competence

• Establishing
yourself


Key
principles
to
consider:
Later
years

• Sharing
and
mentoring
from
your

experience:

• Strategic
networks

• Building
the
next
generaMon

• Sharing
of
knowledge


Role
of
HEI’s
in
career

management/navigation

• 
Provide
conMnuous
and
lifelong
access
to
career

navigaMon

•  Increase
capacity
to
meet
naMonal
demands

•  Integrate
a
interdisciplinary
service
provider
approach

•  Provide
unbiased,
objecMve
assistance
that
is
carefully

tailored
to
individual
needs

•  Empower
each
individual
with
career
navigaMon
skills

•  Provide
eﬃcient,
streamlined
services,
fully
uMlizing

technology
for
maximum
scale


Take
your
career
where

you
want
it
to
go

•  Come
work
at
a
university

where
innovaMon
and

excellence
are
not
only
part

of
the
curriculum,
they’re

expected
of
all
our

employees.

•  In
our
quest
to
become
one

of
South
Africa’s
top
learning

and
research
insMtuMons,

we’re
commieed
to

providing
our
staﬀ
with

challenging
work
that
is
both

impacgul
and
rewarding.
It’s

an
energeMc,
supporMve

place
to
grow
and
develop

your
career.


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