Most professionals take a reactive rather than proactive approach with their careers. They wait for a pay rise, promotion or recruiter to contact them before they think about doing something. But what if that call never happens? This often leads to a stagnated career where people are unhappy with what they do leading to a lack of skills progression, reduced motivation and engagement. In this workshop, Mohammed Kasujee explains the importance of planning a career and help the participants create a defined career strategy. How to do it, what to look for and why - enabling them to feel excited and purposeful about their careers leading to greater job satisfaction and motivation. Speaker Mohammed is a Career Coach who helps his clients thrive in the world of work and business. His company, MK Career Solutions supports individuals in every step of the career journey from creating stand out CV’s, preparing clients for interviews and coaching them to find purpose and meaning in work. In addition to managing his business he is also a Non-Executive Director for a Non-for-Profit organisation and provides mentorship to start-up businesses through the government’s ‘Help to Grow’ scheme.

1. How to create a career you love
with Mohammed Kasujee
18th October 2022 at 12pm

2. •Q & A & Chat tab
•PDU code & Survey
•Recording & Webinar Library
•Professional Networking

3. Introducing Mohammed Kasujee
• Career Coach who helps his clients thrive in the world of work
and business.
• Supports individuals in every step of the career journey
from creating stand out CV’s, preparing clients for
interviews and coaching them.
• Non-Executive Director for a Non-for-Profit organisation
and provides mentorship to start-up businesses.

4. How to create a career you love
with Mohammed Kasujee
18th October 2022 at 12pm

5. By the end of this presentation I will help you
to…
• Understand what's important to you
• Dispel the myth of work life balance
• Develop better insight into yourself and your strengths
• Know how to think strategically with your career

6. Ross Edgely

7. No pain no gain?
• 37 Jellyfish stings
• 1792 miles covered
• 157 days in the sea
• 649 bananas eaten
• 15,000 calories consumed a day
• 3kg of Vaseline used

8. Would you do the same?

9. Passion drives progress

11. Symptoms of a passionless life
• Lack of motivation
• The work doesn’t feel worth it
• Everyone seems excited about something except you
• Life seems to be passing you by
• Life lacks control
• There is no excitement in work

12. “The only way to do great work is to love
what you do.”
Steve Jobs

13. “Passion is energy.
Feel the power that
comes from focusing
on what excites you.”
Oprah Winfrey

14. Symptoms of a passion led life
• Work doesn’t feel like work
• You feel excited to get up every morning
• You are willing to put in the hours
• Money is secondary to the impact that you are providing

15. Thriving career = Passion x Meaning

16. How can you find
your passion?

17. The method
1. Discover what excites you
2. Lean into the space
3. Network with confidence
4. Create a track record
5. Become a professional

18. Identity Quadrant
Love list Hate list
Skills Patterns of success

19. 1. Discover what excites you
• What would you love to do?
• What industries would you love to work in?
• What jobs would you love to do?
• What life journeys inspire you?
• What spaces are related to your hobbies?
• What would you do for nothing?
• What activities make you lose track of time?

20. What do you hate?
• What frustrates you?
• What parts of work do you really dislike?
• What in life and work needs fixing?
• What are your pet peeves?
• What skills or tasks do you dislike?

21. Can you turn any of your hates into loves?

22. Skills
• What tasks do you love doing?
• What comes effortlessly to you that others might struggle with?
• What have you often been praised for doing?
• What would you consider to be some of your biggest strengths?

23. Achievements
• Awards won/nominated for
• Targets met and exceeded
(per year or quarter)
• Presentations delivered to
large audiences
• Process improvements within
the company
• Major projects completed
• Training and development of staff or
clients
• Savings generated
• Time efficiencies created
• Extra-curricular work projects
• Personal goals achieved

24. Patterns of success
• How did you deliver on the achievements you wrote down?
• What was the process that enabled you to create those
accomplishments?
• If you were to teach someone else to accomplish those things, how
would you describe?
• What are the common themes that enabled you to achieve success?

25. 2. Lean into the space
• How can you get closer to the
industry/space?
• Test your passion
• Understand the crowd

26. Spaces
• Internal company projects
• Charities/Non profits
• Podcasts
• YouTube videos
• Instagram
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Tik Tok
• Meetup.com groups
• Eventbrite
• Webinars
• Festivals
• Conferences
• Expos/Trade shows
• Blogs
• Newspaper articles

27. 3. Network with
confidence
• Test your expectations by
reaching out to people who do
what you want to do
• LinkedIn is the best way to
achieve this

28. 4. Create a track record
Document your success
Vlogs
Articles
Podcasts
CV
Social media
posts
Portfolio
LinkedIn profile
Google
Reviews
Trustpilot

29. 5. Become a professional
Security Freedom
Job
Business
Owner
Freelancer
Contractor

31. What’s makes work meaningful?

32. • You enjoy the work
• It’s challenges you
• It allows you to grow
• It gives you the freedom to live a life outside of work

33. Work life integration > Work life balance

34. What will more income allow
you to do that you cannot
currently do?
Creating freedom

35. Creating freedom
What will more time allow
you to do that cannot
currently do?

36. Summary
• Your passion for your work is the biggest predictor of your career
trajectory
• Finding your passion doesn’t have to be sudden – it can be gradual
• Work will never feel meaningful unless it creates time and money for
hobbies and interests

37. “Most people overestimate what
they can do in one year and
underestimate what they can do in
ten years.”
Bill Gates

38. Get in touch
• mohammed@mkcareersolutions.com
• linkedin.com/in/mohammed-kasujee/

40. Thanks for participating!!