The document outlines a career session agenda for understanding career choice strategies and developing a career plan. It discusses Herzberg's two-factor theory of motivation and hygiene factors. It provides a framework for career preparation including understanding opportunities through research, reflecting on one's strengths and interests, and choosing a maximum of 3 career options to create a focused development plan. Examples are given of professionals who have leveraged their industry and functional experience to shift careers. The conclusion emphasizes exploring career landscapes, self-exploration, choosing 3 career options, developing a plan, preparing, and practicing interviews.

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2. Agenda
CAREER CHOICE STRATEGY
CAREER STRATEGY FRAMEWORK
SOME CASES
SELF ASSESSMENT & CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN

3. Career choice : What makes you happy in your career?

4. Career choice : What makes you happy in your career?
HERZBERGS 2 FACTOR THEORY

5. Career choice for long term career success
HYGIENE FACTORS MOTIVATORS

6. Career choice for long term career success
HYGIENE FACTORS
Salary | Designation | Location | Work
environment
MOTIVATORS
Do you feel motivated?

7. 1.UNDERSTAND
OPPORTUNITIES
Through research | Career Conversation sessions
2.REFLECT
STRENGTHS | MOTIVATIONS | ACCOMPLISHMENTS | HABITS
Use "Self Assessment Form" tool and understand your strengths, weknesses, interests etc.
3.CHOOSE MAXIMUM 3 OPTIONS AND CREATE A FOCUSED PLAN
DREAM | FIT | PLAN-B
Use "Career Development Plan" tool and create a focused plan
How do I choose career for placements

8. 1.Understand
Understand following through career conversations & your own research:
What happens in those careers
Latest trends
What are the key success factors for successful career
Skills, knowledge are required
Interview format
How to leverage MBA/ MBA courses
How to prepare

9. 2. Reflect using SAF

10. "Leverage Framework" for understanding your career choice
Strategy Function Role
Same Change
Industry Leverage
Change Change
Function Leverage
Industry
Change
Same
Same Change
Industry + Function Leverage Same
Change Change
Shift
(Leveraging personal
transferable skills)
Change

11. Framework for career preparation
SN Incoming function
1
Target ind./
function
Incoming industry
Steel/ Mfg.
Strategy
Production Mfg. |
Ops & Mktg
Leverage your
manufacturing
industry experience
2 Steel/ Mfg. Purchase |
Project | SCM
Project
Mgmt.|SCM
Leverage your
functional experience

12. Breaking down Leverage
Augment presentation of domain experience
Show Impact of your work
Use industry key words
Show your spikes
Show/ involve yourself in key projects >> Business Transformation, Digital
Transformation etc. (side note: Opportunity for IJP?)
Brand yourself as Thought Leader
Thought Leadership articles
LinkedIn Publications
Live Projects/ Internship (if applicable) / Mentoring Start-Ups
Networking
LinkedIn requests?
Information interviews
Networking within company
Networking with company's relevant service providers

13. Examples of Ind+Fun Leverage
Getting a job in for International Sales role in a large Manufacturing MNC by showing
understanding of product and regulations of that industry
Getting roles of project manager in consulting firm by showcasing the structured
understanding of project management and its KPI

14. Framework for career preparation
SN Incoming function
3
Target ind./
function
Incoming industry
Steel/ Mfg.
Strategy
Maintenance Banking Leverage your
transferrable skills,
FID strategy
4 Steel/ Mfg. Product Dev. |
Design | Process
Improvement
Strategy
Consulting
Leverage your Ind.+
Funct. experience +
Build profile + Create
work samples + Use
key words

15. Examples
Joining a Bank as a technical expert/project finance/ credit officer for your industry
Approaching industry verticals of Big4s directly with an impactful resume/networking
and cracking an interview

16. Foot in the Door : Example
Joining a well funded start up or smaller firm
Joining an industry in another role and then transitioning to the desired role (Product,
Strategy Role, Finance Roles etc.)

17. Framework for career preparation
SN Incoming function
Target ind./
function
Incoming industry Strategy
5 Steel/ Mfg. Operations |
Purchase | S&M
Technology
Consulting
S.N. 4 + Show IT
experience
6 Construction Project Execution
| Operations
Finance Work samples | Key
words |Fin.Mod.|
Project Finance | Foot
in the door

18. Example
Shifting to a technology consulting role with spikes and an ERP project
Shifting from a Project Engineering role to IoT related roles

19. Framework for career preparation

20. Strategy for people who wants to shift
Understand what can you leverage (Industry, Function, domain or
transferable skills)
Learn the language of industry/ domain
Build a lot of work samples
Show spikes
Foot in the door
Ready to take a role/salary cut
Networking | Networking | Networking

21. Strategy for people who have more experience
& who wants to shift
Leverage transferable skills such as People Management, BD, Sales etc.
Why do you want this job?
Why not continue in your previous job/ role
What is the similarities/ dissimilarities of this and previous job
The context is changed how do you make impact in the career

22. Choose maximum 3 options and create a focused plan
1.Dream Job
2.Fit job
3.Plan B

23. Use Career Development Plan

24. Use Career Development Plan (Sample filled for 1 career goal)

25. Role landscape
Consulting Strategy Operations Technology Analytics
Operations Ops. Mgmt./ GM Ops. Improvement Ops. Design Proj. Mgmt.
BD/Sales BD/Sales Pre-Sales Marketing
Corporate roles Strategy Finance BD/Sales/Mktg

26. Consulting
Operation Technology
Strategy
Strategy
Consulting for
your industry/
similar industry
Working with
clients and
helping them in
designing,
improving,
automating and
outsourcing their
operations
Strategy and/or
Implementation
of technological
solutions
involving
emerging &/or
emerged
technology
Analytics
Use of data to
provide insights,
action items,
visualisations,
models etc.

27. Consulting - some more details
Roles Resume
Consultant
Sr. Consultant
Principal
Consultant.
Relevant key
words
Business Impact
Spikes
Interview
Relevant key
words
Business Impact
Spikes

28. Operations
Operation
Improvements
Operation
Design
Operations
Management
Managing day
to day
operations/serv
ice delivery
Improve
processes to
enable better
customer
experience,
reduce costs,
improve quality &
efficiency
Design
operations for
long term to
enable
organization /BU
to be future ready
with their supply
chain/ operations
Project
Management
Managing
projects for
company having
a mix of waterfall,
agile way of
managing
projects

29. Operations - more details
Operation
Improvements
Operation
Design
Operations
Management
Roles
Warehouse
operations, SC
Planning
Resume
Team
management,
Crisis
management
Interview
Behavioural,
Situational
Roles
Mgr(P.I./
Quality/OE),
Resume
6 Sigma/ TQM,
Relevant projects
Interview
Concepts of P.I.,
Case studies,
Project Mgmt.
Roles
Mgr(O.D.),
Resume
Designing
experience,6
Sigma/ TQM,
Relevant projects
Interview
Case studies,
Operations
concepts
Project
Management
Roles
Proj.Mgr
Resume
Project
Management
KPIs
Interview
Case studies,
P.M. concepts/
KPIs

30. Operations - more details
General
Management
Roles
City head,
State head,
Plant head
Resume
Leadership
experience
Interview
Behavioural,
Situational,
Cases

31. BD/ Sales
Pre-Sales Marketing
BD/ Sales
Roles
Mgr(BD), KAM
Resume
Clients handled,
target achieved,
Market share
grown etc.
Interview
Behavioural,
Situational,
Cases
Roles
Mgr(Pre-Sales)
Resume
RFP, RFQ, Bid
Management
Interview
Domain
knowledge,
Presentation
skills,
Communication
skills
Roles
Mgr(MM)
Resume
Marketing
experience,
Digital marketing
Interview
Case studies,
Marketing
concepts

32. Corporate roles in your similar industries
Finance
BD/ Sales/ Pre-
Sales/Marketing
Strategy
Roles
Mgr(CS/CP), EA
to CEO
Resume
Understanding
of industry/
Domain, key
words
Interview
Ind/domain
knowledge,
Beh./Sit., Cases
Roles
Mgr(CF)
Resume
Fin key words,
Ind/domain
related key words
Interview
Finance
understanding,
industry/
company
understanding
As earlier slide

33. From Steel Industry to Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/spandanadhikary/

34. From Steel Industry to Banking
https://www.linkedin.com/in/debashishchandel/

35. From Oil & Gas Industry to Consulting
https://www.linkedin.com/in/uditsharma-spjimr/

36. From Infrastructure Industry to Consulting
https://www.linkedin.com/in/himadrisingha/

37. From Steel Industry to Consulting
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek-chaterji-6405081b/

38. From Steel Industry to Consulting
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shataminfiiimbtsl/

39. Conclusion
1.Explore career landscapes (Research)
2.Do self exploration (use SAF)
3.Have 3 career options (Dream, Fit, Plan B)
4. Do career planning for these 3 option (Use Career Development Plan)
5. Prepare (Follow Career Development Plan)
6. Practice for interviews (Will cover in next sessions)

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