Scalable, streamlined and evidence-based is the trifecta of delivering empowering and successful 21st century career management services. Building on these principles, CareerCycles developed online tools that enhance its narrative method and client experience by leveraging career professionals’ time and expanding reach. Visit www.careercycles.com
Mark Franklin, practice leader and president of CareerCycles presented on this topic at Cannexus14, the pre-eminent Canadian career management conference (Jan. 21, 2014). In this dynamic session, Mark explored the opportunities in designing a blended-delivery model that preserves the human touch.
For young professionals, having a mentor is often encouraged and touted; however, knowing how to find and effectively engage in such relationships is not necessarily easy or intuitive. This panel draws on primary and secondary research funded by the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, the expertise of an employee engagement expert, and a public relations professional with experience in both corporate and agency settings to help attendees better understand and navigate mentoring relationships. Panelists will share both personal experiences and research insights derived from a survey of more than 400 millennial PR professionals; interviews with 50+ PR professionals and students across five countries; and a review of nearly 200 mentoring studies and articles. Specific topics include best organizational and interpersonal mentoring practices, mentoring’s role in growing diverse organizations and mentoring’s connection to leadership development.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• Define what research tells us about mentorship’s value to PR practitioners in both the U.S. and abroad, and its link to PR leadership.
• Reflect on the different kinds of mentors (personal, academic, professional) and will learn about the importance of mentorship in growing diverse, inclusive workplaces.
• Analyze the 10 best organizational and interpersonal mentoring practices and will receive practical tips and advice for building and fostering them.
Features public relations professionals:
- Keith Burton, principle, Grayson Emmett Partners
- Dr. Diana Martinelli, professor and administrator, West Virginia University
- Alicia Thompson, managing director, Porter Novelli
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could, because someone else thought they could.”
- Zig Ziglar, author
This primer is for those who are keen to mentor others.
For young professionals, having a mentor is often encouraged and touted; however, knowing how to find and effectively engage in such relationships is not necessarily easy or intuitive. This panel draws on primary and secondary research funded by the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, the expertise of an employee engagement expert, and a public relations professional with experience in both corporate and agency settings to help attendees better understand and navigate mentoring relationships. Panelists will share both personal experiences and research insights derived from a survey of more than 400 millennial PR professionals; interviews with 50+ PR professionals and students across five countries; and a review of nearly 200 mentoring studies and articles. Specific topics include best organizational and interpersonal mentoring practices, mentoring’s role in growing diverse organizations and mentoring’s connection to leadership development.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• Define what research tells us about mentorship’s value to PR practitioners in both the U.S. and abroad, and its link to PR leadership.
• Reflect on the different kinds of mentors (personal, academic, professional) and will learn about the importance of mentorship in growing diverse, inclusive workplaces.
• Analyze the 10 best organizational and interpersonal mentoring practices and will receive practical tips and advice for building and fostering them.
Features public relations professionals:
- Keith Burton, principle, Grayson Emmett Partners
- Dr. Diana Martinelli, professor and administrator, West Virginia University
- Alicia Thompson, managing director, Porter Novelli
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could, because someone else thought they could.”
- Zig Ziglar, author
This primer is for those who are keen to mentor others.
Ever wanted to know what its like to work for a company like Twitter or how to even get an interview? This presentation gives a little insight on how Twitter recruits employees and what their interviews are like.
How to be your ecosystem’s liaison animateurNorris Krueger
Everyone says to be a connector but you need to be proactive, persuasive & professional... find the value proposition for helping your stakeholders...
Here is what I've learned!
First presented at the Push Conference in October 2018 in Münich, Germany.
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See more at ui-patterns.com
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Are you stuck in product tunnel vision, still focusing on implementing ideas months old, only to find out they failed? Are you tired of spending time on building stuff nobody wants (other than your boss)?
Then let's go on a ride! Anders will tell you how to escape tunnel vision and start focusing on building the right thing. The silver bullet is systematic and constant product testing.
Anders will take the boring part out of testing and show you how easy it can be, so you product can start shining to more (and the right) people. He will reveal his playbook of cleverly thought out product experiments used by product builders at companies like Spotify, Booking.com, Facebook, Amazon, and Google and recommended by top universities like Havard, MIT, and Stanford.
The digital revolution has transformed the process of recruitment, albeit it has only been a decade since the move away from its conventional ways to modern, innovative and exciting new techniques.
Here we look at the various effective ways of recruitment, how to get referrals from LinkedIn and how to write a hiring alert for open positions for any company.
Thank you,
Sukanya Roy
An overview of the entire networking experience - from planning to working the room to following up. Pre-event planning including finding good networking opportunities, creating a introduction and identifying good contacts at events, followed by the mechanics of working the room as well as tips and tricks for handling challenges at event. Finally, we will talk about effective follow up and how to maximize your networking reach.
TAKEAWAYS
Planning for a networking event
Defining an effective introduction or "elevator speech"
Identifying good contacts at events
Understanding how to "work the room" including:
- How to break into a conversation group
- How to approach people at events
- Leaving a conversation
Tips for handling shyness, difficult people, alcohol and other networking challenges
Following up after the event
The way ahead? Promoting high performance with personalised learningBrightwave Group
The way we consume content is changing. From movie releases to learning resources, one-size-fits-all broadcast models are failing to offer audiences the depth and quality of digital experience they expect.
Are personalised learning strategies – which analyse the learner's individual needs and behaviour to connect the right people to the right learning resources at the right time – the best way for smart organisations to re-engage their learners?
See the slides from this exciting interactive double session at Learning Technologies 2016, where specialists from Brightwave Group were joined by experts from the L&D space to explore the state-of-the-art in personalisation and discuss its potential application to learning and engagement in the workplace.
Expert panelists:
Caroline Freeman, Head of Learning Design at Brightwave (chair)
Robin Hoyle, Senior Consultant at Learnworks Ltd
Colin Welch, Head of Production at Brightwave
Myles Runham, Head of Digital, BBC Academy
Caroline Walmsley, Managing Director at Brightwave
5 Steps to Crafting a Highly Social Talent Brand by LinkedIn - Webinar SlidesThe HR Observer
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34 Hal Yang Perlu Kamu Ketahui Tentang Cover Letter, Resume, Interview dan KarirAristiwidya Hardjanto
- 5 hal yang perlu kamu ketahui tentang awal karir
- 8 hal terpenting di cover letter
- 8 hal terpenting di resume
- 8 kesalahan utama di interview
- 5 nasehat dari para mentor
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POP Your Profile!: How to Activate Your LinkedIn PotentialAlvaro J. Muñiz
We've adapted LinkedIn's Profile Optimization Protocol (POP) into a tutorial that transforms your LinkedIn profile into a canvas where your changemaker story and our new mission of framework change can shine. Where we can go beyond bullet points towards genuine narratives and compelling teasers -- in other words, an invitation for deeper engagement.
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Ever wanted to know what its like to work for a company like Twitter or how to even get an interview? This presentation gives a little insight on how Twitter recruits employees and what their interviews are like.
How to be your ecosystem’s liaison animateurNorris Krueger
Everyone says to be a connector but you need to be proactive, persuasive & professional... find the value proposition for helping your stakeholders...
Here is what I've learned!
First presented at the Push Conference in October 2018 in Münich, Germany.
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See more at ui-patterns.com
---
Are you stuck in product tunnel vision, still focusing on implementing ideas months old, only to find out they failed? Are you tired of spending time on building stuff nobody wants (other than your boss)?
Then let's go on a ride! Anders will tell you how to escape tunnel vision and start focusing on building the right thing. The silver bullet is systematic and constant product testing.
Anders will take the boring part out of testing and show you how easy it can be, so you product can start shining to more (and the right) people. He will reveal his playbook of cleverly thought out product experiments used by product builders at companies like Spotify, Booking.com, Facebook, Amazon, and Google and recommended by top universities like Havard, MIT, and Stanford.
The digital revolution has transformed the process of recruitment, albeit it has only been a decade since the move away from its conventional ways to modern, innovative and exciting new techniques.
Here we look at the various effective ways of recruitment, how to get referrals from LinkedIn and how to write a hiring alert for open positions for any company.
Thank you,
Sukanya Roy
An overview of the entire networking experience - from planning to working the room to following up. Pre-event planning including finding good networking opportunities, creating a introduction and identifying good contacts at events, followed by the mechanics of working the room as well as tips and tricks for handling challenges at event. Finally, we will talk about effective follow up and how to maximize your networking reach.
TAKEAWAYS
Planning for a networking event
Defining an effective introduction or "elevator speech"
Identifying good contacts at events
Understanding how to "work the room" including:
- How to break into a conversation group
- How to approach people at events
- Leaving a conversation
Tips for handling shyness, difficult people, alcohol and other networking challenges
Following up after the event
The way ahead? Promoting high performance with personalised learningBrightwave Group
The way we consume content is changing. From movie releases to learning resources, one-size-fits-all broadcast models are failing to offer audiences the depth and quality of digital experience they expect.
Are personalised learning strategies – which analyse the learner's individual needs and behaviour to connect the right people to the right learning resources at the right time – the best way for smart organisations to re-engage their learners?
See the slides from this exciting interactive double session at Learning Technologies 2016, where specialists from Brightwave Group were joined by experts from the L&D space to explore the state-of-the-art in personalisation and discuss its potential application to learning and engagement in the workplace.
Expert panelists:
Caroline Freeman, Head of Learning Design at Brightwave (chair)
Robin Hoyle, Senior Consultant at Learnworks Ltd
Colin Welch, Head of Production at Brightwave
Myles Runham, Head of Digital, BBC Academy
Caroline Walmsley, Managing Director at Brightwave
5 Steps to Crafting a Highly Social Talent Brand by LinkedIn - Webinar SlidesThe HR Observer
For large and small companies alike, an inspiring employer brand will deliver real results, driving down cost per hire and employee turnover. Find out how a strong employer brand impacts your hiring efficiency.
5 steps to becoming a social & collaborative enterprise - Andrew Bishop - Ja...Andrew Bishop
This presentation includes a definition of social enterprise, key benefits and the major decisions to be addressed for any organisation seeking to embark on the journey to becoming a more social, collaborative enterprise. It was was delivered in Melbourne in August 2012. See also www.uniqueworld.net
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- 5 hal yang perlu kamu ketahui tentang awal karir
- 8 hal terpenting di cover letter
- 8 hal terpenting di resume
- 8 kesalahan utama di interview
- 5 nasehat dari para mentor
Exploring your options with a psychology degree, working out your own path, and putting the foundations in place to turn your options into reality on graduation.
POP Your Profile!: How to Activate Your LinkedIn PotentialAlvaro J. Muñiz
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We've adapted LinkedIn's Profile Optimization Protocol (POP) into a tutorial that transforms your LinkedIn profile into a canvas where your changemaker story and our new mission of framework change can shine. Where we can go beyond bullet points towards genuine narratives and compelling teasers -- in other words, an invitation for deeper engagement.
Mini workshop delivered at the WorkBC Vancouver south office to Case Managers and Facilitators to discuss ways to coach clients on LinkedIn and social media
Mark Edwards, Leadership and Strategy Programme Director at London Business School, considers ways of improving the stickiness of learning by examining a range of aspects, from the desire to learn to the ways the learned lessons can be applied.
Mark will be hosting a webinar, on 7 October, in which he will explain how you can embed effective learning and understand employees’ motivations. Sign-up: http://www.changeboard.com/events/exclusive-changeboard-webinar-the-stickiness-of-learning-how-to-ensure-your-learning-strategy-makes-an-impact
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You can accomplish this through a mentoring partnership. Learn more about the PMISSC Mentoring Program, where you’ll discover the incredible benefits of becoming a mentor or mentee. This program is designed to foster professional growth, enhance skills, and build a strong network within the project management community. Whether you're looking to share your expertise or seeking guidance to advance your career, the PMI Mentoring Program offers valuable opportunities for personal and professional development.
Watch this to learn:
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CareerCycles Online - Web-enabling a narrative method of practice for managing your career for the future
1. Scalable, streamlined and
evidence-based
web-enabling a narrative method of
practice for career management
Mark Franklin, M.Ed.,P.Eng..CMF
Practice leader & president, CareerCycles
producer & host, Career Buzz
1 844 465 9222 mark@careercycles.com
@careercycles www.careercycles.com
3. • Share stories, career questions and our clues
• “Blended-Delivery” – What does it mean?
• The Story So Far: Web-enabling a narrative
method of practice for career management
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4. Stories of…
The Questions they’re asking…
• that distinctly led to Clues for us to
develop online narrative “storytelling” tools
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5. Meet Li: Career Client
What’ll I do when I graduate? How do I
connect my education and my future career?
What about my parents?
• Clue: anxiety triggers first meeting; will he
come back?
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6. Meet Tara: Career Client
What do I really want to be doing with my life
right now? Layoff as ‘blessing in disguise’?
• Clue: client is truly engaged in telling her
story, from which it‟s easy to elicit strengths
& desires, generate possibilities
Zikic, Klehe, 2005
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7. Meet Ramzi: Career Pro
What tools or methods can re-energize my
practice? Do they work? Can I learn them
easily?
• Clue: Narrative, storytelling, life design is
trending. Many wonder, how to do it?
Worry it‟ll be too time consuming
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8. Meet Erika: Director
How can we reach more clients?
With which evidence-based best practices?
How can we deliver service more efficiently
and affordably?
• Clue: We have evidence-based practice.
We have trainees. How to scale up?
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9. Theory-to-practice clues…
• The paradigm for life design interventions
constructs career through small stories,
• reconstructs the stories into a life portrait,
• and co-constructs intentions that advance
the career story into an new episode.
Savickas, 2012
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10. Theory-to-practice clues…
• STRENGTHS: …more empowering for the
client because narrative perspectives tend
to assume a collaborative, co-creative
process.
• LIMITATION: Time-consuming, demanding
Stebleton, 2010
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11. Theory-to-practice clues…
• Participants using the [narrative-based
career] intervention exhibited less career
indecision and more career certainty.
Severy, 2008
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15. How much to rely on technology?
Source: Chris Pirillo
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16. By Tristram Hooley, Jo Hutchinson, A.G. Watts
Career Buzz guests!
See References
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17. What can technology do for us?
1. deliver information
– Articles, pix, video, audio, ?…
2. provide a channel
for communication
– 1:1, Email, chat, Skype…; 1:many, blogs
– Many-to-many, learning communities
3. provide an automated interaction
– Simulation / role play, games, reflective tools
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18. Technology for automated interaction…
“self-managed, self-directed resources that
facilitate enhanced self-awareness,
“promote user-control and self-reliance,
“can automate routine aspects of the
guidance process, allowing professionals
to focus on offering higher level support
to clients.”
Source: Careering through the Web, Hooley, Hutchinson, Watts
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19. Online support for career clients
exists, but is it used effectively?
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20. “It was nice to know the online info
was there. I didn‟t use it. The most
useful and valuable part of the
service was interacting with the
career consultant.”
career transition client
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21. So, what are we
talking about when
we talk about
„blended delivery‟?
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24. Client questions emerging from
THEIR situations….
• Am I in the right career? What would make me happy?
• What can I do to re-invent myself with a career that is fun and does
not "feel" like work?
• How do I create my future taking into account my whole life?
• I am all over the map and interested in a variety of things; how do I
figure out what to do as my first career following graduation?
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25. Career reality
V = Volatility
U = Uncertainty
C = Complexity
A = Ambiguity
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26. We evolved a narrative method
to answer their questions…
•
•
•
•
3500+ clients
Hundreds of testimonials
200+ Career Professionals trained
EVIDENCE-based method of practice
– Hope, optimism, confidence, resilience, pers
onal growth, curiosity & exploration
– Correlated with career clarity, job-person fit
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27. We corral elements from client‟s stories to get
what matters from what happened, using
leading edge processes & life changing tools
41. CareerCycles Framework
Framework Elements For Students/Clients
For Career
Professionals
1.Model
Acts as roadmap
Guides practice and
communication
2.Tools, online &
handouts
Between-session tasks, e.g.
Your Story, Getting Feedback
20+ handouts,
consistency
3.Method of practice
Trust there‟s a „method in
your madness‟
40+ written
interventions
4.Learning program
Feel reassured
Initial learning. Ongoing
„playbook‟
5.Career definition
Enlarge scope, from job to
life. Use when needed
Common understanding
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42. Holistic method draws on, grounded in…
Narrative
approach (M White, L Cochran, M Savickas, P Brott…)
Positive Psychology (S Lyubomirsky, B Fredrickson…)
Cognitive methods (A Beck…)
Happenstance approach (Mitchell, Levin, Krumboltz…)
Constructivist perspective (V Peavey…)
Chaos theory & careers (D Bloch, J Bright…)
Law of Attraction processes (E Hicks, L Grabhorn…)
Adlerian Psychology (A Adler…)
Client Centered Therapy (C Rogers…)
Canadian Standards & Guidelines
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43. What we did – Part 1
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•
•
•
•
•
•
Scoped out project
Got inspired to (finally) launch project!
Connected with talented software developer
Sought funding
Start with core intervention, “Your Story”
Tested questions on human subjects
Became MaRS client
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47. What we did – Part 2
• Rapid prototype (Google Drive) and
tested/measured results with ~20 users
• Learned, validated, refined
• Engaged first advisory board member
• Built MVP
• Tested/measured with clients, career pros
• What does it look like?
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48. What did you
like about this
story?
Work with
interesting
people!
Meeting
interesting
people!
Verbal &
cross
culture
communication
What skills or
knowledge did
you use/build?
Cross cultural
communication
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49. Four Entry Points
3. F2F or Online
Workshops
1. Individual
sessions
2. Who You Are
MATTERS!® game
4. On their own.
Click here for
human help!
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50. Next steps
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•
•
•
•
•
•
Trials and pilots „in the works‟ e.g. SFU
Developing next iteration now
Tools: Exploration Plan, Getting Feedback
Integrated evaluation
Forming advisory board
Exploring funding and investors
Conducting parallel activities:
pricing, legal, go-to-market strategy
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51. • OUR VISION: Enriching the
career wellbeing of humanity
• Someone will become the recognized
brand for career management – we
want to be part of it!
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52. Sparked by what you heard today?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Seeking more trial sites!
Training in CareerCycles method of practice
Who You Are MATTERS!® - certification/facilitation
Tune in to Career Buzz, ciut.fm or 89.5 FM in
Toronto. Wednesdays 11am-noon Eastern. Podcast!
5. Watch for Clues news 2x month
6. Please return feedback form
THANK YOU!
Mark Franklin mark@CareerCycles.com
www.careercycles.com
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Editor's Notes
“Blended-delivery” – What does it mean? – How to balance online tool use with human touchpoints?
-family immigrated to Canada to give Li a chance at a better life-eldest male of 3 kids; East Asian culture favours compliance with family wishes-parents want him to become a pharmacists-he loves literature and philosophy
-family immigrated to Canada to give Li a chance at a better life-eldest male of 3 kids; East Asian culture favours compliance with family wishes-parents want him to become a pharmacists-he loves literature and philosophy
-scheduled EC a month earlier. At first meeting says, ‘let me tell you about my day’-offered traditional career transition service, chose narrative holistic approach-wants to engage at level of her story-maybe lives at a distance; eager to get started, do things on her own
For Career Professionals and Administrators
Let’s look at these three as tests of technology for us1.self-managed, self-directed resources that facilitate enhanced self-awareness, -- 2. promote user-control and self-reliance, -- great, I do it myself. 3. automate…
Optimum resumeVault.comGoing Global
-career and life questions came from qualitative
Changeable, even chaoticLess predictable and secure than ever….
Blank version… what client sees.Marvellous, effective one page MOSAIC that presents all elements to make a good career and life choiceEight sections are:TRANS: Here’s what it looks like as it is filled up…
