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- 1. Creating a & Personal Professional Development Plan Jessica Quintanilla FUEL Milwaukee (MMAC) Member & Events Manager
- 2. About me presentation About this • Betterand raisedStaffing Born align your in Pfister Hotel – interests and Milwaukee skills with Manager • Creative Employment business’ needs B.S. Graduated with • Tailor Resources/B.A. Human your professional Opportunities – Job opportunities to further Developer/Coach Spanish in 2006 • Changed majors and your goals ManpowerGroup – • Use your career search Performance a trillion minors aboutConsultant • enhance performance, toRight Management – times • Worked lots of part- professional development, Job Seeker • FUELin growth and personalcollege time jobs Milwaukee •Studied abroad in & Overcome potential (MMAC) – Member barriers to successfully Events Spain Manager •Internship at U.S. creating and achieving your plan. Embassy in Lima, Peru
- 3. Who do you want to be . . . •92 •Eccentric, slightly senile •Shocking story-teller •Entertainment for the care-givers •Artistic •Satisfied with life as I’ve lived it •Connected to family and friends . . .when you grow up???
- 4. Assess and Align • Where am I now? en I grow up . . . • Where do I want to go? • How do I get there? • Career pathing – 1, 3, 5-year planning – CareerPath.com – Occupational Outlook Handbook
- 5. Assess and Align • Mirror the business process en I grow up . . . – Vision – Mission – Strategy – Goals SMART! – Tasks – Repeat (measure and assess)
- 6. Assess and Align • Write it down en I grow up . . . • Enlist support – Family – Friends – Manager and colleagues – Network
- 7. That Odious Job Search A job is just a job!
- 8. That Odious Job Search Own Your Job Search • Start now, whether or not you’re employed • Don’t be restricted by titles and experience requirements • Use sites like Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com to find wording and identify your dream job
- 9. That Odious Job Search Own Your Job Search • Be strategic (remember those SMART goals?) • Become an expert in something • Market yourself • Get off the computer and out of the house • Don’t stop once you’ve found that job
- 10. Overcoming Barriers to Success “I think I can, I think I can.” ~The Little Engine That Could
- 11. Overcoming Barriers Think you can! • Identify the root cause of the barrier • Determine what factors you can control • Seek out information, resources, and support • Believe in your ability to overcome – Albert Bandura research about perceived self-efficacy
- 12. Overcoming Barriers Think you can! • Take a tangible first step • Document your successes • “Just keep swimming.” ~ Dory, Finding Nemo
- 13. Overcoming Barriers Think you can! "The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.” -C JoyBell C.
- 14. Dress for Success Dress for the position you want, not the one you have.
- 15. Dress for Success Relish the Journey • Professional advancement – Keep your options open – Be creative – Seek out special projects and stretch assignments to use for advancement opportunities
- 16. Dress for Success Tools Resources • Right Management – Articles & www.right.com – E-newsletter • ManpowerGroup www.manpowergroup.com – White papers – Human Age • LinkedIn www.linkedin.com – LinkedIn Mapping Tool inmaps.linkedinlabs.com – Groups – News
- 17. Potential mentees – Professional Dev. not very influential in my current life College business fraternity Old professional network Tight network, not very influential in my current life Not very strong influence or currently relevant Current focus areas -Past employers -Current employer -Local business community -Professional development opportunities
- 18. Dress for Success • Assessments – Myers-Briggs & Tools Resources – StrengthsFinder 2.0 http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk www.strengthsfinder.com • Professional Organizations – FUEL Milwaukee www.fuelmilwaukee.org – MMAC www.mmac.org – UWM Alumni – Industry Groups – Toastmasters www.toastmasters.org • Volunteering • Side job
- 19. Thank you! Connect with me on: @mkegrl25 jquintanilla@mmac.org | (414) 287-4158
Editor's Notes
- While this presentation is all about developing your own personal professional development plan, I wanted to emphasize that the tactics and resources used are good for BOTH personal AND professional development planning. Development is a life resource, not just a professional one, and I firmly believe that we should all strive to develop ourselves as fully as possible whenever possible in order to be the best human beings possible.
- It wasn’t until a just a couple years ago, when contemplating my next career move (the one that would lead me to ManpowerGroup), that I realized just how much I love development. I love to coach others in their own development, I love to seek out development opportunities for myself, and I love to learn about how development happens. While this has become a professional pursuit of mine and I can now identify and articulate my passion for development in a conscious manner, I realized that to some degree that passion has always been present. I’m a naturally curious and adventurous soul who loves exposure to new ideas and experiences, so I naturally set myself up to develop in a very rich way. With that in mind, this presentation will address how to: Better align your interests and skills with business’ needs Tailor your professional opportunities to further your goals Use your career search to enhance performance, professional development, and personal growth Overcome potential barriers to successfully creating and achieving your plan.
- The first step in creating a development plan, whether personal, professional, or both, is to conduct a self-assessment. Once you do that, you’ll be better equipped to align your own goals with your existing environment; including your job, the business’ needs, your personal life, and interests or hobbies you may currently engage in. You’ll also be able to identify areas for improvement or growth opportunities, and to create a plan to achieve that growth in a way that will meaningfully impact your end objectives.
- Successful businesses invest in their vision and mission in order to develop themselves in the most effective way, and you should, too. Only by having a clear picture of what you’re setting out to accomplish will you be able to make strategic decisions about where to spend your time and energy to produce the greatest results. You can certainly fall into success by accident or by a series of happy coincidences, but if you don’t know how you achieved the success in the first place, how will you hold onto it? Be strategic and set goals, then measure the results. In doing this you’ll draw a roadmap to your success and become more agile and adept at responding to environmental changes, which will continue to secure your success for the long term.
- Remember, this is an investment in yourself, and it’s important to document your process to be able to come back and measure it. You also need the feedback and support of those who care about you or are stakeholders in your success. Again, you can do achieve success on your own or by happenstance, but it will be harder to obtain and harder to maintain than if you’re strategic and have support.
- Many people find job searching to be one of the most discouraging processes they ever have to go through, and I won’t belittle the inherent challenges and the emotional toll that a job search can take. But approached in the right way, the job search can become a time of great creativity and an opportunity to reinvent yourself in ways you otherwise couldn’t do. And remember, a job is just a job!
- I have learned from personal experience that you should always be ready to conduct a job search whether you’re employed or not. And I don’t need to tell you that especially now, we’re in a time of significant economic uncertainty and employment can be a very tenuous status. But even in the best economy, and when fully employed in your dream job, it’s a good practice to dust off that resume and double-check that job description to make sure it reflects where you are and where you want to go. Look outside of your current bubble, too. Read similar job descriptions from other companies, check how your salary compares to like positions, allow yourself to dream about what you’d be doing if you weren’t doing this. Then look at what steps you’d need to take to make that happen, even if it’s just a hypothetical.
- As in anything else, you need to be strategic about your job search and set goals. Now, more than ever, it’s important to put yourself out there and fill your time wisely. Get out of the house, do interesting things, build new relationships, get involved in something meaningful, and most of all, have fun! Pretty soon, you’ll find that the job search might not be as “odious” as you thought!
- I have found that the greatest barrier to our success is most often ourselves. When I worked with people who had disabilities, helping them to find employment, I would find that nearly 100% of the time the greatest barrier to employment was not the disability, but a misplaced perception of inability. This might be on the part of the individual, their support system, or the employer, but it was always the number one thing that I had to tackle if I was going to find that person a job. That’s not to say there aren’t real challenges and barriers to development out there, but if that’s all you focus on and you believe that they’ll continue to hold you back, then you’ll never even get started developing yourself.
- Once you believe that you have the ability to overcome the barriers, you can again use strategy to your advantage. Do an assessment to find the root cause of the barrier, figure out what you can do about it, and then take the necessary steps to do so, enlisting support along the way. Remember to believe in yourself. This is the most important thing, as Albert Bandura’s research about perceived self-efficacy reinforced. http://blogs.psychcentral.com/positive-psychology/2011/10/i-think-i-can-i-think-i-can-how-self-efficacy-relates-to-performance/ http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/lights-camera-happiness/201101/how-go-i-think-i-can-i-know-i-can
- You may actually need to pull back and do something to build yourself up again, especially with more challenging barriers where success won’t be as quick or as obvious. Celebrate small wins, take days off to rest and reaffirm yourself, pamper yourself in whatever way does the most for you. Most of all, “just keep swimming!”
- While the road may be hard, the destination is so worth it!
- Now that you’ve assessed, developed a plan, overcome the barriers, and sought out opportunities, it’s time to go to work!
- tailor your professional opportunities to further your goals,
- Tools and resources that I have found very helpful in increasing my own exposure and propelling my development.
- An example of a LinkedIn network map. Fun to look at, but also a great strategic tool for focusing your energy and leveraging your network!
- Additional resources
- Thank you for attending, and please feel free to contact me at any time with questions, or just to share your own insights and experiences. Don’t forget to connect with me on LinkedIn!