Career Exploration:
Transitioning your career and job
NCURA Region VI & VII Spring Meeting
Newport Beach, California (April 18-21, 2010)
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Career exploration is a long, progressive process
of choosing education, training, and jobs that fit
your interests and skills. Career exploration will
eventually lead to a position that will match
your financial and career goals.
The Steps
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Assess yourself
Explore career options
Gain skills
Find a job
Manage your career
Assess Yourself
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Identify accomplishments
Take assessments
Understand time management
Create career goals
Identify Accomplishments
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Make a list of all your important career events
Think in chronological order
Review educational accomplishments
List volunteer activities
Committee activities
Take Assessments
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What does it measure?
Who developed it? Are they a trusted source?
Is it a proven tool? Has it been validated?
What will the results look like?
Will you have to pay fees to use it or get your
results?
Understand Time Management
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Think
Inventory
Make priorities
Evaluate
Create Career Goals
• Think about interests and skills
• Think about occupations you might like
• Think about goals that involve raises, promotions
and increased responsibility
• Try new experiences
• Make a list and prioritize (long &short term)
Explore Career Options
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Watch career videos
View occupational trends and wages
Find industry wages and trends
Research employers
Explore work options
Find resources
Gain Skills
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• Identify your education and training needs
• Find education and training
• Explore internships and work-based learning
Find a Job
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Creating a Job Search Plan
• Start with a job-related career goal
• Think about the skills and experience and the jobs
that match
• Learn about the employers you want to work for
• Identify good places to look for jobs
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Create a job search plan
Search for jobs
Apply for jobs
Interview
Consider a job offer
Consider relocation
Find resources and assistance
Manage Your Career
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Evaluate your career path
Deal with transition
Develop a network
Learn throughout your life
Evaluate Your Career Path
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• Present
• Future
Deal with Transition
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Get plenty of sleep
Eat right
Exercise
Pay attention to your body
Talk about it
Focus on the things you enjoy
Develop a Network
• Keep track of people you know who might be a
resource later
Learn throughout your life
Maintaining the right attitude toward your
work will affect how you react to job
transitions and new opportunities.
My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier, you'll be a
general, if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope."
Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.
- Pablo Picasso
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
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Resources
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NCURA www.ncura.edu
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Career Research Checklist
http://www.quintcareers.com/career_research_checklist.html
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O*NET's Ability Profiler identifies strengths and occupations that match.
http://www.onetcenter.org/AP.html
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O*NET's Interest Profiler identifies broad interest areas.
http://www.onetcenter.org/IP.html
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O*NETs Work Importance Locator identifies features about jobs that are important.
http://www.onetcenter.org/WIL.html
Rosemary Madnick
Assistant Vice President, Research Administration
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
310-222-3621
rmadnick@labiomed.org
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Thank You
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center