HeART and Art of Successful Career

Target Audience
– Division 2 & 3 Officers or Executive, Junior Executive & Support Staff.
– Fresh Graduates or graduating students entering the workforce.

Course Objectives
At the end of the programme, you would be able to acquire the following lifeskills :

  1. Confidence building skills in the face of challenges
  2. Articulating their career goal / objective confidently.
  3. Looking for jobs in the right places
  4. Crafting winning resumes and application letters
  5. Winning hearts and heads at interviews.

Course Duration
2 days (16 hours), 9:00am – 5:00pm.

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Course Content
The challenge facing graduating students in landing the first job can be daunting. However, with adequate guidance and equipping them with the appropriate tools, each and every graduating student can face the working world with confidence.

CONTENT OUTLINE
1. REALIZING  THE CHALLENGES OF BEGINNING YOUR CAREER
 – Seeing Opportunities in the midst of Dangers
– Managing your personal expectations
– Building Confidence

2.    REVIEWING YOUR PERSONAL STRENGTHS
 – What are your skills?
– What are you interested in?
– What is your preferred work style ? (DISC – simplified )
– What are your qualifications – educational and professional?
– What are your experiences?
– Positioning Yourself – Your Career Objective

3.    READYING  YOURSELF FOR THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES
 – Customising your resume – market yourself
– Crafting application letters

4.    REACHING OUT TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES
 – Understanding Visible vs Hidden Job Market
– Analysing  a job advertisement
– Working with job placement agencies / Executive Search consultants
– Internet job search
– Networking / Referrals

5.    RESPONDING CONFIDENTLY DURING INTERVIEWS
 – Understanding the Purpose of interview – types of questions
– Selling yourself – features vs benefits
– Tips for effective performance at interviews
– Some common questions – asked
– Some good questions you can ask.
– Managing your salary expectations
– Follow up on interviews – letter of thanks.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY
This workshop will be conducted in small groups of participants using “proximity contagion” experiential learning methodology. Participants will be emotionally inspired and intellectually challenged through a series of interactive, engaging and fun activities. A balanced use of:

  1. Group interaction
  2. Individual exercises
  3. Role plays
  4. Video clips
  5. Summary lectures at the end of each section.

All participants with be provide with samples of winning resumes and application letters. This session will help participants discover useful knowledge and practical skills that can be applied right away.