Charting a Course to Your Dream Job
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As a technology professional, your career path can and probably will take many directions. The challenge is determining which directions are right for you. Are you no longer learning or growing at work? Do you want to change jobs but don’t know where to start? Do you feel stuck on a narrowly-defined path that doesn’t excite you? Whether you're just starting out or are the most experienced person on your team, this workshop will help you determine what's next in your career.
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Charting a Course to Your Dream Job
- 1. Charting a Course to Your Dream Job Cassandra Faris Kim Preece @cassandrafaris @KimberlyAPreece
- 2. Gap Conversation • Pair up with the person next to you • Think of a modern-day object • Pretend your partner is from 100 years ago • Spend up to 5 minutes explaining the object to your partner • Switch roles and repeat using a different object
- 3. Group Formation Form into groups of 4 & share the following information: • Childhood career goal • Educational background • Current job • Hobbies
- 4. Today’s Agenda Takeaways & Next Steps Identifying Opportunities Career Path Reflection Career Goals Reflection
- 5. Today’s Agenda Career Path Reflection Career Goals Reflection Identifying Opportunities Takeaways & Next Steps
- 6. Kim’s Career Journey What a long, strange trip it’s been MEDICAL ASSISTING B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SUBSTITUTE TEACHING TEMPORARY LABOR RECRUITER MEDICAL RECRUITER TECHNICAL RECRUITER
- 7. Cassandra’s Career Journey What a long, strange trip it’s been B.A. PHILOSOPHY LAW SCHOOL DROPOUT INSURANCE SALES MBA ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP WAREHOUSE RECRUITER TECHNICAL RECRUITER TECH COMMUNITY ADVOCATE
- 8. It’s OK if you don’t know what you want to be when you grow up
- 9. Signs It’s Time to Plan a Career Move • Not learning • No career path • No investment in growth • Title-only promotion • Company changes • Instability • Relocation • Dread work • Bad leadership • Unlikable coworkers
- 10. What We Think We Should Do Follow a pre-set career path Learn the latest tech or methodology Get more years of experience
- 11. What We Should Also Do Understand your business Figure out what you want to do next Learn communication skills Mentor & teach others Get out of your comfort zone
- 12. Technical skills are not the only career skills you need
- 13. Career Path Reflection Likes & dislikes Favorite/fulfilling projects Why you’re in tech Most challenging project
- 16. Today’s Agenda Career Goals Reflection Identifying Opportunities Takeaways & Next Steps Career Path Reflection
- 19. Examining Values Yours? Your employer’s?
- 20. Company culture is not: Company culture is:
- 21. Values & Priorities Reflection
- 22. Values & Priorities Discussion
- 23. Your priorities and values help you limit and guide your career
- 24. Career Goals Reflection Things you want to learn Strengths & weaknesses Someone you admire Dream job
- 27. Break See you in 15 minutes * *Obligatory CodeMash bacon mention
- 28. Today’s Agenda Career Goals Reflection Identifying Opportunities Takeaways & Next Steps Career Path Reflection
- 29. Communication with your manager is the key to internal career growth
- 30. Identify Internal Opportunities Communicate goals to your manager Be proactive Identify relevant training Ask forgiveness, not permission* *Use sparingly and with care
- 32. Training • Know how you learn • Invest in yourself
- 33. Learn by Teaching •Area of expertise •Deeper understanding •Communication skills
- 34. You will learn by being active in the tech community
- 35. Professional Networking Online • LinkedIn groups • Slack • Github
- 36. Professional Networking Offline • Meetups • Tech events • Non-profits • Volunteering
- 37. Career changes rely on transferrable skills What you already know What you need to learn
- 38. Identify External Opportunities Learn professional skills Talk to people in your desired role Find a mentor Build a network
- 39. Job Search Resources • Indeed • Stack Overflow Jobs • LinkedIn • Company websites • Your network
- 40. You need to understand the value to bring to an employer
- 43. Resume Tailoring
- 44. Resume Tailoring
- 46. Today’s Agenda Career Goals Reflection Identifying Opportunities Takeaways & Next Steps Career Path Reflection
- 47. How do you know you’re succeeding? • Practical considerations • Feedback from others • Treatment by others • Are you happy!?
- 48. You’ll know your career is on the right course when you’re happy at work
- 49. Q & A