Next cohort is starting in March 2021
Pathways provides colleagues within professional services departments the opportunity to increase their self-awareness, learn and develop new skills and create knowledge so that they can define their career pathways. The next session of the Pathways programme will be delivered through a blended approach using staff training Moodle for the eLearning modules and MS Teams sessions for face to face sessions.
Below are the details of the programme
Programme aims & benefits
The programme aims to prepare individuals who wish to define their career aspirations by helping them to:
- Identify strengths and development opportunities
- Understand what they want from their career
- Identify opportunities to assist in achieving the identified career pathway
- Provide practical skills in CV writing, applying for roles and attending interviews
The programme will also bring benefit to the wider university by providing attendees greater connections from other areas.
Content
- Introduction (18th March)
- Motivational factors
- Strengths and Development Needs
- Enhancers and inhibitors
- Learning styles
- Signposting opportunities
- Development Goals – Personal pathway
- CV Writing ( 31st March)
- Purpose of a CV
- What to include, what not to include
- Personal statements
- Promoting yourself – Online
- Making the Application (22nd April)
- Identifying transferrable skills
- Providing examples of essential criteria/skills
- Interview Skills (13th May)
- What to expect and how to prepare
- Giving a good interview
- Personal presence
- Structuring answers and questions
- Putting it into practice (8/9th June)
- Mock interview and feedback
Key underpinning principles
The key underpinning principles of the programme
Self-Awareness: Those who know their strengths and development opportunities, leading to high self-awareness leads to humility rather than overconfidence. Self-awareness is a predictor of overall success. To know where you want to go and to understand strengths and weaknesses self-awareness is required
Personal responsibility: Taking conscious control of your responses to the events and circumstances in your life. You are responsible for yourself, whether you like it or not. What you do with your life and what you have done already is up to you. You are nevertheless responsible for how you think, act, and feel in response to those things. Your career pathway is an area where you need to take responsibility
Programme Commitments
The programme consists of workshops where the participants’ full commitment will be critical to the programme’s overall success and to ensure the full benefits for the participant. Once a person is confirmed on the programme, detailed joining instructions to explain how the programme is delivered via Moodle and MS Teams will be issued.
The programme will run from Mid March to early June
Next Steps
If you feel this programme would support your current career situation, please send an email to ldev@kent.ac.uk outlining the reasons why this would benefit you, please ensure that your line manager supports your request to join the next cohort.
Closing date for applications is Friday 19th February 2021
If you have any questions contact L&OD ldev@kent.ac.uk
Please note this programme is open to all professional services staff members, including those that are on a fixed-term contract.