Personal Development Plan(AK)

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1Career and Internship Office

Alice Kirkwood

Career and Internship Office

Personal Development Plan


Personal Development

• Life Long endeavour

• An active learning process

• Life is Work-In-Progress

• You are the one responsible!

– Self-motivating

– Self-directing

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Personal Development

• Easy to fall into Vicious cycle!

– Behviour reinforces attitude and belief

– Reluctant to change behaviour patterns


Behavior Pattern

Life experiences

create personal

attitudes of self-

image

Attitudes support current behaviour

Continued behaviour

reinforces current

attitudes of self-image

Adapted from PDP, SHL Group plc., 1999

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Action Learning

Adapted from PDP, SHL Group plc., 1999

Learning resources: Mentors, Coaches,

Development Activities

Document learning/

share with others

Obtain feedback

Develop learning Strategies

Implement plan

Focus on critical issues

Assess competencies required

Identify what needs to be learned


Where are you now?

• Understand Yourself

• Define your Career Objectives

• Think about your own learning style and

other factors that affect your learning

• Create Your Personal Development Plan

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Understand Yourself

• Personal SWOT

– Personal attributes,

– Business knowledge and skills, and

– Technical / professional skills.

www.quintcareers.com/SWOT_Analysis.html


Understand Yourself

• Online Quiz – your personal interest and

usual style

http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/quiz/career_quiz1.asp

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Career objective

• Your Interest, Value, Ability

• Your Career Options

• Your Career goal

– Any identified prospect?

• Your Academic goal


Career objective

• Goal Setting

– SMART

• Specific

• Measurable

• Achievable

• Relevant

• Time-bound

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Skill Assessment

• What is the skills/competencies required to attain the goal?

• What is your skill gap on identified competencies?

• See it from the employer’s view

• Rank your current ability

***Don’t forget to develop and capitalise on your STRENGTH

Refer to the Skill audit session of

Personal Development Plan worksheet

Key QuestionsAny gaps identified? - education or qualification- any particular skills/competencies needed? – e.g. Language, license, Presentation

Skill, etc


Your Competencies

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Competencies

Ability

Knowledge

Personality

Motivation

Sets of (observable) behaviors that are critical to job successSets of (observable) behaviors that are critical to job success


The Big 8 Factors

Psychological Factor Dimension Competency

Cognitive Ability Reasoning Analyzing & Reporting

Motivation Excellence Delivering & Performing

Power Leading & Deciding

Big Five Personality

Factor

Extraversion Interacting & Presenting

Agreeableness Supporting & Cooperating

Openness to Change Creating & Innovating

Conscientiousness Organizing & Implementing

Emotional Stability Coping & Adjusting

Source :FOCUS 8

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Employer’s View

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EMB Survey on Opinions of Employers on Major Aspects of

Performance of Local Graduates

• Chinese Language Proficiency

• English Language Proficiency

• Numerical Competency

• Information Technology Literacy

• Analytical & Problem Solving Abilities

• Work Attitude

• Inter-personal Skills

• Management Skills

• Technical Skills Required for the Job

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Hiring Consideration- CityU, 2007 conducted by TNS

• Attitude – most important

• Creativity– to give new ideas or methods, important for problem solving

• Confidence – demonstrating courage to face daily challenges and interact with

others, but not arrogance.

– Confident to their knowledge and skills by completing the tasks

assigned independently, but not too confident to think “know-it-

alls”, over-estimate ability, and showing reluctance to learn or

seek help from others

• Attitude – most important

• Creativity– to give new ideas or methods, important for problem solving

• Confidence – demonstrating courage to face daily challenges and interact with

others, but not arrogance.

– Confident to their knowledge and skills by completing the tasks

assigned independently, but not too confident to think “know-it-

alls”, over-estimate ability, and showing reluctance to learn or

seek help from others


Hiring Consideration- CityU, 2007 conducted by TNS

• Multi-cultural Awareness– Flexibility in adapting to the working and communication style of

different cultures that helps facilitate daily operations

– The attitude e.g. openness on accepting and learning new things

• Competitive Advantage– How active towards “willing to learn”; “can do” attitude; proactive and

initiative in working on new tasks• This will help graduates to adapt to the working environment and familiar

with their job duties more quickly, hence their job performance and be more competitive

• Language Skill – Fluency in English and Mandarin (spoken and written)

• Presentation Skill

• Multi-cultural Awareness– Flexibility in adapting to the working and communication style of

different cultures that helps facilitate daily operations

– The attitude e.g. openness on accepting and learning new things

• Competitive Advantage– How active towards “willing to learn”; “can do” attitude; proactive and

initiative in working on new tasks• This will help graduates to adapt to the working environment and familiar

with their job duties more quickly, hence their job performance and be more competitive

• Language Skill – Fluency in English and Mandarin (spoken and written)

• Presentation Skill

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Employer’s Expectations


SAMPLE Recruitment ADDAH SING FINANCIAL GROUP

Unleash your potential with Dah Sing - the Financial Services Provider of Choice

Graduate TraineeJoin us as a Graduate Trainee

We are now inviting fresh graduates to join us as Graduate Trainees in the following business functions: - Commercial Banking - Information Technology - Operations - Retail Banking -Treasury

Benefits

Successful candidates will go through a comprehensive 2 years’ training program and be offered a competitive compensation package including: - Competitive salary - Discretionary bonuses -Medical, life and personal accident insurance - Staff concessions, including preferential interest rate for staff housing loan - Education sponsorship and award for attainment of professional qualifications If you want to join an organization with growth and challenges while you possess the following

Qualifications and attributes:

- A university degree in relevant disciplines

- Confident and with a "Can-do" attitude

- Good communication and interpersonal skills

- Able to learn fast and work under pressure

- Energetic and flexible

We look forward to hearing from you.

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SAMPLE Recruitment ADInformation Technology Audit Trainee Program (One-year Contract)

PCCW Group Internal Audit (GIA) has embarked on an audit strategy that is intended to add greater value to its many stakeholders with the dominant focus being to improve the performance of the business and risk management processes. To fulfill these needs, we are inviting undergraduate to join a one-year trainee program which aims to:

- Enable trainee to apply information technology and auditing concepts in the real world - Develop technical knowledge and skills to begin a successful auditing career - Develop communication and interpersonal skills - Cultivate a professional orientation of continuous learning and improvement

Upon successful completion of the program, we will consider whether to extend the contract or place the candidate to other suitable positions within the firm.

The successful candidate will have:

- Degree holder in information technology, engineering or a related discipline. - Self-motivated, inquisitive, a strong sense of responsibility and desire to learn. - Good command of spoken and written English and Chinese. - Good familiarity with Microsoft Office applications.

Please send in your CV and a brief hand written essay on your career goals and expectations.


Action Plan

• Planning period – next 6 -12 months

Refer to Action Plan of Personal Development Plan

• Put down the development goal as identified in the skill gap

• List specific actions to accomplish the goal

– E.g. join a training course to upgrade programming

skill, etc.

• Set target date

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Career and Internship Office

Personal Development CommandmentsPersonal Development Commandments

• Be decisive

• Prioritise and stay focused

• Welcome failure

• Plan ahead

• Involve others that can help

• Take action

• Reward yourself

• Continuous self-reflection and evaluation

• Commitment

http://www.goalsguy.com/Knowledge/t_01_commandments.html


References

• Personal Development Plan Workbook - Mind Tools Limited 2007.http://www.mindtools.com/courses/lnV924x0/PersonalDevelopmentPlanning.pdf

• The Ultimate Career Success Workbook – Rob Yeung, Kogan Page

• Taking Charge of your Career Direction – Robert D. Lock, Brooks/Cole

• Competencies Dictionaryhttp://www.britishcouncil.org/behaviouralcompetenciesexternalnew.pdf

www.workitect.com/pdf/Competency_Dictionary.pdf

• Transferrable Skillshttp://www.allstarresume.com/careercenter/transferable_skills.asp

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