Appendix 3 - Create career plan

Match your skills to occupations

Identify which of the following skills are your strongest:

excellent spoken and written communication skills creativity, innovation, initiative and imagination good organisation and planning skills the ability to work well as part of a team analytical and numerical skills drive, motivation and enthusiasm the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines the confidence to 'sell' your ideas attention to detail collaborative

technology skills to manage all the digital platforms good business sense and budget awareness great storyteller customer-focused flexible forward thinking curious accountable well-rounded humble.

Your top 10 skills

Do skills assessment and then write down your top 10 skills. You should know your skills so you can talk about them with co-workers and employers.

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Job roles that match your skills

Using online resources, find occupations that match the skills you want to use.

From your skills assessment, and online research, write down five to ten job roles that are a good fit with your skills.

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Job role that you prefer

Using the job roles listed and any others you have learnt about during your research, choose the five job roles you are most interested in. Then rank the job roles by putting a 1 next to the most interesting and 5 next to the least.

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Your work values

Job satisfaction comes from having a job that meets your needs and fits your goals. The list below includes things people often want or value in their job. Not all these values will be met each day. However, if you choose a job that meets most of your work values you are more likely to enjoy your job and you will also be more motivated to succeed.

Match your work values to occupations

Read each statement below. Rate the value on a scale of 1 (High) to 5 (Low) on how well the statement matches your values. Add work values not listed which are also important to you.

Work value	Description	Rating
Achievement	chance to use your strongest skills and feel good about your work being challenged and doing interesting work learning and gaining new skills.
Independence	able to decide what work you do supervising your own work being creative and finding new ways to do things.
Recognition	chance to move up and be a leader being able to direct and influence others having an important or prestigious job.
Relationships	getting along with your co-workers and customers working with diverse people of many cultures and backgrounds helping and caring for other people.
Support	having a boss that stands behind their employees access to the right tools, training and resources needed to do job.
Working conditions	having good work conditions being well paid and having good benefits having a job with low risk of a change in pay or work duties having a variety of things to do on the job

Market yourself

It is very important that you can show that you are a good fit for a job. The person who gets a job may not be the most skilled, but they may have been good at promoting themselves.

How will you market yourself as a marketer?

• Your look?
• Your elevator pitch for yourself?
• Your resume?
• Your social media profile?

Create elevator speech

Think about being in an elevator. You have one minute to talk about yourself to a potential employer. You want this person to know your job target and why you're a good fit. Practice your speech with people who can give you feedback. Do they understand what kind of job you're looking for? Do they understand why you would be good at it?

Examples of elevator speeches:

• My name is Jane Doe. I have two years' experience as an office assistant. I also took classes in project management at Whatever College. I have worked in customer service most of my life. I'm looking for an administrative support position. I'd really like to work for a medical company. Do you know of any jobs in that area?
• I'm John Doe and I'd love to be your caterer for your next event. I have worked as a chef for six years. I'm starting my own catering company. I can make great food for memorable events.

Fill your information

My name is: _________________________________________________________

I'm interested in: ______________________________________________________

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My skills and background for this job are: ___________________________________

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