career management
When managing your next career move, either when moving into a new job and / or job sector, or when considering new opportunities with your current employer, using the career management cycle below can break up this process into a series of logical steps that can increase your chances of a successful outcome.
The Career management Cycle:
 S: Self Knowledge - Make sure you know what you want from a career and what you have to offer.
O: Option Generation - Boosting your Knowledge of jobs and getting ideas of what might suit
R: Researching + Exploring - Finding out what you need to know about your career options
T: Taking Decisions - Working out how to choose between your various options
I: Implementing & Self marketing - looking for jobs or courses and making applications
T: Transition Management - Dealing with Offers and settling into your new Situation.
Many people carry out the above cycle sequentially, starting with Self Knowledge, moving onto options generation and research, then narrowing down their options by referring back to what they learnt about their needs during the self analysis stage, before moving on the the practical steps of implementing & self marketing. More information on each of these steps can be found at SORTIT (please note: SORTIT has been designed primarily for undergraduates but still has many elements useful to research staff)
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Career Management Resources:
General Information:
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Windmills Interactive - A useful site to help you gain a greater degree of self knowledge in the context of careers |
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University Researchers and the Jobs Market. A practical career development resource for research staff. It is intended to
offer support and encouragement to researchers who are considering their next
career move, either inside or outside of academia. |
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How to Change Your Career
This booklet aims to help you gain a greater insight into your skills, values and interests, assess your options and make more informed decisions. Collect your free copy (if you are currently employed by UCL) from the careers service. Alternatively we can post you a copy via internal mail if you email your UCL address to us. |
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How to Analyse and Promote Your Skills for Work
This booklet helps you understand what employers are seeking, and how to manage their own career development. Note: written for a student audience. Collect your free copy (if you are currently employed by UCL) from the UCL careers service. Alternatively we can post you a copy via internal mail if you Email your UCL address to us. |
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Job Hunting:
Downloadable Help sheets:
Applications:
Downloadable Help sheets:
General Applications Information:
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How to Write a Curriculum Vitae
This booklet
aims to help you write a curriculum vitae that will persuade your potential employer to take you seriously.
Note: written for a student audience. A reference only copy of this booklet is available in the Information Library - please ask a member of staff for more information.
Alternatively, you can access the online version by visiting this site:https://www.ucl.ac.uk/careers/resources/ and entering your UCL username and password when prompted. |
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How to Complete an Application Form
This booklet addresses the skills involved in completing forms and includes tips on how to impress the employers. Note: written for a student audience. Collect your free copy (if you are currently employed by UCL) from the careers service. Alternatively we can post you a copy via internal mail if you email your UCL address to us. |
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Vitae: 'Marketing Yourself' section of Careers Pages. Contains information, advice and examples, for writing academic and non academic CVs and applications as well as advice on how to present your research in applications. |
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Building your Academic Career. The Academic Support Kit. Kenway J, Epstein D, Boden R. 2005. SAGE Publications Chapter 4 'Presenting Yourself'. Reference Copy Available in Careers Service |
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University Researchers and the Jobs Market. From the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services. Contains advice on marketing yourself to employers in job applications. |
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Interviews & Other Assessment Methods:
Downloadable Help sheets:
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How to Succeed at Interviews. This booklet offers a guide to job interviews and other selection methods. Offers general advice, targeted to a student audience, but contains useful information for research staff. Collect your free copy (if you are currently employed by UCL) from the careers service. Alternatively we can post you a copy via internal mail if you email your UCL address to us. |
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Academic Job Interviews. Advice from the Careers Pages of the Vitae website.
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The Academic Career Handbook. Chapter 3 'Starting an Academic Career', p 41 The Job Interview. Blaxter L, Hughes C, Tight M. 2001. Open University Press. Reference Copy Available in Careers Service |
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Building your Academic Career. The Academic Support Kit. Kenway J, Epstein D, Boden R. 2005. SAGE Publications Chapter 5 'Getting a Job, Getting Promoted' - contains advice on the academic interview process. Reference Copy Available in Careers Service |
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Referrals to Third Party Sites
Referral to an internet site, publication or organisation from our site does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by UCL Careers Service. Items are included in good faith but we are unable to guarantee the quality/style of all references. If you encounter problems or omissions please let us know so we can make amendments to our information.
This page last modified
11 October, 2010
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