Managing Your Career

Do you have a career path? Do you know exactly what you want in terms of your career? Do you know what you’ll be best suited to?

All of these questions need answering if you want a happy and fruitful career. You spend a great proportion of your life at work so it pays to choose and manage your career wisely!

In this textbook you will work through a series of exercises and content so that you will be able to plan and map out a rewarding career for yourself.

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Preface

1. Introduction
1.1 Your Career Is in Your Control
1.2 Your Interests and Passions
1.3. Identifying Our Strengths and Weaknesses
1.4 Enhancing Your Skills
1.5 Job-Search Skills

2. Determining Your Interests and Passions
2.1 Introduction
2.1 Exercise One
2.2. Exercise Two

3. Identifying Your Strengths and Weaknesses
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Identifying What a Job Requires
3.3 Identifying General Strengths and Weaknesses
3.4 Getting Feedback from Others

4. Communication Skills
4.1 The Importance of Communication
4.2 What Is Communication?
4.3 What Are Communication Skills?
4.4 The Communication Process
4.5 Elements of Communication
4.5 Face to Face Communication
4.6 Listening Skills

5. Personal Confidence
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Self-Confidence
5.3 Self-Esteem
5.4 Self-Efficacy

6. Motivation
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Addressing Lack of Confidence
6.3 Addressing Lack of Focus
6.4 Addressing Lack of Direction
6.5 Building Self-Discipline
6.6 Goal Setting

7. Emotional Intelligence (EI)
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Mixed Model of EI

8. Job-Seeking Skills
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Your Resume
8.3 Networking
8.4 Interview Skills

9. References