Career Moves: Be Strategic About Your Future (Revised and Enhanced Edition)

by Caitlin Williams, Annabelle Reitman

Overview

Shifting demographics, economic turmoil, globalization, and a connected mobile culture have dramatically changed the workforce. Experienced career experts Caitlin Williams and Annabelle Reitman show you how to create your dream career by using and blending these changes in your career-planning process. Explore key competencies that professionals need to be successful, and learn how to make them work for you. This third edition is packed with all new material to help you succeed.

Explore the key trends in the training profession.

Learn to embrace the changes in the training industry to advance your career.

Take advantage of the many exercises to help guide your career choices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781562868680
Publisher:	Association for Talent Development
Publication date:	09/13/2013
Edition description:	3rd Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Caitlin Williams, PhD, is an expert in navigating the workplace with grit and grace and co-author of Career Moves: Be Strategic About Your Future (ASTD Press 2013). An atypical career development professional, through her consulting, speaking, and writing, she evangelizes the opportunities for experienced professionals to continue to pursue meaningful work that keeps their performance high, their anxiety low, and their lives moving in the direction that works for them. Witnessing the disheartening effects of the “working worried,” she offers these committed workers specific tools and strategies for flourishing in a always uncertain workplace. Whether experienced professionals are exploring new career paths or pursuing excellence in already chosen careers, she acts as their chief supporter and sounding board. Caitlin is also an organization’s key advisor, guiding leadership in identifying and leveraging employee strengths and critical skill sets and helping them build healthy, productive and innovative workplaces.In her work, Caitlin uses the leading-edge tools of personal branding, appreciative inquiry, personal story, and preferred futuring. These techniques powerfully shift her clients and audiences’ perspective from one that is limited to a history-focused and static view of themselves to one that leverages current strengths and focuses on future possibilities. Annabelle Reitman has more than 40 years of experience in career coaching and counseling, specializing in résumé development that targets clients’ individualized professional stories. She also does short-term coaching for people in work transitions, enabling them to successfully continue their career journey. Reitman is an established writer and author in the career and talent management arenas. She is a co-author of ATD's Career Moves (2013) and contributed the Take charge of Your Career: Breaking Into & Advancing in the T&D Profession Chapter to the ASTD Handbook, 2nd edition (2014). Reitman holds doctorate and master’s degrees in higher education administration from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Table of Contents

Dedication ix

Preface xi

Section I Overview of Workplace Trends, T&D Competencies, and Your

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Leverage the Latest Workplace & Workforce Trends 3

An Overview of Emerging Trends and What They Mean for T&D Professionals 3

Trend 1 Learning Takes Center Stage 4

Trend 2 A Culture of Connectivity 11

Trend 3 Shifting Demographics and Increasing Diversity 17

Trend 4 Globalization 3.0 23

Trend 5 The Impact of Economic Turmoil and Recession 30

Trend 6 The Talent Trifecta: Recruiting for Agility, Fostering Engagement, and Retaining Knowledge 36

Trend 7 The (r)Evolution of the American Worker 45

Trend 8 New Work and the New Skills It Will Take to Do It 51

Chapter 2 Introducing the ASTD 2013 Competency Model 59

Master Key Foundational Competencies and Polish Your Areas of Expertise 59

The 2013 ASTD Competency Model™ 60

The Six Foundational Competencies 62

The Areas of Expertise-10 Ways to Demonstrate Your Capabilities 64

Tools to Help You Navigate Your Career 65

Alignment Matters 66

Think Multiple Paths to Excel in Work That Matters 67

Chapter 3 Distinguish Yourself and Flourish in Your Field 69

Put the Trends and the Model together 70

What Is Your Value Proposition? 70

Personal Branding Is a Differentiator 72

Follow the Advice of Seth, Marcus, and Tom 73

Chapter 4 Leverage Your Full Spectrum of Opportunities 75

Capitalize on Your Strengths, on or off the Traditional Career Path 75

Meet Some T&D Professionals 77

Section II How to Build and Manage Your Career Path

Introduction 85

Chapter 5 Progressing Through a T&D Career 89

Transitions 90

Work Modifications: Career Movements 92

Work Modifications: Professional Shifts 95

Relationship Between Transition Intervals and Career Paths 98

Characteristics of Successful Transitions 100

Chapter Highlights 101

Exercise 5.1 Work Engagement Considerations 101

Chapter 6 Creating Your Ideal Career Path 107

Characteristics of Engaging Work 108

The Professional Design Plan Defined 110

The Importance of the Plan 110

The Elements of a Professional Design Plan 111

Chapter Highlights 116

Exercise 6-1 Defining Fulfilling Work 116

Exercise 6-2 Developing a Professional Design Plan 118

Chapter 7 Building Your Career 121

Commitment to Lifelong Learning 122

Basic Elements of Professional Development 123

Professional Learning Options 125

Personal Lifestyle Factors and Learning Options 128

Chapter Highlights 130

Exercise 7-1 Assessing Constraints on Your Learning Options 130

Exercise 7-2 Select Your Best Professional Development Option 132

Chapter 8 Career Expansion Via an Alternative Learning Experience 135

Identify Goals and Needs for an Alternative Learning Experience 135

Volunteerism 136

Mentoring Program Participation 142

Chapter Highlights 146

Exercise 8-1 Identify Your Personal and Professional Needs 146

Exercise 8-2 Checklist for Developing a Learning Agreement 148

Exercise 8-3 Evaluate Your Alternative Learning Experience 149

Chapter 9 Marketing Your Professional Strengths 151

Marketing Activities and Resources 152

Your Product-Yourself 153

Your Action Plan 154

Your Market 155

Using Marketing Strategies for Work Modifications and Movements 156

The Internet as a Marketing Tool 156

Résumés 158

Professional Portfolios 160

Networking and Opportunities 160

Informational Interviewing 161

Readiness to Market Yourself 163

Chapter Highlights 163

Exercise 9-1 The Marketing-Readiness Checklist 164

Chapter 10 Managing for Professional Success 165

Challenges You Face 166

Long-Term Survival 170

Your Professional Success 171

Chapter Highlights 173

Exercise 10-1 Annual Review of Your Life Situation 173

Exercise 10-2 Defining Your Professional Success 175

About the Authors 177

References and Suggested Readings 179

Index 191