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2008/3/18
Personal Development Plan
Alice Kirkwood
Career and Internship Office
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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
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Behavior Pattern
Continued behaviour
reinforces current Life experiences
attitudes of self-image create personal
attitudes of self-
image
Attitudes support current behaviour
Adapted from PDP, SHL Group plc., 1999 Career and Internship Office 4
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Action Learning
Focus on critical issues
Document learning/
share with others Assess competencies required
Obtain feedback
Identify what needs to be learned
Implement plan
Develop learning Strategies
Learning resources: Mentors, Coaches,
Development Activities
Adapted from PDP, SHL Group plc., 1999 Career and Internship Office 5
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
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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
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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 Questions
Any gaps identified?
- education or qualification
- any particular skills/competencies needed? – e.g. Language, license, Presentation
Skill, etc
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Your Competencies
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Competencies
Sets of (observable) behaviors that are critical to job success
Ability
Knowledge
Motivation
Personality
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The Big 8 Factors
Psychological Factor Dimension Competency
Cognitive Ability Reasoning Analyzing & Reporting
Motivation Excellence Delivering & Performing
Power Leading & Deciding
Big Five Personality Extraversion Interacting & Presenting
Factor
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
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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
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Employer’s Expectations
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SAMPLE Recruitment AD
DAH SING FINANCIAL GROUP
Unleash your potential with Dah Sing - the Financial Services Provider of Choice
Graduate Trainee
Join 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 AD
Information 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.
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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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Personal 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
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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 Dictionary
http://www.britishcouncil.org/behaviouralcompetenciesexternalnew.pdf
www.workitect.com/pdf/Competency_Dictionary.pdf
• Transferrable Skills
http://www.allstarresume.com/careercenter/transferable_skills.asp
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