|
|
|
vii | |
| Acknowledgements |
|
viii | |
| Introduction |
|
ix | |
|
Part 1 Tools for reflection |
|
|
1 | (168) |
|
Theme 1 Making the most of your experience |
|
|
3 | (15) |
|
1.1 What can your placement do for you? |
|
|
4 | (2) |
|
1.2 Goals -- `Begin with the end in mind' |
|
|
6 | (3) |
|
1.3 Learning from experience |
|
|
9 | (3) |
|
1.4 Who can help you get the experience you need? |
|
|
12 | (2) |
|
|
|
14 | (4) |
|
|
|
17 | (1) |
|
|
|
18 | (13) |
|
2.1 A strengths-based approach |
|
|
19 | (2) |
|
2.2 Self-analysis - SWOT and SWAIN |
|
|
21 | (3) |
|
2.3 Motivations and passions |
|
|
24 | (2) |
|
2.4 Dislikes and assumptions |
|
|
26 | (2) |
|
|
|
28 | (3) |
|
Case study: Learning styles |
|
|
30 | (1) |
|
Theme 3 Career development |
|
|
31 | (14) |
|
3.1 What does the term career mean today? |
|
|
32 | (2) |
|
3.2 It's all about being strategic |
|
|
34 | (2) |
|
3.3 What is career happiness? |
|
|
36 | (3) |
|
3.4 Building career resilience |
|
|
39 | (3) |
|
3.5 Finding your next step to achieve career growth |
|
|
42 | (3) |
|
Case study: Building career resilience |
|
|
44 | (1) |
|
Theme 4 Skills for working life |
|
|
45 | (14) |
|
|
|
46 | (3) |
|
4.2 Managing your workload |
|
|
49 | (2) |
|
|
|
51 | (2) |
|
|
|
53 | (3) |
|
4.5 Managing your manager |
|
|
56 | (3) |
|
Case study: Self-management |
|
|
58 | (1) |
|
Theme 5 Effective communication |
|
|
59 | (14) |
|
5.1 Professional behaviour |
|
|
60 | (2) |
|
5.2 Fostering good relationships with colleagues |
|
|
62 | (3) |
|
5.3 Assertiveness - what it is and why it matters |
|
|
65 | (3) |
|
5.4 Social relationships at work |
|
|
68 | (2) |
|
5.5 Keeping in touch with your tutor at university |
|
|
70 | (3) |
|
Case study: Assertiveness |
|
|
72 | (1) |
|
Theme 6 Learning from feedback |
|
|
73 | (12) |
|
6.1 What makes good feedback? |
|
|
74 | (3) |
|
6.2 Where you can get feedback |
|
|
77 | (1) |
|
|
|
78 | (2) |
|
6.4 How to get the feedback you need |
|
|
80 | (2) |
|
6.5 Preparing for a review |
|
|
82 | (3) |
|
Case study: Lack of feedback |
|
|
84 | (1) |
|
Theme 7 Understanding organisations |
|
|
85 | (16) |
|
7.1 Organisational culture |
|
|
86 | (3) |
|
|
|
89 | (3) |
|
7.3 Organisational structures |
|
|
92 | (4) |
|
7.4 Organisational ethics |
|
|
96 | (2) |
|
|
|
98 | (3) |
|
Case study: Organisational culture and fitting in |
|
|
100 | (1) |
|
|
|
101 | (14) |
|
8.1 What do I want from work? |
|
|
102 | (3) |
|
8.2 Which sector do I want to work in? |
|
|
105 | (2) |
|
8.3 What kind of organisation would I fit in to? |
|
|
107 | (2) |
|
8.4 When I look back, what will I be proud of? |
|
|
109 | (2) |
|
|
|
111 | (4) |
|
|
|
114 | (1) |
|
Theme 9 Managing stress and change |
|
|
115 | (15) |
|
|
|
116 | (2) |
|
9.2 Signs of stress in yourself and others |
|
|
118 | (2) |
|
9.3 Strategies for managing stress |
|
|
120 | (3) |
|
|
|
123 | (3) |
|
|
|
126 | (4) |
|
Case study: Work-life balance |
|
|
129 | (1) |
|
|
|
130 | (13) |
|
10.1 What is networking and why does it matter? |
|
|
131 | (2) |
|
10.2 Mapping your networks |
|
|
133 | (2) |
|
10.3 Extending your networks |
|
|
135 | (3) |
|
10.4 Your digital profile |
|
|
138 | (2) |
|
10.5 Becoming an entrepreneur |
|
|
140 | (3) |
|
Case study: Digital profile |
|
|
142 | (1) |
|
Theme 11 Career decision making |
|
|
143 | (13) |
|
11.1 Decision making styles |
|
|
144 | (2) |
|
11.2 Rational decision making |
|
|
146 | (2) |
|
11.3 The role of emotions in career decision making |
|
|
148 | (3) |
|
11.4 Being aware of limiting assumptions |
|
|
151 | (2) |
|
11.5 Focusing on the next steps |
|
|
153 | (3) |
|
Case study: A range of decision making styles |
|
|
155 | (1) |
|
|
|
156 | (13) |
|
12.1 What have I gained from my time in the workplace? |
|
|
157 | (3) |
|
12.2 What do I need to learn next? |
|
|
160 | (1) |
|
12.3 What do I now have to offer? |
|
|
161 | (2) |
|
12.4 What are my next steps? |
|
|
163 | (3) |
|
12.5 Back to university and back to study |
|
|
166 | (3) |
|
Case study: Career confusion |
|
|
167 | (2) |
|
Part 2 More space for reflection |
|
|
169 | (26) |
|
|
|
195 | (12) |
| References |
|
207 | (2) |
| Index |
|
209 | |