A selection of comments from Career Development workshop attendees
What was most valuable?
- Identifying values – helped to identify type of role/environment most suitable to me. And talking about achievements – not something I usually think about. Interesting to hear what skills people identify
- A lot of personalised information to take away and work/reflect on. Looking at my achievements and the relevant skills
- Broad range of information and points to think about; really nice presentation
- Taking the time out to think this through with the support of the structured approach
- Time dedicated to personal strengths and values; how to process and what’s next; different tools to identify overlapping themes; input form other workshop participants
- The preparation prior to the workshop was useful in terms of time and how the mind was attuned in this way; Cynthia manages to give some one-to-one feedback in the group
What will you do differently as result of this workshop?
- Think about values and how this will influence career decisions rather than just strategic choices
- Think more about networking for roles rather than being stuck in the traditional way
- Totally reassessing career, changing focus, development
- My CV
- Look more at my internal options as on reflection my organisation is a pretty good place
- Reflect and articulate next steps
- Go through the booklet and have an action plan
