The document discusses the importance of exploring internal and external opportunities for career advancement. It defines opportunities and lists some internal opportunities an administrative professional could pursue, such as training programs, budget management, and public speaking. The document also discusses the pros and cons of lateral career moves versus promotions. It provides tips for developing a personal brand and skills portfolio to identify and pursue external opportunities. Finally, it offers an action plan for research careers and organizations, networking, and enhancing one's CV or resume.
4. Opportunities Definition:
•A time or set of circumstances that makes it
possible to do something
•When was the last time you grasped the opportunity
to do something in your career
5. Opportunity what does it mean
•Chance
•Lucky
•Good time
•Golden Opportunity
•Favourable
•Opportune
•Opening
•Right set of
circumstances
•Suitable moment
•Appropriate time
•Slot
•Turn
8. Diary management
Event planning
Office management
Budgets and Finance
Travel arrangements
Great communicator
Rush my work when
pressured
Public speaking
I am not able to say no
when overloaded
Project and Event management
Prince2 course
Interviews
Training and development
programme
Devise a training a programme
Supporting too many
managers
Assistants are leaving
but company not
replacing due to budget
freeze/Brexit
10. The lateral move: The Cons
• The Perception of lateral moves can be negative
• You are no closer to reaching your aspirations and
goals
• With a promotion you tend to get pay rises with
lateral moves it usually doesn’t happen
• You need to make sure a lateral move will not
become a hindrance
18. Before Running Out of The Door
• Take your time AND think about you:
• What do you want to do next? The sky
is the limit
Ask yourself this
• What do you want to achieve
• Create a list of career opportunities that you
would like to explore
19. Before Handing in your resignation
• Wait and think about the following:
• What are you good at?
• What skills do you have?
• What industries would you like to work in?
• What responsibilities do you enjoy?
20. Action Plan
• Make a record of your achievements and
accomplishments
• Decide on your career aims
• Work out what you need to do to achieve your
aims
• Take a step by step approach to plan your future
• Consider further development
21. Action Plan
• Have a clear vision of your future
• It is important to know your strengths and talents that you can
offer an organisation
• Keep up to date with changes in the work place and the
profession
• Utilise your network
• Mistakes can and will happen, use the experience, learn and move
on
• Be flexible, review your progress regularly and be willing to adapt
and change
22. Skills and Abilities
• Team work
• Spoken communication
• Written communication
• Problem solving
• Time management
• Commercial awareness
• Taking initiative
• Decision making
• Flexibility
• Reactiveness
• Research
• Technology proficiency
24. Understanding yourself: Skills and Abilities
• It is important to look at all the facets in your life
• Your work experience
• Education
• Extra curricular
• Voluntary experience
• Project management
• Creativity
• Languages
Source: LSE
26. Knowledge and Personality
Knowledge
•What expertise have you gained through your
employment or education?.
•Think about how can this help you in your in your career
move
Personality
•Think about your approach to life, toward working with
other people
•How you absorb information and how you process and
work towards tasks
27. Motivation and Values
• We are all different but there are a number of
inner factors which influence what we need
from our working life.
Remember what is important to you
• What do you value?
• What do you see as the bigger picture?
28. Interests & Culture
We forget:
Your interests can be incorporated into your
career
Culture Fit:
You need to be able to fit into the culture of an
organisation
30. Careers research
• Understanding job sectors and industries
• Understanding the different types of role
of an admin
• Understanding of the
organisation, culture and employees
31. The Job Hunting Tools
• Speaking to your line manager/HR
department/colleagues
• Internal vacancy careers board
• External network/using your voice
• Direct sourcing
• LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Job boards
• Specialist recruiters/head-hunters
32. Your Curriculum Vitae: Key points
• Your curriculum vitae mean ‘story of my life’
• Be relevant
• Layout and design
• Language
• Spelling and grammar
• Gaps in CV
• Truthfulness