2. Table Of Contents
WE WILL HELP YOU SUCCEED...........................................................................................................3
What Is Career Development?...................................................................................................................3
Why Does Career Development Matter?...................................................................................................3
USING YOUR CAREER PLANNING WORKBOOK.............................................................................4
DISCOVER YOURSELF!.........................................................................................................................5
Define What Success Means To You.........................................................................................................5
Career Development Assessment...............................................................................................................6
Your Preferred Job Characteristics.............................................................................................................7
The Abilities That You Enjoy Using..........................................................................................................8
What Are Your Interests?...........................................................................................................................9
What Have You Learned From Failure?..................................................................................................10
PREPARE FOR SUCCESS!....................................................................................................................11
Determine Your Strengths........................................................................................................................11
Get Input From Your Manager.................................................................................................................12
Network Inside Your Organization..........................................................................................................13
Your Potential Career Path.......................................................................................................................15
Chart Your Plan Of Action.......................................................................................................................16
My Action Plan........................................................................................................................................17
OUR CORE VALUES.............................................................................................................................19
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3. WE WILL HELP YOU SUCCEED
Whether you are a new employee or you have worked for Fibernetics for many years,
we believe that career development is extremely important. That's why career
development is a fundamental element of our HR Plan.
What Is Career Development?
For Fibernetics, career development is the critical process of growing employees to help
them fulfill Fibernetics' mission and provide high-quality services to our customers.
For you as an employee, career development is choosing a job that matches your
interests, values and skills as well as developing these skills through the many resources
made available to you at Fibernetics. Career development is the lifelong process of
managing your living, learning and earning in order to reach your professional goals.
Why Does Career Development Matter?
Fibernetics' customers cannot receive the service they deserve without a skilled
workforce. Without awesome employees like you, Fibernetics cannot reach its goals.
That's why helping you manage your career is one of our top priorities.
For you as an employee, career development matters because, if you are able to use your
strongest skills, you will become more engaged in your work and you will feel more
fulfilled.
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4. USING YOUR CAREER PLANNING WORKBOOK
This career planning workbook will help you manage and develop your career. It
contains exercises that will help you set your career development goals and create your
Career Development Plan.
The workbook also incorporates the way in which Fibernetics Corporation will support
you in this process. It will teach you how to have a meaningful career conversation with
your manager. Remember, your supervisor is there to provide guidance and support but
the Career Development Process belongs to you. Only you can steer your career in the
right direction.
The workbook's objectives are to assist Fibernetics' employees in considering relevant
information that is needed in order to make career decisions and plans. The brochure
will help you identify the steps you need to take before decisions and plans can be made.
It will teach you how to obtain the support and the information you need in order to
reach your goals.
The workbook follows a step-by-step format. The exercises that are included in this
booklet will help you organize your ideas and start meaningful conversations.
All you need to do is to go through the exercises in a thoughtful way. Carefully reflect
on the question and properly consider your answer. Take your time! You don't need to
complete all the exercises in one sitting.
If you take the time to diligently complete all the exercises you will most likely discover
interesting things about yourself.
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5. DISCOVER YOURSELF!
Before you make any decisions regarding your career you should take the time to
understand what motivates and inspires you. If you are inspired and motivated at work
you are more productive and more effective. Self-assessment is the first and the most
important step in planning your career.
Making plans for your future is a difficult task and we understand that. We are here to
guide you through this process.
Let us guide you in mapping out your future at Fibernetics!
Define What Success Means to You
We all have our own definitions or models of success. Some of us equate success with
advancement. For others success means a financially rewarding job. For some success
means advancing their skills. And to some, success means making a meaningful
contribution to society.
What does success mean to you?
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6. Career Development Assessment
Before we start our conversation about careers, think about where you are in your career
development process. Which of these statements best describes you?
Check “yes” or “no” in the “My Pre-Activities-Assessment” on the left for each of the
statements below.
Once you complete all the exercises in this workbook, you should revisit these questions
to see how much you have learned. Check “yes” or “no” in the “My Post-Activities
Assessment” on the right.
My Pre-Activities My Post-Activities
Assessment Assessment
Yes No Yes No
I know exactly which jobs at Fibernetics best fit my strengths
I know my work preferences and my skills very well
I think career development is a complicated process
I know who to talk to about getting career information
I know how to develop a plan to get the job I want
I have someone to help me make decisions about my career path
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7. Your Preferred Job Characteristics
Use this table to identify which of these job characteristics are most important to you:
Job Characteristics Important Fairly Important Not Important
1. Camaraderie with co-workers 1
2. Can exercise authority
3. Flexible hours
4. Good relationship with supervisor
5. Intellectually challenging work
6. Involves detailed work
7. Job stability
8. Location is close to home
9. Opportunities for travel
10. Loyalty is valued
11. Work offers variety
12. Working independently
Write down the 5 job characteristics that are most important to you
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8. The Abilities That You Enjoy Using
We all have many different skills and abilities but, often our work requires us to use
these skills that we don't really enjoy using. So why not trying to pursue a career that
allows us to use these skills that we truly enjoy using?
Please rank the following abilities and skills in order of preference (1 being the highest):
Abilities/Skills Description Rank
1. Active listening Understand the message
others deliver
2. Adaptability Being flexible
2. Analysis Examine, break down
3. Communication Clearly convey a message
4. Innovation Invent, change
5. Interpretation Explain, advise
6. Imagination Conceptualize, picture
7. Leadership Guide, direct
8. Negotiation Mediate, intervene
9. Organization Plan, structure
10. Persuasion Convince, Overcome opposition
10. Problem Solving Find solutions
11. Team Player Work well with others
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9. What Are Your Interests?
If you perform tasks that you enjoy, there is a greater chance you will actually love your
job. Think back to your work-related experiences over the past year. List three activities
that you enjoyed during this period and the reason why you enjoyed these activities.
Activities I enjoyed over the past year Why I enjoyed this activity
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10. What Have You Learned From Failure?
We all have been assigned tasks we were not good at. But, remember, failing is one of
the best tutors in career development! It is important to know what tasks we would like
to avoid in the future.
Write down three experiences in which you did not succeed and the reason why you did
not succeed.
Job assignment in which I did not succeed Why I did not succeed
What have you learned from these unsuccessful experiences?
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11. PREPARE FOR SUCCESS!
Determine Your Strengths
Look back at other jobs you had that you particularly liked; this will help you identify
your strengths. We all enjoy performing tasks we are excelling at. What tasks did you
perform? What skills did you use?
Tasks I liked from previous jobs Skills I used
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12. Get Input From Your Manager
Your manager is there to provide training, guidance, feedback and encouragement.
These questions might be helpful in starting a meaningful conversation with your
manager. Write down your manager's suggestions and comments.
What would you say my strengths are?
Are there any special developmental opportunities in the year ahead?
What would you suggest as potential career path?
Who else should I speak to that could help me advance my career?
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13. Network Inside Your Organization
Start a list of people that you know at work and the jobs they have. If you think you are
interested in a particular job-type you might consider going on an informational
interview with someone who works in your area of interest.
Person Meeting arrangement- Location, date, time
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14. Now write down a list of questions that you would like to ask them:
Sample questions:
What skills do you need to do your job?
Does your work involve overtime?
What advice do you have for someone who wants to work in your field?
Your questions:
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15. Your Potential Career Path
Now that you have learned so much about yourself, list possible job options, the assets
that you have as well as the assets you will need to develop in order to be able to
perform these jobs.
Job Option The assets that I have Assets that I will need to develop
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16. Chart Your Plan Of Action
Your Plan Of Action
How will you reach it?
What will you have to do?
Who can assist you?
When?
How much time will you need?
What potential obstacles
do you see ahead?
What strategies will you use?
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17. MY ACTION PLAN
(to be completed during performance review discussion with your manager)
Name
Date
Action Plan Prepared With
Identified Needs:
Goals:
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