Area C: Career Building
Competency 11: Understand, engage in and manage the career building process
 Phase IV - Competency 11.4

Manage your career building process

Acquire
11.4.1 Explore the nature of career transitions and their impact on the career building process.
11.4.2 Investigate the choices and challenges of major transitions (e.g., becoming a parent/spouse/retiree, losing a job, injury, illness).
11.4.3 Explore financial and lifestyle needs and their relationship to career roles.
11.4.4 Explore effective strategies to use during transitional periods.
11.4.5 Understand the importance of updating your resume and portfolio using newly acquired information about yourself and the labour market.
11.4.6 Understand the importance of revisiting and fine-tuning your preferred future, career goals and aspirations, and short-term action plans.
Apply
11.4.7 Plan and apply coping strategies during transition periods (e.g., starting a family, retirement, losing a job, injury, illness).
11.4.8 Update your resume and/or portfolio.
11.4.9 Review your preferred future and fine-tune your career action plans.
11.4.10 Pursue your action plans.
Personalise
11.4.11 Re-examine your career goals, action plans and your strategies for dealing with transition periods and determine whether or not it is necessary to adjust them.
Act
11.4.12 Adapt your preferred future in order to always reflect your true needs, desires and aspirations.