Course Summary
Learn strategic career self-management from experts and gain insights on how to create a fulfilling and successful career. This course offers unique and unorthodox advice that can help you take your career to the next level.Key Learning Points
- Understand your strengths and weaknesses to set achievable career goals
- Learn how to create a personal brand that aligns with your career goals
- Discover the importance of networking and how to make meaningful connections
- Develop a growth mindset to overcome obstacles and achieve success
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Identify your strengths and weaknesses to create a career plan
- Develop a personal brand that aligns with your career goals
- Build a network of meaningful connections to advance your career
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- No prior knowledge or experience required
- A willingness to learn and grow
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Self-paced
- Online
- Video lectures
- Interactive quizzes
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- Author and Motivational Speaker
- Entrepreneur and Investor
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Description
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the current economy, Americans shift jobs every 4-5 years, which translates into 8-10 job transitions, including several career changes, over one’s life time. With competition for jobs on the rise, a person’s continuing employability and career success are increasingly defined by his or her mastery of individual career development and the ability to effectively "manage oneself" (P. Drucker).
Outline
- Getting Started
- What this specialization is about
- A skill to get skilled
- Why career branding?
- Career Development Lab: An Introduction
- How to setup your self-management information system
- How should I use the CDL templates?
- 21st Century Careers
- Optional Bonus Interview: Career Selfie: A KMVT15's Grace Trafton interview with Dr. Tracey Wilen
- Career Development Lab: The Weekly Schedule
- How this course works
- Optional reading
- Course developers and contributors
- Reuse of course video content
- Week 1 Practice quiz
- Understanding careers and career skills
- Week 2 Overview
- Boundaryless versus traditional careers
- VUCA work environments
- Knowledge, skills, abilities, competencies, and credentials
- Employability, soft and hard skills, self-management
- Career fitness gear and competency gaps
- O*Net: Exercise
- Employability: An Interview with Tom Lindsley
- What have we learned in Week 2?
- Week 2 CDL Workouts (pdf attached)
- Week 2 Practice quiz 1
- Week 2 Practice quiz 2
- What have we learned in Week 2?
- Crafting career self-strategy
- Week 3 Overview
- The power of self discovery: Your personality (pdf attached)
- The power of self discovery: Your core values (pdf attached)
- Personal mission statement: Exercise (pdf attached)
- The power of self management
- The power of your career goals and future work self
- Core values and personal mission: An interview with Jason Collins
- What have we learned in Week 3?
- Week 3 CDL Workouts (pdf attached)
- The future of work and skills by Dr. Tracey Wilen
- You are always changing: Your future self by Dr. Dan Gilbert
- Powerful tools of self-discovery and self-management
- Week 3 Practice quiz 1
- Week 3 Practice quiz 2
- What have we learned in Week 3?
- How to be competitive on the job market
- Week 4 Overview
- Your competitive job market environment
- Job analysis
- Mastery
- Competitve advantage: SWOT
- Competitive advantage: Dashboard
- Skills and competencies: Exercise (pdf attached)
- Entering the job market: An interview with Richard Sellers
- What have we learned in Week 4?
- Week 4 CDL Workouts (pdf attached)
- Week 4 Practice quiz 1
- Week 4 Practice quiz 2
- What have we learned in Week 4?
- Putting career self-management to work
- Week 5 Overview
- Your next job
- Competency mapping
- Strategic plan
- Presenting evidence
- Evaluation
- Putting it all together
- Preparing for a job interview & Self-management on the job: An Interview with Richard Sellers
- What have we learned in Week 5?
- Week 5 CDL Workouts (pdf attached)
- Week 5 Practice quiz 1
- Week 5 Practice quiz 2
- What have we learned in Week 5?
- Course review
- What have we learned in this course?
- End of the course survey
- What have we learned in the course?
Summary of User Reviews
Discover how to manage your career path strategically with the Strategic Career Self-Management course on Coursera. Users have given positive feedback about the course's practical approach to career management.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
practical approach to career managementPros from User Reviews
- Course content is well organized and easy to follow
- Provides useful guidance on career planning and job search strategies
- Instructors are knowledgeable and engaging
Cons from User Reviews
- Some users find the course too basic and not suitable for experienced professionals
- Discussion forums can be overwhelming due to the large number of participants
- Not all the course material is available for free, some features require a paid subscription
Dr. Valeri Chukhlomin
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