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Essential Skills for Your Career Development Course – FutureLearn

Take charge of your career development and identify the skills you need to plan and achieve your career goals Learn the professional career development tools to get your career on track Most people want to achieve career success but how can you make it a reality On this course youll get the tools to take your career to the next level Using planning tools youll establish goals for your career and how to achieve them Youll learn how to navigate the process of applying for jobs and interviews and consider the importance of transferable skills and creating the right professional networks Youll also hear from like-minded individuals who propelled their careers forward using similar career development plans Featured in the UK governments The Skills Toolkit collection Careers in the modern professional landscape How to use vision boards to identify your own career roadmap Exploring goal setting and understanding value propositions Goal setting Building a professional network Building relationships Dealing with change and always being ready to learn Identify different approaches to growing your career Explore a roadmap vision board for your career path Explain your career vision clearly Identify key individuals organisations and platforms for your network Develop communications to engage key leads Evaluate the impact of your strategy and iterate accordingly

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