13
SPOTLIGHT
SEP 2015
UMP
大學廣場
Mapping the Road to Career Success
Have you started your career planning yet? No
matter which year you are studying in, you’d
better start getting yourself prepared for your
future career as early as you can. It is never too
early, before it is too late, to do so. Leave yourself
abundant time to find out what your competency
gap is, get equipped, and be ready to excel!
So, what Career Planning is all about? A Career
Planning Cycle can be divided into four stages.
Careers Fair in January
Global Internship Programme
(Application opens in November)
CUHK Mentorship Programme
(Application opens in November)
Career
Planning
3. Goal Setting:
a. Determine what you wish to achieve
in short, medium and long term periods.
b. Identify the skill sets that help achieve your
goals, and/ or are required to fulfill these goals.
c. Plan carefully what you need to equip or
enhance to fill the gaps.
d. Mark all these clearly in a table and
review the items regularly.
3.
Goal Setting
4. Make conscientious
efforts to acquire the necessary
skills or experience, so as to be
fully prepared once opportunities arise.
Undertaking an internship, for example, is
a very effective way to discover the job first-
hand. You will have an early taste of the field
while establishing network relevant to your
career interest. It brings you one big
step closer to your career goal.
4.
Career
Preparation
1. You have to know
yourself, preferably through
an objective psychometric
test, what are your current and
potential abilities, personal
interests and behavioral
tendencies.
1.
Self-
Understanding
2. Investigate
which professions/ jobs
best match your abilities,
preferences and characters
before you leave the university and
explore the job nature and requirements of the
career that you are interested in and suitable for
at the same time. You probably need help from
alumni, career advisors to provide you with
information about the real workplace.
The internet may be yet another
important resource to turn to.
2.
Job Market
Information
NOT - TO - MISS
PROGRAMMES
Aptitude and Personality Tests
- Career Applications of MBTI
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