WORKSHOP CONTENT
Making a confident decision about the next step in your career path is not only essential for your personal well-being – knowing what you want and what you have to offer is also the key to getting the job you’re interested in. In this workshop, we’ll explore career orientation from the perspective of your personal motivation. We’ll take a look at what inspires you, what motivates you, and what brings you a sense of fulfillment at work, and we’ll explore how to use tools from career coaching and career orientation to help you better understand your past experiences, skills, strengths, and personal traits. We’ll learn how to create an overview of career options, evaluate your options with a focus on your competencies and your personal goals, and approach the decision-making process with concrete tools. We’ll also learn how to identify which skills and experiences to prioritize in order to best prepare you for a smooth transition to the next phase of your career. You’ll leave with a toolkit that will help you build an effective personal profile and with a set of tools that will enable you to turn that profile into a truly convincing application.
- Where am I going, and what do I want to do in the future? What tools exist to help me better understand what I’ll need to get where I want to go?
- What do I enjoy about my work, and what do I want to do more of? What motivates me at work? What tasks and responsibilities do I enjoy? What doesn’t work for me?
- What’s the red thread in my career path? How can I tell a cohesive story about my experiences?
- What skills, knowledge, traits, and strengths have I developed in my previous experiences? How can I describe them effectively?
- What do I do if I’m not sure? How can I feel confident about my career decision and empowered in my career path?
- How does having a cohesive profile get me to the interview stage, and how can I turn my profile into an application that makes an impact?
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METHODS AND MATERIALS
Methods will include interactive inputs as well as small and large group activities, peer activities, and individual reflections.
For the workshop, a resource site will be provided with all (digital) handouts as well as additional resources and links to relevant supplemental materials. The slides will also be provided via digital link.
STRUCTURE
The workshop day will include a coffee break and a 40-minute lunch break.
TRAINER
Amanda Wichert has been working in adult and continuing education since 2003, and has worked with corporate clients, universities, research institutions, and non-profits in the US and in Germany. A native of North Carolina and a graduate of Appalachian State University, she spent several years working with international students as well as refugee and migrant populations in the US before relocating to Berlin in 2008. Since her move, Amanda has worked primarily as a trainer, instructor, consultant, and coach, and co-founded WITOS Berlin with her partners Myriam Rubert and Corinna Honsu in 2015. She enjoys working with small groups as well as large audiences, and has extensive experience with digital training, hybrid and asynchronous learning, and designing interactive self-led online training. She is an enthusiastic and engaged instructor and relies on interactive and participant-focused methods in her trainings. Amanda offers training and coaching in English and in German.