2.1. Preparing fo Transition
- 1. Lesson 1: Preparing for Transi.on Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 1
- 2. Course Welcome and Overview During the course of your career, you will likely face transi8on situa8ons in which you examine your skills and career. Transi8ons can occur due to outside circumstances, such as a restructuring, or you can generate them through a change in career or series. Whatever the reason for the change, a transi8on can provide you with the opportunity to examine your past and present career path and your future career opportuni8es. Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 2
- 3. Course Purpose A major premise of this course is that job security does not exist. Rela8ve job security is inherent in your employability, con8ngent on maintaining your current skills and awareness of trends in the industry in which you work. In the past, federal employment was considered by many people as secure, well-‐ benefiIed employment. However, budget cuts, changes in poli8cal priori8es, downsizing, and other challenges have changed the federal employment landscape. Regardless of the genesis of change, as a federal employee, you are wise to maintain your skills in the face of escala8ng technological advances, public pressure, and other reali8es. • You must step out of your comfort zone in order to transi8on effec8vely. • To transi8on effec8vely, you must honestly and realis8cally appraise yourself by evalua8ng your skills in the context of your challenges. Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 3
- 4. Course Objec8ves At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to: Iden8fy the stages of transi8on. Iden8fy your skills, strengths, and accomplishments. Create a workplace narra8ve to market your skills. Delve into a variety of social media techniques and personal marke8ng strategies. • Comfortably promote yourself within their chosen occupa8on. • • • • Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 4
- 5. Career Transi.on Survey As we begin considering how to manage career transi8on moving forward, it will be helpful to consider a previous career transi8on experience. The goal of this exercise is to provide you with informa8on about yourself; to show you that you have already experienced a variety of changes in your lives and careers. Change need not be feared. Embrace it. Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 5
- 6. Career Transi.on Survey As you contemplate your previous career transi8on experience, consider the following ques8ons: • • • • • • How long were you in your previous job? What prompted the transi8on? Did the transi8on require you to relocate? Was the transi8on from one sector to another (i.e., private to federal)? How long did the transi8on take? What lessons did you learn from the experience? Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 6
- 7. Career Transi.on Defined “Career transi9on is the shi:ing of employment to a new job, employer, or field. Because this shi: o:en involves moving to an unknown situa9on, career transi9on can be accompanied by important changes about how you view yourself and others.” The Change Grid People who experience change caused by an external event go through various recognizable stages. The four stages of change (Pederson, V., 2005) shown in the diagram demonstrate how you may move through each stage of your transi8on. Most people who experience change go through various recognizable stages. During this period, you may have mixed emo8ons about this transi8on. At 8mes, you may simultaneously feel fear about the upcoming changes and excitement about future possibili8es. Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 7
- 8. The Change Grid Past Future 1 Denial Can’t happen here Numbness Minimizing 2 Commitment Where I’m headed Focus Vision Balance 3 Resistance Anger Loss/Hurt Blaming Doub8ng Your Ability 4 Explora.on Chaos Seeing possibili8es Unfocused work Energy Exploring Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 8
- 9. Exercise: Place Yourself in the Change Grid In which stage do you place yourself? Please iden8fy what stage of change you think you may be experiencing presently. Are there others in your workplace whose situa8ons have changed? What effect, if any, has their transi8on had on you? Although you may not be facing a reduc8on in force (RIF) or downsizing, you may s8ll be experience the effects of change. Any altera8on to a usual paIern or sense of normalcy (such as a new supervisor) can cause a transi8on. Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 9
- 10. Career Transi.on Prepara.on A transi8on period presents an opportunity for self-‐evalua8on and redirec8on; a 8me to examine the past while planning for the future. This assessment is vital regardless of which career op8on you choose to pursue. Before you can make plans for your career, you must first look at the “Big Picture" in which you make decisions. You may find that this transi8on 8me provides you a chance to re-‐evaluate your situa8on. Some people report that an unwelcome (presumed) change actually provides them with a (previously) hidden opportunity. Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 10
- 11. Career Transi.on Prepara.on Examine these factors while preparing for change: • Values • Goals • Personality Type and Interests • Personal Needs Evaluate each factor so that when you consider your next career move, you will have a clear picture of who you are, what is important to you, where you have been, and where you want to go. Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 11
- 12. Values Values are basics. Your values determine your place in the world and your picture of the world around you. You are not oken required to assess what is most important, but at a 8me of transi8on, it is valuable to do so. It is important to periodically re-‐assess your values because your values change over 8me and circumstance. For example, at some point in your life, you may decide that career success is important, but career success might diminish in importance at some other life stage. What is important to you? If you know the answer(s) to this/these ques8on(s), your are beIer prepared for change. Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 12
- 13. Why Do You Work The ini8al response to the ques8on, “Why do you work?”, is oken “for a paycheck.” However, as you consider it more deeply, you may find that the reason(s) you work is/are not as obvious as you ini8ally thought. Research shows that, all things being equal, money is not a primary mo8vator. If you have enough money to take care of your basic needs, more money will not mo8vate you. Some reasons for why people work include “to help people,” “to achieve,” “because I have something to offer the world,” and/or “to create something.” Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 13
- 14. Worksheet: Priori.zing Work Related Value To complete this exercise you will want to print the Lesson 1 Worksheet: Work Related Values, and fill it out as you go along . All worksheets are available from the course page on the CMSVCC.com website. Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 14
- 15. Exercise: Priori.zing Work Related Value Rank the values below with the following weights: 1. Most Important 2. Important 3. Somewhat Important 4. Not Important Rank again the above “short-‐listed” values from 1 (most important) to 4 (least important). You now have developed a manageable list of values which should reflect what is most important to you. Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 15
- 16. Worksheet: Personal Needs Personal needs cons8tute a major considera8on involved in the transi8on process. So much of “one’s self” is defined by the work one does. Salary, posi8on, and 8tle form some major building blocks of our “self-‐ concept.” To complete this exercise you will want to print the Lesson 1 Worksheet: Personal Needs, and fill it out as you go along . All worksheets are available from the course page on the CMSVCC.com website. Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 16
- 17. Exercise: Personal Needs A major considera8on involved in the transi8on process is personal. So much of one's self is defined by the work one does. When the emphasis of our daily ac8vi8es switches from career to other pursuits, the sense of who we are some8mes gets lost in the shuffle. How much we make, what our 8tles are, and what we do are only some of the building blocks for our sense of self. Consider other building blocks such as: • Your role as a sibling, parent, son, or daughter • Your rela8onships with colleagues and friends • Your contribu8on to helping others • Your other roles that contribute to your high self-‐esteem Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 17
- 18. Why Do You Work The ini8al response to the ques8on, “Why do you work?”, is oken “for a paycheck.” However, as you consider it more deeply, you may find that the reason(s) you work is/are not as obvious as you ini8ally thought. Research shows that, all things being equal, money is not a primary mo8vator. If you have enough money to take care of your basic needs, more money will not mo8vate you. Some reasons for why people work include “to help people,” “to achieve,” “because I have something to offer the world,” and/or “to create something.” Created by Vantage HRS for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services 18