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Join CILIP Knowledge & Information Management Group (London and South East) for a day to reflect on your library and information career and explore how you can transfer to other roles and environments. This workshop will be led by Erica Sosna, career coach and author.

Building Your Career Using Transferable Skills

When: Wednesday 3^rd October 9.30am-5pm

Where: CILIP HQ, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE

Cost: (including lunch, refreshments, workbooks):

CILIP members: £50 + £10 VAT (£60)

Non-members: £60 + £12 VAT (£72)

Bookings: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/register.aspx?id=1121733

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Overview:

Information workers are highly qualified, very professional and have a unique skill set. As the world of librarianship continues to be impacted by government cuts, this workshop is a chance to capture and reflect on your personal key skill sets and learn how to transfer them to other roles and environments.

 The day will provide a great opportunity to reflect on your career story so far and  inspire you to progress to your next chapter!  Using interactive and structured exercises, Erica will help you to take a look at your roles and experiences to date, define what success looks like for you and devise an exciting personalised career plan to help you move forward and make confident and successful career decisions.

 Aimed at staff from all areas and grades of library and information work, the course will provide a refreshing new outlook when considering your career aspirations.

 

By the end of the day participants will have:

…taken an ‘inventory’ of their transferable skills and be equipped to tell stories about them

….identified a career goal that inspires them and developed a plan to achieve it

…explored the barriers and beliefs that might get in the way of switching careers and successfully moved through them

…created a market-friendly ‘positioning statement’ for use at interviews and when writing CV’s

 

About the facilitator:

Erica Sosna is a career coach and the author of Your Life Plan. Her blogs and podcasts on the future world of work and on career planning can be found at www.ericasosna.com. Her passion is helping people to uncover and market their gifts, enabling them to have careers that suit their aspirations, lifestyle choices and interests.

This workshop is being delivered by Erica Sosna’s Career Matters. Career Matters believe that practical self-knowledge can change lives. Their programmes are designed to reunite people of all ages with their gifts, help them find their ideal career and take action to make it a reality. Erica Sosna is a TEDX  speaker and her workshops are based on her Your Life Plan Method. Clients include The Open University, CPD25, AXA Insurance and The Environment Agency.

Programme:

9.30am-10am Registration and refreshments

 

10am-11.45am

·         The World of Work has changed

·         How you define success in your career.

·         Reflecting on your career so far

 

11.45am-12pm Refreshment break

 

12pm-1.15pm Transferable Skills

·         What is a TS?

·         What ones do you have?

·         How to tell stories about your transferable skills

 

1.15pm-2.15pm Lunch

 

2.15pm-3.15pm Your Career Mission

·         Discovering what your ideal career looks and feels like

·         Setting career goals

 

3.15pm-3.30pm Refreshments

 

3.30pm-5pm Your Career Plan

·         How to break down the journey from A to B

·         How to track your progress toward your career goal