The Career Development Professional’s Survival Guide

A big hello   Alphabet soup - an abundance of abbreviations or acronyms   Beginnings - things to consider when starting in a new role, a different setting or a new job   Body Doubling - a technique where you work alongside another person, either physically or virtually, to enhance focus and motivation   Continuous Professional Development - occupational and educational knowledge   Communication - The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place ~George Bernard Shaw   Complaints – don’t panic! Listen and learn   Curiosity - Indulge your own curiosity by finding out how others work Decisions – what affects decision making   Designing your day - some of the ways you can structure a day’s careers interactions   Difficult Conversations - Careers work doesn’t really matter or isn’t important; You must do shorter career sessions; You need to fill up our 6th Form/College; There’s no point in “inclusive approaches”; You can’t have a room; Clients who say “I don’t know”   Disabled? – you have rights   Disclosure and Barring – what the different kinds of checks are, and who needs them   Emails – top tips for helping to ensure that emails don’t clog up your life   Equality and equity – what they mean and why they matter   Ethics - Ethical use of different social media and technology platforms; Unethical Practice; Agendafication   Everyone has a right to Career Guidance – just saying!   Find your Tribe – why we need our own circles of support   Future gazing – what will happen next in the Careers Sphere?   Going places – things to remember the first time you go to a setting   Have a go! – how Chris and Jules got over their own anxieties and learnt to embrace things outside their comfort zones   Humour – when is a joke not a joke?   Information sharing – what should we share, and how?   Just One Thing – why doing ‘just one thing’ can be so powerful   Kindness - ways of being, which we can consider to improve our lot   Learning Styles – are they a myth?   Looking after the planet – musings on sustainable practice   Magic – why Terry Pratchett could have been writing about us   Mistakes – what we’ve learnt from ours   No such thing as a silly question – a bit about different kinds of questions and how they can be used   Opportunities - activities which promote the development of self-awareness; various ways of researching opportunities   Personalising Action Plans – what is the purpose of our action plans?   Philosophy – a romp through some thinkers   Play – why is it important?   Quick or slow – how to slow down … or stop   Realism – mental capacity and ‘unwise’ choices   Reflection – how and why to reflect on your work   Refreshments – the art and etiquette of food and drink   Sick and Tired - is a change as good as a rest?   Staying Safe – a few thoughts on how and why this is so important   Social Media – for business, for/with clients, for ourselves and for CPD   Transitions - techniques which support our clients to ‘move’   Unconditional Positive Regard – what to do when accepting and respecting others as they are gets hard   Visibility - why should we make ourselves ‘seen’   What should I wear? – some personal musings on dress codes and appearance   X-rated - Sometimes clients talk about inappropriate things!   YET – the power of yet and growth mindset   Zero Tolerance? - if a client is unaware they are doing something wrong [and it is not harmful, or an immediate threat] should we adopt a policy of zero-tolerance?   Zenith - ‘the time at which something is most powerful or successful’ – what we might call Impact!   Zone - ‘a region or area set off as distinct from surrounding or adjoining parts’.