Career Development Programs

scheduled employee development programs

 

 

   Beyond Age: Life Stage, Career Stage and a Job You Love

Kathleen Lynch, Director, Employer Engagement, Sloan Center on Aging and Work

So how old are you . . .really? What are you looking for from your work experience? Training? Flexibility? Do you want to “give back”? Your answers are important and have real implications for your career.

 

This workshop, intended for all BC employees, is designed to engage you in an entertaining and informative exploration of age diversity. Through exercises and conversations, we encourage surfacing positive past experiences, fostering team building, and encouraging open dialogue with managers. You may think that people’s age, life stage, and career stage follow a consistent pattern; but that’s not always the case. Understanding how and why you and your colleagues are breaking the age molds will give you an opportunity to take a more proactive approach to your own work experience.

 

During this interactive session, you will:

  • develop a deeper awareness of your own perceptions of life stage and career stage and the different factors that influence these perceptions
  • understand how these perceptions, attitudes, and hidden stereotypes may be impacting your work experience
  • surface preconceptions about your own “age” and the “ages” of your colleagues and to identify opportunities for mutual learning

University-wide Competencies

Continuous Learning

 

Friday, October 23, 2009

9-11

Walsh Hall Function Room

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   What's Next? Planning for Life After Retirement

Trisha Griffin-Carty, Speaker and Seminar Leader, Griffin-Carty Communications

What will you do once you retire from Boston College? Research studies continue to report the same findings: that the baby boomer generation will redefine retirement. Options include volunteering, pursuing an avocation, working part-time, starting a new career, or perhaps even returning to school as adult learners. Making this transition to what has been called life’s “second act” is both an exciting and a challenging process.

This highly interactive session is for BC employees who are interested in reflecting on their careers and designing the next phase in their lives.

 

During this hands-on session, you will:

  • begin to assess  skills, values and interests
  • identify and discuss “retirement” options with colleagues
  • create specific action items for exploring options for life’s “second act”

Thursday, November 12, 2009
9-12

Newton Room, Corcoran Commons 

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   Turning Accomplishments into Stories

 Trisha Griffin-Carty, Career and Communications Coach

Are you reciting facts . . . or telling your story?

Over the course of a career, creating and maintaining professional relationships is a key factor in achieving goals and career satisfaction. During our work lives we interact with managers, colleagues, and members of our professional networks. Each face-to-face encounter is a unique opportunity to showcase skills, highlight professional experiences and create a lasting positive impression.

This session focuses on how to describe career accomplishments using the characteristics of story-telling to increase your effectiveness in your BC career conversations.

By attending this session you will:

  • Create a story line using the PAR ( Problem, Action, Result) format
  • Choose details that add color and dimension to career examples
  • Use pausing, tone and inflection to attract and keep the interviewer's attention
  • Deliver content with interest and enthusiasm
  • Have opportunities for practice and receive feedback from your colleagues

Are you ready to tell your story?

 

University-wide Competencies

Communication and Continuous Learning

 

Thursday, December 3, 2009

9-11:30

Walsh Hall Function Room

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Career Enrichment Resources

Options & Opportunities is a compilation of career- related resources available both on and off campus, and open to all employees. 

Boston College Career Center offers a range of services for employees as well. You may speak to career advisor about anything career-related. Visit the Center’s Career Resource Library for books, videos, computers, and advice in your career exploration process.

Other Learning Opportunities and Resources

Performance Management Program is a resource tool to help you, with your supervisor, identify learning objectives for the year and specific learning activities to achieve those objectives. You may seek advice from Human Resources staff members on job-related issues such as status of available positions on campus, and campus career and vocational goals. Contact the Employment Office at ext. 2-3330.