The Blueprint
for Life/Work Designs characterizes career development to be "about
growing through life and work; about learning, experiencing, living, working
and changing, about creating and discovering pathways through one's life
and work". The Blueprint also provides a list of career
development competencies considered important throughout your career
development.
The career development
process will help guide you through the various phases of Career
Awareness, Career Exploration, and Career
Preparation in order to help you become clearer about your life and
work decisions and goals. The various phases of career development are
cyclical, and you will find it helpful to return to one or more phase
to confirm, adjust, and further plan your life and work goals.
In addition to acquiring
career development competencies, you also need to enhance your existing
skills, to acquire additional skills and to apply your skills to new contexts,such
as post-secondary education and training, or various employment settings.
Check out the Skills,
Attitudes and Behaviours for Life, Learning and Work to find out what
life and work skills are needed in today's world, and how you can create
a profile of yourself.
