It's whenever you want it to be. The week of celebrations for the 2010 National Career Development Week (NCDW) will take place from 17 to 23 May 2010, but any careers event at any time of the year can be registered as an NCDW event.
Want to know more about NCDW? go to What is National Career Development Week?
How do I get involved in NCDW?
There are a number of ways that you can get involved. These include:
- Organising a careers seminar or event - take a look at the suggestions Fact Sheet - Event Ideas
- Registering your careers seminar or event on the website. (Once you have registered your event we'll send you the Event Kit containing the "How to" disc with video tips from event organisers, Fact Sheets, Templates and promotional resources to assist you in organising your event)
- Partnering with a local organisation who already host careers events
- Subscribe to receive the NCDW Enewsletter.
What is Career Development?
Today, a career incorporates everything we do in life – what we learn through participation in cultural activities, work experience, education, parenting, sports, hobbies, voluntary work and paid work – all these roles and activities of life and work add to a person's career.
In these busy times, managing a career is more important than ever before.
Career development is the process of managing life, learning, and work over the lifespan. It applies to everyone:
- Children think about what they want to do when they grow up, and form ideas about work and adult life.
- Adolescents make decisions about subjects and courses, and juggle school, part-time work, family and other interests.
- Adults work in the home, in paid employment, as volunteers; juggle paid employment, family life, and other interests; and participate in learning experiences. They may change jobs several times and experience periods of unemployment, over employment and under employment.
People are responsible for their own career development.
What skills are needed to manage a career?
Everyone needs some basic skills to be able to:
- self evaluate
- make sound decisions
- cope with transition
- be flexible and
- continue learning
Employers want people who have:
- communication skills
- team work skills
- problem-solving skills
- initiative and enterprise skills;
- planning and organising skills
- self-management skills;
- learning skills; and
- technology skills that contribute to effective execution of tasks
People want friends and colleagues who:
- are honest
- area willing to give things a go
- are prepared to see things through to the end
- see unexpected things/events as a challenge to take on
- have a positive sense of self
- have a sense of humour
