Career Management: Resources & Tools

The Center for Organizational and Workforce Effectiveness, through a partnership with Counseling and Psychological Services and Human Resources, offers FREE staff career development workshops. These services are offered to help staff in building a career on campus by developing a plan to connect personal interests and abilities with career opportunities available at the University.

All workshop and enrollment information can be found at the UCB Learning Center, accessible through Blu. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

• Marketing Yourself for Your Next Job: Resume Writing (BECAR301)
  Create a resume that gets attention and results. Learn how to create documents that showcase your transferable skills and highlight the strengths of your unique work history.
• Marketing Yourself for Your Next Job: Cover Letters and Job Search Communication (BECAR302)
  This workshop focuses on creating a memorable cover letter. Learn how to make your previous experience stand out.
• Informational Interviewing (BECAR303)
  Do you have an idea about a field you want to go into but don't how how to get there? Learning how to conduct informational interviews with experienced staff can be a great resource in your career strategy toolkit.
• Job Interviewing (BECAR304)
  This hands-on workshop gives you tips for acing the interview. This is a great workshop whether you are switching fields, applying for a new position in your current job track, or would simply like some practice sharpening your interviewing skills.
• Social Networking (BECAR305)
  LinkedIn? Facebook? Twitter? Come learn about these various social networking tools. Demonstration and take-away materials will be provided with step-by-step instructions on how to create and manage a professional profile that will help you network with others.

Change

• Building the Bridge as You Walk on It: A Guide for Leading Change. Robert E. Quinn, Jossey-Bass, 2004.
• The Dance of Change. Peter Senge, Doubleday, 1999.
• Managing At the Speed of Change. Daryl R. Conner, Villard Books, 1993.
• Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change. William Bridges, Perseus Books in 2003.
• Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers. Robert Kriegel and David Brandt, Warner Books, 1996.
• Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes. William Bridges, Addison-Wesley, 1980.

Career Planning

• It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age. Barbara Sher, Dell.
• I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It. Barbara Sher and Barbara Smith, Dell.
• Now, Discover Your Strengths. Marcus Buckingham and O. Donald Clifton, Free Press.
• What Color is Your Parachute? Richard N. Bolles, Ten Speed Press.
• Wishcraft : How to Get What You Really Want. Barbara Sher and Annie Gottlieb, Ballantine Books; 2nd Ballat edition, 2003.

Job Search

• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Perfect Interview. Marc Dorio, Alpha Books, MacMillan USA.
• Job Interviews for Dummies. Joyce Lain Kennedy, Hungry Minds.
• Knock ‘em Dead: The Ultimate Job Seekers Guide. Martin Yate, Adams Media Corporation.

Click on any of the following items for more information:

Click on any of the following items for more information:

• Talents Inquiry and Strengths Scan exercise  (PDF)
• Connecting to Key Leaders handout  (PDF)
• Mentoring Log  (PDF)
• Career Development Action Plan (CDAP)  (PDF)
• Creating Achievable Goals  (PDF)
• Career Planning Conversation Guide  (PDF)
• Career Conversation Topics for Managers  (PDF)