Career Development

By the end

What you'll build

• Produce an inventory of your skills and experience supported by concrete evidence
• Map several plausible development directions and test one cheaply before committing
• Write a development plan with observable milestones and a review cadence
• Keep an ongoing record of contributions and describe your work accurately to others
• Prepare for a career conversation with your manager and for structured interview questions using real examples
• Review and adjust your direction after a setback or a change in circumstances

Curriculum

What's inside

7 modules · 35 lessons

1. 01

   Knowing what you are working with

   5 lessons
   • Turning your experience into a clear inventory of skills and evidence
   • Strengths, motivators and what drains you
   • Transferable skills across roles and sectors
   • Naming gaps without talking yourself down
   • Sorting your own inventorymatch pairs
2. 02

   Direction and options

   5 lessons
   • Mapping several plausible directions instead of one dream role
   • Researching a role honestly, including the parts people dislike
   • Lateral moves, depth and breadth
   • Testing an option cheaply before committing
   • Comparing directions honestlyfill blank
3. 03

   Building capability deliberately

   5 lessons
   • Writing a development plan with evidence, not intentions
   • Stretch work, shadowing and learning on the job
   • Choosing learning you will actually apply
   • Tracking progress and reviewing it quarterly
   • From intention to evidencesequence order
4. 04

   Visibility, networks and relationships

   5 lessons
   • Talking about your work without overselling or hiding
   • Internal networks and who should know what you do
   • Finding a mentor and using the time well
   • Keeping a record of contributions as they happen
   • The meeting you were not inscenario
5. 05

   Career conversations and applications

   5 lessons
   • Preparing for a career conversation with your manager
   • A profile and CV that match your evidence
   • Structured interview answers built on real examples
   • Handling a 'no' and asking for feedback you can use
   • Match the tool to the jobmatch pairs
6. 06

   Sustaining a career over time

   5 lessons
   • Reviewing your direction when circumstances change
   • Shifting priorities across life stages
   • Recovering after a setback or a restructure
   • Boundaries, workload and long-term sustainability
   • Direction, seasons and setbacksfill blank
7. 07

   Practice and check

   5 lessons
   • Career terms and what they actually meanmatch pairs
   • Preparing a career conversation that produces somethingsequence order
   • Plans, intentions and evidencefill blank
   • A reorganisation, and two slotsscenario
   • Course quizquiz

The shape of it

How this course works