Open Educational Resources

11th June 2007

# The Jobseeker Times - Career Edition

## Career Services Rapuara

Career Services Rapuara is a New Zealand Government website for people seeking their career path. It provides information and research about careers, jobs, training, and industries. It's a free self-help career planning service to help you make the best decisions about jobs, training and courses.

The service helps you decide on the job, training or career path that's right for you, with current information and support at any age or stage of your life. Services include:

- online tools to help you find jobs that match your skills, the subjects you enjoy, and your interests
- advice on choosing, planning, and developing your career
- New Zealand job information
- New Zealand industries information
- New Zealand work trends information
- New Zealand courses and training information
- links to other relevant websites.

Writing your personal profile is about self-exploration. Take a closer look - sometimes a big rock turns out to be black coral.

You create your own career path. It's your future.

## The Job Hunt

### Developing a career plan

A career plan charts your progress towards your career choice. It details goals and objectives, priorities, planned actions, timelines, a review of progress, successes, and alternative choices.

An effective career plan includes:

- a clear career goal
- career objectives
- a personal profile that outlines your previous achievements, values, interests, skills, and qualifications
- a list of additional skills or qualifications you need, and a plan for achieving them
- any personal development strategies planned
- actions for gathering all the relevant information
- a list of networks to develop relationships with potential employers
- a plan to create or update a curriculum vitae.

Get more in depth information about Implementing your career plan, as you will find that there are times when you need to change your career plan.

You can have a whale of a time looking for a new career path! Oceans of discovery lie in front of you as you re-invent yourself to adjust to new challenges and knowledge.

Sometimes that beautiful golden thread is a trap. Think carefully about which job and organisation suits you best. Interviews are a two-way process; are they the right organisation for you?