Career orientation for professional staff (OBP)

The goal of this training is to help you to prepare for your future career. You will get a clear idea of your career possibilities. You will reflect on your own convictions and personal values. You will also gain insight into your talents, goals, and the importance of networking.

It is impossible to contemplate the next step in your career without considering ‘the psychology of the choice process’. In this course, you will:

✓ Gather insight into your personal and career goals.
✓ Learn more about the labor market inside and outside UG.
✓ Gain a better view on how your talents, your personal values and motivations complement your skills to help you carve your own career path.
✓ Learn how to present yourself and your goals.
✓ Enhance your practical career skills (in a global world).
✓ Formulate a personal career plan.
✓ Make informed choices concerning the next steps in your career.
✓ Gain more insight in career possibilities in the UG.

Although you probably won’t have made a firm decision by day 3, you will have made a start on the process.
The course is spread across two-and-a-half days, with a few weeks between the sessions.

Day 1: Values and personal qualities - What are your talents and how to describe them?
Day 2: Motivation, working environment and paths of enquiry - How do you make choices and communicate them?
Day 3: Narrative and action plan - What are your career goals and how do you present them?

At the end of the course, you will have a better understanding of your qualities and your personality. You will also have gained insight into the opportunities on the job market, enabling you to shape your career by compiling a step-by-step plan.

"It made me really focus on what are my strengths and goals, and how to best convey that also during an interview. Having done this for the course made me much more aware of my core qualities and pitfalls, and such awareness was appreciated in recent interviews that I had." - Aurora Signorazzi, two months after completing the course.