GROUP 1 PDAE

• Professional Development - refers to all training, certification, and education workers need to succeed in their careers.
• Continuing Education

  - Enrollment in formal degree programs

  - Pursuing certificates, accreditations, or other credentials through educational programs
• Participation in professional organizations

  - Attending local, regional, national, and international meetings, conferences, and

  workshops sponsored by professional organizations

  - Presenting papers, workshops at conferences and workshops

  - Serving as an officer, board member, or committee member

  - Coordinating events sponsored by the organization
• Enrollment in training programs

  -Attending workshops and courses
• Research

  - Conducting research

  - Presenting findings of a study to others
• Improved job performance

  -Keeping up with technology, systems, processes

  -Learning about new developments in your field

  Improving existing skills
• Increased duties and responsibilities Taking on new challenges in current position, projects, short-term assignments
• BENEFITS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS

  • Improve your career prospects by achieving additional qualifications

  • Respond to changing conditions at work

  • Achieve advancement at work

  • Change career

  • Meet the requirements of professional bodies

  • Understand the latest developments in your field

  • Develop your knowledge of the environment in which you work

  • Be better at doing your job

  • Achieve personal development
• BENEFITS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EMPLOYERS

  • Promotes higher employee retention rates

  • Signals competency on behalf of the employer

  • Increases the collective knowledge of your team

  • Boost employees' job satisfaction

  • It makes your company more appealing

  • It makes succession planning easier

  • Sharpening the tools in your toolbox
• Some examples of personal development are:

  ·        Leadership training

  ·        Management training

  ·        Time management

  ·        Handling difficult situations and conflict management

  ·        Communication skills
• PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT is a continuous process that helps not only the individual but also the organization.
• Importance of Professional Development

  ·        Be better able to recognize opportunity;

  ·        Be more aware of the trends and directions in technology and society;

  ·        Become increasingly effective in the workplace;

  ·        Be able to help, influence, and lead others by your example;

  ·        Be confident of your future employability;

  ·        Have a fulfilling and rewarding career.
• Personal development is a lifelong process. It is a way for people to assess their skills and qualities, consider their aims in life and set goals in order to realize and maximize their potential
• Personal Development Planning (PDP) is a structured and supported process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their learning, performance, and/or achievement and to plan for their personal, educational, and career development
• PDP and employability

  Personal development planning processes are linked to employability in various ways. Through effective PDP processes, students can learn to articulate their skills and experience, and their developmental needs in ways that are both useful and accessible to employers. The ability to reflect on personal successes and to articulate the learning derived from less successful ventures is important in the application and selection process for graduate employers
• Personal SWOT Analysis

  SWOT analysis is the examination of your (or your organization’s) situation by looking at Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
• Personal PEST Analysis

  PEST is an acronym for the Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, and Technological environments in which you function
• Political Factors

  Here, you consider the influence that the government and its policies may have on the opportunities you’re looking at
• Economic Factors - Next, you look at economic factors that may influence your decision to pursue a particular goal.
• Socio-Cultural Factors

  These are the societal trends that influence how attractive a particular opportunity may or may not be.
• Technological Factors

  Look at the technological factors that affect your career decisions.
• SMART MEANING

  Specific

  Measurable

  Attainable

  Relevant

  Time-based
• Employability refers to your ability to gain initial employment, maintain employment, and obtain new employment if required.
• Your employability depends on:

  -        Knowledge

  -        Skills

  -        Attitudes
• Career ownership - only you are responsible for your career development and management (no one else can do it for you)
• Continuous (life-long) learning and development of skills are expected by employers and clients
• Security lies in employability (that is, your ability to obtain and maintain employment) rather than in employment (that is, a specific job)
• Transferable skills

  Transferable skills are skills and abilities that are relevant and helpful across different areas of life: socially, professionally, and at school. It also refers to skills learned from life experience or in past employment that you may apply to other jobs
• Hard skills

  Hard skills are teachable abilities or skill sets that are easy to quantify. Typically, you'll learn hard skills in the classroom, through books or other training materials, or on the job. These
• Soft skills

  Soft skills are subjective skills that are much harder to quantify. Also known as "people skills" or "interpersonal skills," soft skills relate to the way you relate to and interact with other people. It refers to adaptive skills and things that you do that do not require formalized training
• Communication is a two-way process

  It involves both the sending and receiving of information. It, therefore, requires both speaking and listening, but also—and perhaps more crucially—developing a shared understanding of the information being transmitted and received
• Verbal Communication

  Verbal communication is any communication that uses words to share information with others. These words may be both spoken and written
• Written communication

  Written communication includes traditional pen and paper letters and documents, typed electronic documents, e-mails, text chats, SMS and anything else conveyed through written symbols such as language. This type of communication is indispensable for formal business communications and issuing legal instructions.
• Oral Communication

  The other form of verbal communication is the spoken word, either face-to-face or through phone, voice chat, video conferencing, or any other medium.
• Listening

  Being a good listener is one of the best ways to be a good communicator.
• Nonverbal Communication

  Your body language, eye contact, hand gestures, and tone of voice all color the message you are trying to convey
• Clarity and Concision

  Good verbal communication means saying just enough—don’t talk too much or too little. Try to convey your message in as few words as possible.
• Friendliness

  Through a friendly tone, a personal question, or simply a smile, you will encourage your co- workers to engage in open and honest communication with you. It's important to be polite in all your workplace communications.
• Confidence

  It is important to be confident in your interactions with others. Confidence shows your co-workers that you believe in what you’re saying and will follow through.
• Empathy

  Using phrases as simple as "I understand where you are coming from" demonstrates that you have been listening to the other person and respect their opinions.