Career Cycle - Exploration, Establishment, Maintenance & Disengagement
There are 4 key stages in the career cycle:
- Exploration. Exploring a range of different options, narrowing down your choices into specific areas of work roles.
- Establishment. Settling into an occupation, supporting and developing yourself. Making yourself secure and demonstrating your value. Increasing your level of responsibilities.
- Maintenance. Retaining your role in the face of changing technology, systems and younger staff. Keeping abreast of changes. Finding new ways of doing things.
- Disengagement. Reducing load and pace of work. Seeking to move onto a different area of work or living without paid work.
Which stage do you think you are in? Take some time to review and reflect upon your career and to carry out your own personal SWOT analysis – Strengths, Weaknesses Opportunities, and Threats.
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