Career Moves: Be Strategic About Your Future (Revised and Enhanced Edition)

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Content
5. Preface
6. SECTION I: Overview of Workplace Trends, T&D Competencies, and Your
   1. Introduction
7. Chapter 1: Leverage the Latest Workplace & Workforce Trends
   1. An Overview of Emerging Trends and What They Mean for T&D Professionals
   2. Trend 1: Learning Takes Center Stage
   3. Trend 2: A Culture of Connectivity
   4. Trend 3: Shifting Demographics and Increasing Diversity
   5. Trend 4: Globalization 3.0
   6. Trend 5: The Impact of Economic Turmoil and Recession
   7. Trend 6: The Talent Trifecta: Recruiting for Agility, Fostering Engagement, and Retaining Knowledge
   8. Trend 7: The (r)Evolution of the American Worker
   9. Trend 8: New Work and the New Skills It Will Take to Do It
8. Chapter 2: Introducing the ASTD 2013 Competency Model
   1. Master Key Foundational Competencies and Polish Your Areas of Expertise...
   2. The 2013 ASTD Competency Model™
   3. The Six Foundational Competencies
   4. The Areas of Expertise—10 Ways to Demonstrate Your Capabilities
   5. Tools to Help You Navigate Your Career
   6. Alignment Matters
   7. Think Multiple Paths to Excel in Work That Matters
9. Chapter 3: Distinguish Yourself and Flourish in Your Field
   1. Put the Trends and the Model together
   2. What Is Your Value Proposition?
   3. Personal Branding Is a Differentiator
   4. Follow the Advice of Seth, Marcus, and Tom
10. Chapter 4: Leverage Your Full Spectrum of Opportunities
    1. Capitalize on Your Strengths, on or off the Traditional Career Path
    2. Meet Some T&D Professionals
11. SECTION II: How to Build and Manage Your Career Path
    1. Introduction
12. Chapter 5: Progressing Through a T&D Career
    1. Transitions
    2. Work Modifications: Career Movements
    3. Work Modifications: Professional Shifts
    4. Relationship Between Transition Intervals and Career Paths
    5. Characteristics of Successful Transitions
    6. Chapter Highlights
    7. Exercise 5.1: Work Engagement Considerations
13. Chapter 6: Creating Your Ideal Career Path
    1. Characteristics of Engaging Work
    2. The Professional Design Plan Defined
    3. The Importance of the Plan
    4. The Elements of a Professional Design Plan
    5. Chapter Highlights
    6. Exercise 6-1: Defining Fulfilling Work
    7. Exercise 6-2: Developing a Professional Design Plan
14. Chapter 7: Building Your Career
    1. Commitment to Lifelong Learning
    2. Basic Elements of Professional Development
    3. Professional Learning Options
    4. Personal Lifestyle Factors and Learning Options
    5. Chapter Highlights
    6. Exercise 7-1: Assessing Constraints on Your Learning Options
    7. Exercise 7-2: Select Your Best Professional Development Option
15. Chapter 8: Career Expansion Via an Alternative Learning Experience
    1. Identify Goals and Needs for an Alternative Learning Experience
    2. Volunteerism
    3. Mentoring Program Participation
    4. Chapter Highlights
    5. Exercise 8-1: Identify Your Personal and Professional Needs
    6. Exercise 8-2: Checklist for Developing a Learning Agreement
    7. Exercise 8-3: Evaluate Your Alternative Learning Experience
16. Chapter 9: Marketing Your Professional Strengths
    1. Marketing Activities and Resources
    2. Your Product—Yourself
    3. Your Action Plan
    4. Your Market
    5. Using Marketing Strategies for Work Modifications and Movements
    6. The Internet as a Marketing Tool
    7. Résumés
    8. Professional Portfolios
    9. Networking and Opportunities
    10. Informational Interviewing
    11. Readiness to Market Yourself
    12. Chapter Highlights
    13. Exercise 9-1: The Marketing-Readiness Checklist
17. Chapter 10: Managing for Professional Success
    1. Challenges You Face
    2. Long-Term Survival
    3. Your Professional Success
    4. Chapter Highlights
    5. Exercise 10-1: Annual Review of Your Life Situation
    6. Exercise 10-2: Defining Your Professional Success
18. About the Authors
19. References and Suggested Readings