OLCD-CDEV0018 - Career Transition Management

Course Description

In this course we will review the range of emotional responses and behavioural implications associated with a variety of career transitions. Learners will gain the knowledge and skills used to identify and assist with the specific challenges facing adults who are experiencing a career transition. Topics include handling loss and change, problem-solving, decision-making and building self-esteem. The transitions discussed in this course will be career change and retraining, job loss and unemployment, school to work, and work to retirement.

Course Outline

• Module 1: Career Transitions
• Module 2: Exploring Emotions
• Module 3: Other Variables Affecting Transitions
• Module 4: Engaging Clients Experiencing Job Transition
• Module 5: Putting it All Together

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• explore how individuals experience transitions
• identify the impact on different types of career transitions
• explore the stages of grief
• recognize the stages of job loss grief
• discuss the emotions related to prolonged job loss
• discuss the additional variables that impact how individuals respond to job loss and job transition
• practice engagement with clients who have just graduated using recognition of grief stages
• review how job loss affects unique populations
• create a tool box of resources
• explore ways to start client engagement
• demonstrate techniques for active listening
• practice supporting clients

Notes

Recommended For

• individuals working in the field of career development or employment services
• individuals interested in expanding their skills around career services (i.e. those in counselling, HR, community organizations, and more)