Professional Development

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Professional Development

• A Practical Guide

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Panel

• Deb Stone Director of Academic Human Resources
  (debstone_at_uiuc.edu)
• Tiy Goddard Manager of Professional Development
  (tiy_at_uiuc.edu)
• Mike Bohlmann Senior Manager of Information
  Systems (mikeb_at_uiuc.edu)

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Audience Profile

• Civil Service or Academic Professional?
• Purely technical?
• Purely management?
• Mix?

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IT Careers

• Up is not the only way
• Emerging technologies new opportunities for
  those prepared
• Differentiate yourself

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Professional Development Plan

• Assessment of your current position
• Assessment of your skills
• Assessment of your desires
• Create the plan
• Follow through

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What are your current issues?

• Are you new to your job?
• Do you need to improve your performance?
• Do you want to move into management?
• Are your technical skills up to date?

• Do you want to stay in higher education?
• Do you want to stay at the University of
  Illinois?
• Does your life situation keep you in the area?
• Do you just not know the answers to these
  questions?

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Pinnacles Foothills

• To think about moments and reflect
• Learn what they reveal about you
• Done best with a partner who can ask you
  questions a mentor?

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Pinnacle Moments

• Describe a high point in your career
• What about that event was fulfilling or
  invigorating?
• 2 minutes

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Foothill Moments

• Describe a low point in your career
• What about that event was deflating or
  disappointing?
• 2 minutes

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Pinnacle Foothill Moments

• Verbally talk about the moment with someone
• They should summarize the qualities or traits
  that they hear back to you
• Think about these areas for your professional
  development

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Six Questions

• What interests you most about recent developments
  in your organization or field?
• How do your current skills and strengths apply to
  those interests?
• What about your work is most important to you?

• What are your must haves in a job?
• What limits your options in your current job or
  future jobs?
• Is now the time to think about working in another
  position?

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Action Plan

• Consider where you are now and where you want to
  be
• Think of things you can do to get to there
• Organize into immediate, medium term, and long
  term

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Follow Through

• Keep a journal of your plan and your action
• Review your plan and progress periodically Put
  it on your calendar!
• Find a mentor

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A Word on Mentors

• Main types
• Wise leader
• Peer mentor
• Confidante
• Keep you accountable
• Give you another perspective

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Personal Development Resources

• Deb Stone
• Director, Academic Human Resources

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NESSIE

• Careers tab Career Enrichment Resources
• https//nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/career/index.
  cfm?Item_id3074

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Know Yourself

• Self-Assessment Tools free in NESSIE
• Learn your thinking or working style
• Assess career interests
• https//nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/career/index.
  cfm?Item_id3074

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AP Development Fund

• Eligible All 50 or greater FTE, non-visiting
  Academic Professionals
• Max award 500 every two fiscal years
• Generally requires matching funding from your
  unit
• Request must be submitted prior to the
  conference/seminar

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AP Development Fund

• Awards can be used for
• Conference/Seminar/Workshop registration fees,
  either on or off campus
• 8 Airfare
• 8 Reimbursement of automobile mileage
• 8 Taxis/Trains/Buses/Subways
• 8 Business Expenses (telephone calls, faxes,
  etc.)
• 8 Toll road charges/Parking charges
• 8 Meals/Lodging
• http//www.provost.uiuc.edu/resources

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Employee Tuition Waiver

• APs
• 25 FTE or greater for at least 3/4 of a term
• eligible for a tuition and fee waiver for
  University of IL courses
• Civil Service
• 50 or greater status, learner, trainee,
  apprentice or provisional appointment
• eligible for tuition waiver at Illinois
  universities covered by the State University
  Civil Service System

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Academic Outreach

• Degree and Certificate Programs
• Guided Individual Study Courses
• On-site and on-line options
• http//www.continuinged.uiuc.edu/outreach/

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Lectures/Luncheon Seminars

• Inside Illinois
• Calendar
• Know Your University Series

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Mentor

• Be one
• Find one

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The Premier Library

• Library Gateway
• Link from the campus homepage or
• http//www.library.uiuc.edu/
• Campus mail delivery available

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5 Books to Consider Reading

• Strengths Finder 2.0
• Tom Rath
• Developing the Leader Within You
• John C. Maxwell
• Resonant Leadership
• Richard E. Boyzatis and Annie McKee

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5 Books to Consider Reading

• If its to be its up to me How to develop the
  attitude of a winner and become a leader
• Thomas B. Smith
• The CEO of You
• Marsha Petrie Sue

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Training Resources for Professional Development
Tiy Goddard
CITES
May 28 Slide 27
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Training for Business Professionals
Mission We Provide and Connect Professional
Development Opportunities and Resources to the
University and to the Community.
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Workshops

• Open Enrollment workshops for University staff
• Free HR seminar series for Supervisors and
  Managers

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Supervising Take the Stress OUT!
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The Trainers NetworkTeach Less to Learn More
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Custom Business Services
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Custom Business Services

• Strategic Planning
• Needs Assessments Other Tools
• Coaching
• One-on-one programs assist staff at all levels in
  various areas
• For increased productivity
• For workplace change
• For career planning
• In pursuit of professional goals

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New Initiatives

• Professional Development Programs
• Academic Professionals
• Other Employment Categories

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Other Formal Resources

• CITESEdTech
• FAST3
• Public Affairs
• OBFS
• Decision Support
• Professional Organizations

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OBFS
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Decision Support
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Help Here _at_ Home
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Help Here _at_ Home
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Help Here _at_ Home
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Informal

• Stretch Assignments on the job
• Intentional work-planning

• Training others
• Volunteering

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Informational Interviewing

• Brief conversation
• No obligation
• Information gathering on interviewees
• Field, Function, Organization
• Priorities
• Goals
• Skills

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Questions?
tel [phone] web www.T4B.uiuc.edu
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Resources

• EDUCAUSE http//www.educause.edu/pd/16009Associ
  ation for IT in higher education with a lot of
  resources for professional development
• Cultivating Careers http//www.educause.edu/cult
  ivatingcareers/10452An EDUCAUSE publication on
  professional development
• Campus Human ResourcesStaff Human Resources
  http//www.pso.uiuc.edu/Academic Human Resources
  http//www.ahr.uiuc.edu/
• Training for Business Professionals
  http//www.t4b.uiuc.edu/
• NESSIECareer enrichment and assessment -
  https//nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/career/index.
  cfm?Item_id3074
• Resources from the Provosts office -
  http//www.provost.uiuc.edu/resources
• Continuing Education - http//www.continuinged.uiu
  c.edu/outreach/
• TechRepublic - http//search.techrepublic.com.com/
  search/informationtechnologyandprofessionaldev
  elopment.htmlArticles and columns on
  professional development in IT
• Planning guide inspired by materials from Pattie
  Orr, Baylor University pattie_orr_at_baylor.edu