Career Planning & Self-Knowledge

Guide learners through structured reflection and planning so career choices rest on self-knowledge rather than drift. The module covers strengths, values, career capital and models such as Ikigai and T-shape. Learners build a five-year directional plan, a personal advisory board and a career journal they can revisit annually.

Learning Outcomes

Identify top strengths using an evidence-based inventory such as CliftonStrengths.

Clarify core work values and rank them against role options.

Apply Newtons concept of career capital to a career decision.

Map a T-shape of depth and breadth skills.

Decide between pivoting and persisting using an evidence framework.

Draft a five-year directional plan with reversible checkpoints.

Assemble a personal advisory board of 3-5 people with distinct lenses.

Maintain a career journal that reviews quarterly progress.

Topics Covered

CliftonStrengths and strength spotting

Values clarification

Career capital (Cal Newport)

T-shape depth and breadth

Pivot vs persistence

Side projects as options

Ikigai framework

Five-year directional plan

Personal advisory board

Career journal

Portfolio career

Odyssey plans (3 lives)

Reversible vs irreversible choices

Signals from the market

Role models and benchmarks

Skills Developed

Reflective writing Values elicitation Strengths analysis Scenario planning Decision framing Journalling Advisory conversations Goal setting

Suggested Resources

{'title': 'So Good They Cant Ignore You', 'author': 'Cal Newport', 'source': 'Business Plus, 2012'}

{'title': 'StrengthsFinder 2.0', 'author': 'Tom Rath', 'source': 'Gallup Press, 2007'}

{'title': 'Designing Your Life', 'author': 'Burnett & Evans', 'source': 'Knopf, 2016'}

{'title': 'Range', 'author': 'David Epstein', 'source': 'Riverhead, 2019'}

{'title': 'The Pathless Path', 'author': 'Paul Millerd', 'source': 'self-published, 2022'}

{'title': 'Ikigai', 'author': 'Garcia & Miralles', 'source': 'Penguin, 2017'}

{'title': 'Working Identity', 'author': 'Herminia Ibarra', 'source': 'HBR Press, 2003'}

Assessment

Reflective portfolio plus knowledge checks.

MCQ quiz25%

Values and strengths worksheet25%

Five-year plan25%

Personal advisory board brief25%

Practice bank: 200 MCQs · Timed mock & self-paced modes

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