Exercise: Career Mapping - Conducting an Inventory

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Identify areas of expertise, skills, and passions by reflecting on your career journey.
List companies/organizations worked for, including milestones like starting a business or taking a break.
For each role, evaluate what went well, what could have been better, and skills acquired.
Map activities and responsibilities for each role to visualize patterns that energize or deplete you.

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1. EXERCISE Career Mapping: Conducting an Inventory Purpose: Look back on your career journey to identify areas of expertise, skills, and passions to uncover recurring patterns or themes. By looking back on your career journey, it can provide clarity on the skills, talents and expertise you may be overlooking and reveal the patterns of what works best and what can be improved in your career and life. Instructions: 1. Write down the names of the companies and organizations you have worked for across your entire career. Include significant personal milestones, such as starting a business or taking a career break. 2. For each job role, consider and write down the following: ○ What did you love about this role? What are two things that went well? ○ What didn’t work for you? What are two things that could have been better? ○ What skills and talents did you learn, grow, or refine during this career stage? Reflections: ● Are there patterns in the roles, responsibilities, and activities that you enjoyed the most? ● What skills and talents were you best at? ● What lit you up about the work? What lit your colleagues up about your work?

2. Career Map Template For each job role, map out the activities and responsibilities that energized and depleted you? Do you see patterns across the roles?