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Future of Work and Upskilling

The Care and Feeding of Your Career

Monday, April 15, 2024
9:30 AM – 10:15 AM CT
Location: Ballroom B
CM | .75
Division Endorsement: Women and Planning Division, City Planning and Management Division
The panel will include descriptions of common stages and milestones of the planning careers, and the indicators that precede career changes. The panel will suggest the similarities and differences between public, private and non-profit sector planning environments. Panel members will suggest tools for preparing a 5-year personal plan, enhancing employability, networking and peer support, and evaluation of “a good fit” between a job and a candidate. It will also include a candid conversation by two planning directors of their "a-ha" moments that had them mapping out their next chapters. Additionally, we will share how a small group of peers came together to to help with an objective assessment of what can come next in a friend's career and how that process can be used to help at various stages of a planning career.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Understand important skills to obtain in order to get a career off on the right track, and to advance careers to the next level.
  • Understand questions to ask themselves to determine if their career trajectory is what they want - and know ways to change that trajectory.
  • Know the value and approaches to personal career planning.