Career Development

UWS encourages its staff to actively plan their careers and engage in career and professional development activities that will enhance their career prospects and job progression or promotion.

Career management is about actively planning, managing, developing and evaluating your career. It involves setting realistic goals that match your current capabilities and future career aspirations within the context of personal values and priorities, employment opportunities, the economic climate etc.

Career Development at UWS – A Series

This series is intended for all staff who wish to proactively develop and manage their career at UWS. It is comprised of three modules which progress logically; however participants only need attend relevant modules.

• Career I - Managing Your Career at UWS
• Career II - Preparing Your Job Application
• Career III - Interview Skills

Further career and professional development courses include:

• Building Effective Relationships
• Business and Report Writing
• Changing Gears - Engaging in Challenging Conversations
• Collaborative Decision Making: Using Six Thinking Hats
• Customer Service and Professional Communication
• Email Etiquette (online course) 
• Event Management
• Getting Started with MyCareer Online
• Getting Started with MyCareer Online (online course) 
• Getting Started with MyCareer Online for Managers (online course) 
• Getting Your Message Across
• Hows and Whys of Process Mapping
• Introduction to Performance Planning and Development (Compass) (online course)  
• Managing Your Progress in MyCareer Online (online course)
• Meetings and Minutes @ UWS
• Mentoring Program
• Professional Presentations
• Reviewing Objectives in MyCareer Online for Academic Staff (online course)
• Reviewing Objectives in MyCareer Online for Professional Staff (online course) 
• Reviewing Staff Member Objectives in MyCareer Online (online course)
• Tools for Personal Productivity
• Working with Emotional Intelligence

In addition to professional development courses, some career development activities include:

• on-the-job coaching
• internal temporary transfers
• professional networks and mentor relationships
• temporarily performing duties of a higher classified position
• job rotation, secondments and staff exchange programs
• research or project work
• involvement in internal or external committees or University governance
• participating in continuing education programs, courses or conferences
• undertaking further study
• undertaking a study tour or visit to another university
• involvement in community development activities
• public speaking or presentation to small groups.