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OCN 750 Class #6: February 13 Work-Life ( Im )Balance

OCN 750 Class #6: February 13 Work-Life ( Im )Balance. Housekeeping/Announcements Activity 1: Choosing career for lifestyle/values Break Activity 1: reports back Activity 2: Time m anagement brainstorm Upcoming assignments; Mini-Reflections . Housekeeping & Announcements. Assignments

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OCN 750 Class #6: February 13 Work-Life ( Im )Balance

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  1. OCN 750 Class #6: February 13Work-Life (Im)Balance • Housekeeping/Announcements • Activity 1: Choosing career for lifestyle/values • Break • Activity 1: reports back • Activity 2: Time management brainstorm • Upcoming assignments; Mini-Reflections

  2. Housekeeping & Announcements Assignments Due today: Reflection #1 on applying Theme I skills & concepts Revised grading scheme for class! 3 credits: 90% = A; formal project eval 2 credits: 80% = A; minimal project eval 1 credit: 70% = A ; no project eval required Manoa Experience, Feb 23, looking for volunteers!! Booth or activity – hour shifts OK Contact Johanna Wren (jwren@hawaii.edu) or Michele Any questions or comments? Barb?

  3. Broader Impacts • Science Communication • Outreach • Diversity • Mentoring How balance all this? How balance research alone? Other interests?

  4. Work-Life (Im)Balance http://breadcrumz.blogspot.com/2010/09/work-relationships-or-health-choose-two.html

  5. How choose a career in line with your lifestyle/values? • Evaluate your skills, affinities, personal goals • Research your career possibilities • Talk with people in the field • Network (broadly) • Informational interviewing (more specifically) • Earn & market your knowledge & experience (as described in Getting What You Came For (Robert L. Peters), What Color is Your Parachute (Richard N. Bolles), & others

  6. Evaluate your skills, affinities, personal goals • Everything about yourself on 1 piece of paper • Use a graphic • Prioritize this info From What Color is Your Parachute? (WCIYP)

  7. Seven parts of diagram • Favorite Values • Favorite Interests • Favorite Skills • Favorite People Environment • Favorite Working Conditions • Salary & Level of Responsibility • Geography

  8. Activity 1: Define career + personal goals • Start filling out your “flower diagram,” 1 petal at a time • 7 stations for 7 petals, with more info on each one posted there • Rotate through as many as you can: complete diagram = due next week • Spend ~20-30 minutes … then we’ll take a break

  9. Flower diagram example(printed out on tables)

  10. Part 1: Favorite Values • Help people in need • Become master of a field • Do work that brings more beauty to the world (art, etc) • Raise a family • Do something that everyone said couldn’t be done • Pioneer some new technology • Become good at working as part of a team

  11. Part 2: Favorite Interests • Can be professional, personal, or both … e.g.: • Gardening • Languages • History • Study & sports related to ocean • Crafts • Travel

  12. Part 3: Favorite Skills • Physical • Using instruments • Making crafts (creativity) • Mental • Researching • Synthesizing • Designing new ideas • Interpersonal • Individuals, one-on-one • Groups, organizations (WCIYP, pages 234 – 239)

  13. Part 4: Favorite People Environment Which types of people do you enjoy most? (pick 3) realistic investigative http://tlc-kdu.blogspot.com/2010/01/holland-code-party.html conventional artistic enterprising social

  14. Part 5: Favorite Working Conditions • Supervision – a little or a lot? • Opportunities for creativity • Flexible vs fixed working hours • Work outside vs indoors • Work mostly alone vs with others

  15. Part 6: Salary & Level of Responsibility • Head vs. member of a team • Supervise others? • Size of workplace • Salary • Min/max • Need to support travel, expensive hobbies, family?

  16. Part 7: Geography • Close to vs. far from family • New vs. familiar place • Climate • Ideal location for partner? • Big city vs. small town

  17. Break

  18. Seven parts of diagram:reports back • Favorite Values • Favorite Interests • Favorite Skills • Favorite People Environment • Favorite Working Conditions • Salary & Level of Responsibility • Geography

  19. How choose career in line with lifestyle/values? Career choice pathway: • Evaluate your skills, affinities, personal goals • Research your career possibilities • Talk with people in the field • Network (broadly) • Informational interviewing (more specifically) • Earn & market your knowledge & experience

  20. Activity 2: Time Management Brainstorm http://chrisandlouisa.com/category/work-life-balance/

  21. Brainstorm: things you need/want to do

  22. The 4Ds • DO: Tasks (20%) that support your most valuable work– eg high priority emails – deal with ASAP to keep important projects moving • DUMP: • Doesn’t pertain to your priorities • Doesn’t require follow-up • Doesn’t support your goals • DELEGATE: • Requires attention or action • Doesn’t end up on your “do” list • Can be handled by someone else • DELAY: • Few things should fall into this category • File, print, or store for another time http://www.medicinethatspeaks.org/433/evpma-newsletter-may-2011/

  23. How do you decide what to “do”? http://www.free-time-management-tips.com/fulfillment-pyramid.html

  24. http://zengirlinthecity.tumblr.com/post/21912544864/how-to-focus-in-the-age-of-distractionhttp://zengirlinthecity.tumblr.com/post/21912544864/how-to-focus-in-the-age-of-distraction

  25. Other tips & ideas?

  26. Assignment due Feb 20 Work-Life Balance Reflection • Two parts (1 page each): • Complete your “flower diagram” or similar version (can be hard copy or electronic, whichever is easiest). •  In 1 polished page, please address these questions: • For each of the 7 “flower diagram” petals, what are your top 1-2 priorities, in either your career or personal life? Include some of your reasoning in how you chose these priorities. • Which of these work-life balance issues would you like the class career panel to address on 3/13?

  27. Upcoming classes & assignments • Feb 20: • Barb, Michele, & some class members gone – at ASLO • Deanna Pasternak (ITS, UH) on Cybersecurity • Mid-course evaluation – bring your laptop (there will be a few laptops + iPads available, too) • Chance to network with each other re: projects? • Feb 27: • Draft CV due to us before class– whatever you have now is OK!! • Bring also your CV on laptop if possible, or hard copy

  28. Day 6 Mini-Reflection In the next month: • What’s 1 thing that you’ll do for your health? • What’s 1 thing that you’ll do to support your relationships with other people? Please include your name, enough info so you remember the question, & today’s date (Feb 13) * We’ll hand these back in a few weeks as a gentle reminder *

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