{"id":113,"date":"2024-04-10T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exeterprofessional\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:10:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:10:41","slug":"take-action","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exeterprofessional\/career-development-hub\/take-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Collate your analysis and exploration into achievable goals, review these regularly whether at 1:1s with your manager, coach or mentor, or put a reminder in your calendar at regular intervals to give yourself a nudge to review your actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Set yourself achievable goals:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/university-of-exeter.mindtools.com\/a8wlkcs\/a-guide-to-great-goal-setting-video?from=shared-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Guide to Great Goal Setting<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/university-of-exeter.mindtools.com\/aa9dpy3\/personal-goal-setting?from=shared-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Personal Goalsetting Skillbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aligning your goals to your development<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the skills development identified in the previous section \u201cUpskill\u201d, there are a number of practical, workplace opportunities that you can consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Undertake a project with a defined development aim and\/or request\/volunteer to join an existing project team.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volunteer to undertake a role with responsibilities in meetings or on a committee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deputise for others in your team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Join a relevant professional body (eg <a href=\"https:\/\/ahep.ac.uk\/\">AHEP<\/a> the professional body for all Professional Services colleagues)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attend cross-functional or professional events, eg those run by relevant professional bodies or events run by the University (these are usually identified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/staff\/news\/bulletin\/\">Weekly Bulletin<\/a>). These don\u2019t have to be in your current area of work, and they can be great places to informally network with other colleagues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Formal arrangements such as Job shadowing or Secondments \u2013 these do not need to be full-time but will require engagement with your line manager in the first instance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jobs.ac.uk\/careers-advice\/resources\/ebooks-and-toolkits\">jobs.ac.uk careers-advice\/resources\/<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jobs.ac.uk\/careers-advice\/resources\/ebooks-and-toolkits\">ebooks<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jobs.ac.uk\/careers-advice\/resources\/ebooks-and-toolkits\">-and-toolkits<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prospects.ac.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.prospects.ac.uk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career Planning 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