HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR LEARNING RESOURCES With so many resources and opportunities, it can be hard to prioritize where your time should be spent on learning. The pie chart below illustrates where your time should be spent by categorizing the three components of development learning: Formal, Social, and Experiential.
OPTIONS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Increase Your Knowledge
Professional Skill Development
Attend classes and training sessions to increase your knowledge. Review the Training Catalog to explore internal training and development offerings directly related to your career development goals. You can register for virtual or on-demand training via Paycom.
It is important to continue to work on yourself outside the workplace. Explore professional industry training courses, workshops, or seminars focused on essential skills that are linked to your industry. Attending these sessions can help you grow personally and professionally. Networking Staying connected and knowing others in the business will help you grow in your role over time. Work with your manager to identify opportunities within MISUMI, as well as networking or professional groups that will help you build strong connections locally or globally.
• Training • Self-study
FORMAL LEARNING 10%
10%
Mentoring or Coaching Mentoring can build leadership and
Professional Associations
20%
Additional Job Responsibilities Work with your manager to identify opportunities to take on new responsibilities within the team. Taking on a new scope of work will increase your awareness and knowledge of the team and help you work more effectively with others across the team. Explore memberships in professional associations and consider which ones you might join, depending on your career aspirations and path. Professional associations can help you build relationships, learn new skills, and stay on top of new developments in the field, in addition to expanding your network.
develop skills for all levels of employees. Become a mentor or coach to build people development skills. Ask your manager to introduce you to other professionals that can serve as mentors or coaches, either within MISUMI or within a professional network.
SOCIAL LEARNING 20%
70%
• One-on-one work / shadowing • Coaching • Mentorship • Network / engagement activities • Corporate citizenship
• Full-time assignment • On-the-job assignment • Outside-the-job assignment • Change in scope of current role
Job Shadowing Those interested in other roles or
Challenging Assignments
Leave your comfort zone with a project or assignment that stretches you and helps you grow new skills. It will put you in new situations, add challenges, and expand skill sets. Just remember that you will need additional support and coaching, so be sure to work with your manager to identify a coach or mentor and a plan to check-in as you build new skills.
departments may benefit from spending a designated time period shadowing someone in a similar position. You gain first-hand knowledge of what the job is like and determine if you are still interested in doing the work. Ask your manager for help to identify if opportunities exist to shadow an employee on another team. Responsibilities Outside Job Function Work with your manager to identify opportunities to take on new responsibilities outside your job function. Cross-training will increase awareness and knowledge of the organization and help you work more effectively with others. It can put you in new situations, add challenges, expand skill sets, and help you explore other areas of MISUMI.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 70%
FORMAL LEARNING 10% Learning Through EDUCATION • Learning • Structured Courses • Programs
SOCIAL LEARNING 20% Learning Through OTHERS • Networking
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 70% Learning Through EXPERIENCE • Work related collaboration • On-the-job performance support
• Mentoring • Coaching
MISUMI SkillWorks: Official Training & Professional Development Catalog
MISUMI SkillWorks: Official Training & Professional Development Catalog
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