Attitudes to CPD Isobel Freeman Career Guidance Consultancy

Attitudes to CPD Isobel Freeman Career Guidance Consultancy (CGC)

• What is CPD? • Why do CPD? • Low cost CPD

What is CPD? Continuous or Continuing or both?

Continuous Professional Development The process of tracking and documenting the skills, knowledge and experience that you gain both formally and informally as you work, beyond any initial training. A record of what you experience, learn and then apply. Melanie Allen Career, Life and Leadership Coach working in Yorkshire (http: //www. jobs. ac. uk/careers-advice/managing-your-career/1318/what-is-continuing-professional-development-cpd)

CPD Tools to do a range of things Relates to capability and competency Involves progression from basic know-how to more advanced, mature or complex understanding Widens your range of transferable skills like leadership, managing projects or organising information (Melanie Allen)

Key Features of the CPD process • a documented process • self-directed: driven by you, not your employer • focuses on learning from experience, reflective learning and review • helps you set development goals and objectives • includes both formal and informal learning

Why do CPD?

Benefits of CPD ü requirement of membership of a professional body ü assists reflection on your learning and practice ü develops and updates your professional knowledge and skills ü when documented provides an overview of your professional development to date ü reminds you of your achievements ü uncovers gaps in your skills and capabilities and informs further development needs ü can direct your career and help you keep an eye on your goals ü provides examples and scenarios for a CV or interview ü demonstrates your professional standing to clients and employers

Why do you do CPD? Do you do CPD? Why do your colleagues do CPD? Do your colleagues do CPD? Why don’t people do CPD? How important is CPD to a profession?

What CPD do you do?

Attending a course Blogging Writing a case study Discussing Employer visits Hearing a radio broadcast on a relevant career development topic Journal Club Linked-In ICT – learning how to use a new database What constitutes CPD for you? Media – reporting to Networking Peer Review colleagues on a TV or radio Online discussion groups programme Reading Supervision Questions/Quizzes Voluntary work Writing

Social Media

http: //www. theengineer. co. uk/home/blog/guest-blog/product-design-first-impressions-count/1017371. article

http: //britishtheatreguide. info/

http: //ukcriminallawblog. com/

Conclusions: What is CPD? Why do CPD? Low cost CPD – social media?