{"id":8073,"date":"2025-03-06T09:31:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T09:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/careers\/?p=8073"},"modified":"2025-03-06T09:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T09:31:51","slug":"take-your-career-planning-offline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/careers\/?p=8073","title":{"rendered":"Take your career planning offline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you studying, working, socialising and relaxing by staring at a screen? You may have digital fatigue. If you want to plan your next career move without clocking up any more screen time, here are 3 top tips for going offline\u2026<\/h3>\n

1. Get a printed copy of Your Career Planning Guide \"Your<\/a><\/h3>\n

Your Career Planning Guide<\/a>\u00a0is downloadable from the Careers website, but you can also take the exercises offline by ordering a printed copy. It\u2019s a comprehensive kit for OU students and alumni. It contains practical exercises and advice \u2013 from working out where your career passions really lie to building your CV and smashing interviews, from decision-making to being career confident whatever your abilities or disabilities, age, race, sexuality, gender or background.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Tune into a careers podcast<\/h3>\n

The great thing about podcasts is their flexibility- you can listen to them whilst exercising, relaxing in the bath, cooking dinner, or getting comfy in your favourite armchair. Start with some of the podcasts we have produced just for you, including how mindfulness can help your career planning<\/a>, making a career change<\/a> and\u00a0dealing with redundancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. Explore your future with Mind Maps\"Hand<\/a><\/h3>\n

All you need is a pen and paper to draw a mind map. Exploring which careers would suit you? Considering pros and cons of different roles? Working out a plan to achieve your goals? Mind maps may be just what you\u2019re looking for to kickstart your thought process.<\/p>\n

What next?<\/h3>\n

Once you\u2019ve taken a much-needed break from your screen, remember that\u00a0Careers and Employability Services<\/a>\u00a0are here to support you while you study and for three years after you finish studying. We have a wide variety of resources and services to help you express the skills valued by employers that we know you have, and to help you discover, explore and achieve your goals. And remember, you can always\u00a0book a careers consultation<\/a>\u00a0to talk it through.<\/p>\n

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