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  Topic Summary This topic contains information on how to identify your core business interests, work reward values, and skills identify the career opportunities within your current role or organization that will let you express those interests, achieve those rewards, and use or develop those skills benefit from career-development resources and processes like Personnel Development Committees, mentors, networking, informational interviewing, and professional development reviews help others manage their careers. Topic Index Topic OverviewWhat Would You Do?Where Should You Focus?Topic IndexTopic SummaryAbout the MentorsUsing the Topic Core ConceptsWhat Is Career Development? Taking Charge of Your Career Knowing Yourself Identifying Your Core Business Interests Clarifying Your Work Values Assessing Your Skills Finding Development Opportunities at Your Company Helping Others Manage Their Careers Frequently Asked Questions StepsSteps for Clarifying Your Work Reward Values Steps for Defining Your Career Target Steps for Defining and Obtaining New Skills Steps for Preparing for an Informational Interview Steps for Sculpting Your Job TipsTips for Choosing the Right Development Opportunities Tips for Choosing a Career Counselor Tips for Choosing Mentors Tips for Networking Tips for Informational Interviewing Tips for Getting the Skills You Need Tips for Staying on Course Tips for Talking with Your Supervisor about Change Tips for Conducting a Professional Development Review PracticeInstructionsScenario Tools Discovery Log Skills Assessment Informational Interviewing Worksheet Rewards Worksheet Career Self-Assessment Worksheet Test Yourself InstructionsQuestions To Learn MoreHarvard Online Article Notes and Articles Books Other Information Sources eLearning Programs About the Mentors James Waldroop, Ph.D. and Timothy Butler, Ph.D. The Directors of MBA Career Development Programs at the Harvard Busi