Career Development

Week 7
 Introduction

 changes in technology, environment, economy, politics, individual

himself
 career planning – important activity for organisation & individual
 help employee achieve career objectives – career development
 responsibility for career planning & development should be shared by
employer & employees
 a continuous effort & is focused towards developing an individual who is
skilful, capable & experienced

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 Definitions

 Career – pattern in the journey related to work during someone's

working life
 Career Planning – individual sets career objectives & identifies steps to
achieve them
 Career Development – a formal approach used by organisations to
ensure employees have the desired qualifications & skills when required

 difference between career & job

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 Terms Related to Career

 Career  Career Development

 Career Planning
 Career Path
 Career Anchors
 Career Audit
 Career Counselling
 Career Mobility
 Career Plateau
 Career Stages
 Dual career path
 Lateral skill path

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 The Concept of Career Planning

 a process an individual develops his / her career objectives & formulates

specific plan on how to achieve them
 determines career objectives as well as career path
 assess one's strengths & weaknesses from many aspects such as skills,
expertise & self potential
 three processes involved in career planning:

individual knows himself, individual goes through

aware of opportunities & work, educational & other
individual identifies the
choices available & experiences that determine
career objectives
consequences of choices target & what to do to
achieve career objectives

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 Organisation’s Career Planning

 organisation's career planning in line with individual - retain best & most
productive employees; provide opportunities to employees to further
education & perform various jobs
 defining how a job is done – creativity, flexibility, innovation &
adaptability

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 Organisation’s Career Planning (continued)

 Career planning programmes objectives:

 effective development for talented individuals
 opportunities for self-assessment – consideration of new career path
 show a clear commitment
 development needs of individuals
 improved performance
 increase in loyalty among employees
 reduction in employee turnover
 methods of determining training & development needs

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 The Role of Career Planning

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 Career Path

 a continuous process – movement of individuals through several stages

of life, with each stage having its own issues, themes & tasks
 6 types of career path – Traditional, Network, Lateral Skill Path, Dual
Career Path, Demotion & Free Agent

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 Career Path (continued)

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 The Career Development Stage

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 Career Development Process

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 Choice of Career & Personality

 Holland’s Career Choice Model

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 Career Development Strategies

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 Conclusion

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