Career Planning

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 Organization of talk….
What is career planning ?

Glimpse of career planning process

How important is career planning

Career planning done by : Individuals

Organizations

Guidelines
 What is career??
• Job vs. Career
– Job – “What can I do now to make money?”

– Career – Chosen Profession for your life. Requires a

willingness to get the training needed to build your skills
for the future.

• A career is the work a person does. It is the

sequence of jobs that an individual has held
throughout his or her working life E.g. occupation of
nursing.
Career planning what’s
that??

“Career planning
consists of
activities and
actions that you
take to achieve
your individual
career goals”
 Deeper insight …
• It is the life- long process a person goes
through to learn about himself such as
– purpose,
– personality
– interests
– skills
– talents

• Develop a self- concept, learn about

careers, and work situations
• Make a career choice, while developing
and coping social skills
Career planning : An
ongoing process
Here You…
• Explore your interests
and abilities
• Strategically plan your
career goals
• Create your future
work success by
designing learning
and action plans to
help you achieve your
goals.
Contd..
• The major focus is matching personal
goals and opportunities that are
realistically available.
• Career planning is building bridges from
one’s current job/career to next job/career.
• Well-conceived career plan is flexible to
accommodate changing opportunities for
development
 How important is career
planning?
• People leave an organisation due to lack of
career growth
• Deeper focus on an employee’s aims and
aspirations
• Degree of clarity
• Helps in identifying handicaps & the blind spots
to overcome
• Significant motivator
• Key retention tool
• Critical human resource strategy
Contd…
• High-level vision and goals of company are
clearly made known to employees
• Growth of an organisation is intrinsically
linked with the growth of an individual
• Matching organization vision & employees
aspirations is must
 A typical
The manager
Employee
sees career
views a career Win-Win situation planning
planning for all as a retention
Programme
And
as a path to
motivational
upward
tool
mobility

The top management

view it as a
tool for
succession planning
Whose responsible for planning
ones career??

Individual Organization
 Self Assessment

Job Search Individual career

planning process Academic/ Career
options

Relevant /Practical
Experience
1. Self- Assessment
• Aware of the
interrelationship between
self and occupational choice
• Start by: Interests Abilities

– Learning interests, abilities,

skills, and work values
– Listing accomplishments
– Understanding physical and Values Personality
psychological needs
– Assessing aspirations and
motivation level
– Deciphering personal traits
and characteristics
1. Self- Assessment

Competency Areas Strategies For Gaining

Competencies
• Gain self-awareness
• Take exploratory classes
• Improve self- • Identify personality style
confidence • Identify work values
• Understand time and • Demonstrate skills in
stress management overcoming self-defeating
behaviors
• Develop
• Identify symptoms of stress
personal/professional
management skills
2. Academic / Career
options
• Investigate the world of work in greater
depth, narrow a general occupational
direction into a specific one
• Start by:
– Learning academic and career
entrance requirements
– Learning related majors and careers
to one's interests
– Investigating education and training
required
– Learning skills and experience
required
– Planning academic and career
alternatives
– Learning job market trends
2. Academic /
Career options
Competency Areas Strategies For Gaining
• Gain research and Competencies
investigative skills • Read occupational
resources
• Practice decision-making,
problem solving and • Get assistance from a
critical thinking skills counselor

• Increase understanding of • Talk to people who work in

how abilities, interests, and your areas of interest
values match
career/academic • Attend Job/Career Fairs
requirements and/or Career Panels

• transferable skills should

be be gained
3. Relevant / Practical
experience
• Gain practical experience through internships,
cooperative education etc..
• Start by:
– Testing new skills and try diverse experiences
– Deciding the type of organization in which to
volunteer or work
– Assessing likes and dislikes of work values, skills,
work environments,
– Assessing if additional/different coursework or
skills are needed for your targeted career goals
3. Relevant / Practical
experience
Competency Areas
• Gain an appreciation for
working with individuals
from diverse cultures
• Understand and practice
ethical behavior
• Gain supervisory/leadership/
teamwork skills
• Enhance self-management
skills
• Obtain work related,
transferable skills
• Develop conflict resolution
skills
Strategies For Gaining
Competencies
• Attend relevant conferences
and seminars
• Become familiar with work
settings and job descriptions
• Practice making decisions by
supervising a group of people
• Talk to alumnus/a about your
career goals
• Work part-time or during
summer
4. Job Search
• Start by:
– Learning how to prepare resume and cover letters, and complete
employment applications
– Learning and implementing job search strategies
– Learning and practicing interviewing skills
– Narrow your choices
4. Job Search
Competency Areas
• Ability correspondent in a
coherent, professional
manner
• Communicate verbally in a
clear, concise manner
Strategies For Gaining
Competencies
• Register with Career
Planning & Placement
Services

• Effectively use networking, • Review resume with a

problem-solving, and career counselor
decision making to reach
career goals
• Receive referrals
• Develop budgeting skills in
relation to the job search,
travel, and relocation
 Organizational career planning
process

Projected Outcome

Career planning options

Transitions

Career Time

Direction
Organizational career planning
process
1. Direction
– Assessing employee wants and organizational needs
– common goal setting
2. Career time
– Relates to distance & speed of an employee
– How far & how fast can employee move on career path??
3. Transition
– Relates to changes expected to a career goal
– Analyzing transition factors
– Setting goals and a timetable
Contd…
4. Career planning options
– Advancement.
– Lateral
– Change to Lower Grade
– Mobility.
– Job Enrichment
– Exploratory Research
5. Projected Outcome
– Calculate the risks attached
– How well will it pay off?
Some important
guidelines
• Employees
– Discuss any concerns regarding career or professional
development with supervisor
– Its your career, take all necessary initiative

• Supervisors/ Managers
– Make career planning an ongoing process
– Explain employees importance of growth, need for change
– Personal commitment
Contd…
– Acquire skills to be a good developer
– Give essential feedback to employees
– Provide a work environment that is conducive
– Supportive and motivational atmosphere

• Organizational
– Existence of supportive organizational structure suitable to employees needs
– Provide resources dollars and time
 Career Planning is NOT…
• Leaving the decision to chance
• Getting information and never deciding
• Going along with someone else’s plans

It’s OUR future. WE need to make

our career decision!!
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