Career Planning

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. CareerJob – “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 aims at identifying personal skills, interest, knowledge and other features; and establishes specific plans to attain specific goals.

“Career planning consists of activities and actions that you take to achieve your individual career goals”.

How important is career planning? People leave an organization due to lack of career

growth Deeper focus on an employee’s aims and

aspirations Helps in identifying handicaps & the blind spots

to overcome To increase the employee loyalty as they feel

organization care’s about them High-level vision and goals of company are

clearly made known to employees Realize and achieve the goals. Performance measure.

Contd… Growth of an organization is intrinsically linked

with the growth of an individual Matching organization vision & employees

aspirations is must To educate the employees and motivates to

grow

Whose responsible for planning ones career??

Individual Organization

Knowing yourself

Finding out

Making Decisions

Taking action Individual career planning process

1. Knowing yourself

Begin by asking yourself the following questions:

Where am I at now? Where do I want to be? What do I want out of a

job or career? What do I like to do? What are my strengths? What is important to me?

Personality

Interests Abilities

Values

Where do I start? Think about where you are at, where you want to go and how you are going to get there.

What are my interests? Explore your work interests. What are my skills? Explore your abilities.  What is important now? Clarify what is important to

you in your work and your life. What else do I need to think about? Think about the

other factors that will affect your work and learning decisions.

2. Finding out Explore occupations that

interest you and ask yourself how do my skills and interests match up with these occupations?

Where are the gaps? What options do I have to gain

these skills or qualify for these occupations? 

What skills do I need? Where is the work?

3. Making decision Ask yourself: What are my best work/training options? How do they match with my skills, interests and values? How do they fit with the current labour market? How do they fit with my current situation and

responsibilities? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each

option? What will help and what will hinder me? What can I do about it?

4. Taking Action Begin by asking yourself: What actions/steps will help me achieve my work,

training and career goals? Where can I get help? Who will support me?

Direction

Career Time

Transitions

Career planning options

Projected Outcome

Organizational career planning process

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!!