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Career Planning and Career Planning and

Management Management



Wh at is career ? Wh at is career ?

y Job vs. Career

Job ² ´What can I do now to make money?µ

Career ² C

hosen Profession for our life.Requires a willingness to get the trainingneeded to build your skills for the future.

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

sequence of jobs that an individual has heldthroughout his or her working life E.g.occupation of teacher.



C h aracteristics C h aracteristics of career planning «of career planning «

y It is a mean of managing people toobtain optimum results.

y It is a continuous process due to everchanging environment.

y The basic aim of career planning isintegration of individual and

organizational needs.



How important is careerHow important is career

planning?planning?y People leave an organization due to lackof career growth

y Deeper focus on an employee·s aims and

aspirationsy Degree of clarity

y Significant motivator

y

Key retention tooly Critical human resource strategy



Process of career planning «Process of career planning «

y Identifying individual needs and aspiration

y Analyzing career opportunities

y

Identifying match and mismatchy Formulating and implementing strategies

y Reviewing career plans.



From the organization·s point of From the organization·s point of

view «.view «.y It helping the employees to plan their

career in terms of their capacities.

y It involves designing an organizational

stage to the retirement stage.

y It is a managerial technique for mapping

out the entire career of young employees.

y It requires discovery, development,planned employment and reemployment

of talents.



Career pathCareer path



Career planning : An ongoingCareer planning : An ongoing

processprocessHere You«

y Explore your interests and abilities

y Strategically plan your career goals

y Create your future work success bydesigning learning and action plans to

help you achieve your goals.



Roles in career planning«Roles in career planning«

y Individual ²

accept responsibility for your own career.

asses your interests , skills and values.

establish goal and career plan.

utilize development opportunities.

talk with your manager about your career.

follow through on realistic career plan.



y Manager ²

provide timely and accurate performance

feedback.

provide developmental assignments and

support.

support employee development plans.



y Employer ²

y communicate mission, policies ,and procedures .

y provide training and development opportunities

including workshops.

y offer a variety of career paths.

y provide mentoring opportunities to support

growth and self-direction.y provide academic learning programs.



The top management view it as a view it as a

tool fortool for

succession planningsuccession planning

The manager

sees careersees career

planning planning

as a retentionas a retention And And

motivationalmotivational

tooltool

A typical

Employee

views a career views a career

planning planning

ProgrammeProgrammeas a path toas a path to

upwardupward

mobilitymobility

Win-Win situation

for all



Who areWho are responsible for planningresponsible for planning

ones career??ones career??

Individual Organization



Career PlanningCareer Planning

y It has two aspects:

y Individual Career planning : employee

personally plans career goals.

y Organizational career planning :

organization plans career goals for its

employees.



Self Assessment

Academic/ Career

options

Relevant /Practical

Experience

Job Search Individual career planning process



Making career planning successfulMaking career planning successful

««y Top management support

y Clear goals

y Motivated and hardworking staff

y Proper selection

y Proper age balance

y Fair promotion policy

y management of career stress

y continuity



Career Management:Career Management:

y Process of designing & implementing goals

, plans,& strategies that enable HR

professionals and managers to satisfy

workforce needs and allow individuals toachieve career objectives.

y Career development programs help in the

achievement of career objectives.



It·s OUR future. WE need to make our It·s OUR future. WE need to make our

career decision!!career decision!!



Reference«Reference«

y HRD journals

y Internet

y Human Resources Management ²

Gary Dessler, BijuVarkkey

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