module 8. career planning & development

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Training and Developing

Employees


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BASICS OF CAREERPLANNING


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Career The occupational positions a person has had

over many years.

Career management

The process for enabling employees to better

understand and develop their career skills and

interests, and to use these skills and interests

more effectively.

Career development

The lifelong series of activities that contribute to

a persons career exploration, establishment,

success, and fulfillment.


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Source: Adapted from Fred L. Otte and Peggy G. Hutcheson, Helping Employees

Manage Careers (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992), p. 10.


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ROLESINCAREERDEVELOPMENT


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Choose an appropriate potential mentor.

Dont be surprised if youre turned down.

Be sure that the mentor understands what

you expect in terms of time and advice.

Have an agenda.

Respect the mentors time.


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Realistic job previews-that the job is indeed for them

Career-oriented appraisals-Matching persons Strengths and

weaknesses to the career path

Job rotation-periodic and planned

Mentoring-Formal and informal

Networking and interactions


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Making promotion decisions

Decision 1: Is Seniority or Competence the Rule?

Decision 2: How Should We Measure

Competence?

With tests or past performance as measure

Decision 3: Is the Process Formal or Informal?

Formal policy or informal networks (Who do

you know?)


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Employees reasons for desiring transfers Personal enrichment and growth

More interesting jobs

Greater convenience (better hours, location)

Greater advancement possibilities

Employers reasons for transferring employees

To vacate a position where an employee is no longer needed.

To fill a position where an employee is needed.

To find a better fit for an employee within the firm.

To boost productivity by consolidating positions.


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Source: Business & Legal Reports, Inc.


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Realistic orientation People who are attracted to occupations

that involve physical activities

Investigative orientation

Thinking, organizing and understanding

Social orientation-attracted to careers thatinvolve interpersonal skills more.

Conventional orientation- Structured ,ruleregulated activities. Accountants and bankers

Enterprising orientation- Influencing others

Artistic orientation- Self expression,expression of emotions.

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Source: James Waldroop and Timothy Butler, " Finding the Job You Should Want, Fortune, March 2, 1998, p. 211.


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