3. Presentation covers
Concept of Career
Career Planning
Features of Career Planning
Benefits of Career Planning
Process of Career Planning
Career Stages
Career Development Strategies
Barriers to Career Planning
4. CAREER
Two ways to define
It is a profession, occupation, trade or vocation done by an
individual for a living
It also refers to the progress and actions an individual
undertakes throughout the working life
5. Career includes
Specific jobs that a person performs
Kinds of responsibilities and activities that comprise those
jobs
Movements and transitions between jobs
A sequence of jobs that constitute what a person does for a
living
7. CAREER PLANNING
Career Planning is a process whereby an individual sets career
goals and identifies the means to achieve them.
Career planning is a process of systematically matching
career goals and individual capabilities with opportunities for
their fulfillment’.
A career plan is an individual’s choice of occupation,
organization and career path.
8. Career planning is a deliberate process through which
someone becomes aware of
Personal Skills
Interests
Knowledge
Motivatons
Acqruires information about opportunities and choices
Identifies career related goals
Establishes action plans to attain specific goals
9. Features of Career Planning
• It is an ongoing process.
• It helps individuals develop skills required to fulfill
different career roles.
• It strengthens work-related activities in the
organization.
• It defines life, career, abilities, and interests of the
employees.
10. Benefits of career planning
Beneficial to Organisations
• Assures Availability of Talent
• Helps of Attracting and Retaining Talent
• Helps in Promoting Organisational Image
• Facilitates Staff Mobility
• Optimum Utilisation of Human Resources
11. Benefits to Individuals
• Helps in Selecting Career Path
• Ensures Self-Development
• Fulfilment of Individual Needs
• Awareness of Work Environment
• Retains Control
• Job Satisfaction
• Increase in Knowledge
16. The RIASEC activity can be taken on MySkillsFuture portal
This activity helps to explore possible jobs that an individual
may fit according to their interests and skills.
17. RIASEC code is a 3-letter combination of your top 3 interests.
For example, if your RIASEC code is [SEC],
it means that Social: your need for social interaction is most
preferred.
This is followed by Enterprising; a desire to initiate, lead and
persuade people,
and Conventional: your preference to work with data,
structured work, established guidelines
19. Brainstorm possible job options and investigate them.
Look at the descriptions and qualifications for various positions,
typical entry points, and advancement opportunities.
In addition to this research,
Interview people involved in your area of interest
Take advice about the work
Ask about the realities of the field
Analyse the recommended preparation for it (Skills and Education)
20. Internships and part-time jobs are an excellent way to sample a
field of interest.
They provide the opportunity to perform some of the job
functions and evaluate the workplace environment.
21. Decide on One or More Career Paths
Consider the pros and cons of the career options.
Consider the current demand in the field
whether you're comfortable with relocation and your potential
income.
Income isn't everything, of course, but it's something to
consider in balance with other aspects of your career.
22. Set Concrete Goals
Set specific goals for how you want to progress on
your career path.
What makes a goal good?
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time- bound
Action- oriented
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25. Exploration
The exploration stage is the pre-employment stage, wherein the
individuals are in their mid-twenties and enter from their college life
to the work environment.
The individuals narrow down their work preferences on the basis of
the directions shown by their parents, friends, family, teachers.
At this stage, several expectations about the work are created that
may be the fantasies, or unrealistic beliefs about the work, very
much before entering into the firm.
26. Establishment
At this stage, an individual actually experiences the work culture
in his first job.
Here, all the expectations and fantasies come to an end, and one
has to face the reality of life.
This stage covers about 10 years from the 25 years of age.
It is also called as a learning stage; wherein the fresher learns
under the guidance of a mentor.
At this stage, the fresher commits many mistakes and try to
learn from these, thereby gaining a position in the society and
working for his career advancement.
27. Mid-Career
This stage covers the age period of 35 to 45 years
At this stage, the individual is no longer considered to be
a fresher and his mistakes are taken seriously by the
senior management.
Here, the employee must evaluate his current career
position, i.e. whether he is advancing, or has stabilized or
has started to decline and look for the future career
prospects.
At this stage, an individual has to maintain a balance
between his career and his personal life i.e. spouse and
children.
28. Late-Career
At this stage, an individual reaches to a particular position in
the organization hierarchy, on the basis of his career graph
which is characterized by growth or stagnation.
If an individual grows even after the mid-career (i.e. 20 years
after mid-forties), then he is considered to be having the
pleasant experience with the work.
Here, an individual becomes the mentor and guide others
through his experiences.
29. Decline
This is the last stage of career development. At this stage, an
individual has to step out of his work or get a retirement from his
official commitments.
It is considered as one of the difficult stages, as it is very hard
for the employees to leave the firm who are doing excellent even
after their late career.
Thus, every individual passes through these five stages of career
development as they move along their life cycle
30. CAREER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
Career development involves those personal
improvements that a person undertakes to achieve
a personal career plan.
31. Ask for feedback
Ask for feedback from people whose
opinion you trust and who you believe
will add value to your development plan.
32. Conduct regular self-assessments
Self-assessing can improve your plan
as it can help you understand where
you stand, how close or how far you
are from your next goal and how
feasible your next planned steps are.
33. Continue your education
Perhaps the best career
planning strategy is to continue
your education. It will help you
to achieve better things.
34. Set milestones
Setting milestones is a career
planning strategy that will go
a long way in helping
individual to achieve goals.
Milestones are achievements
that are important to you;
Whatever they may be,
milestones matter as they are
stepping stones that will
allow you to further your
career.
35. Barriers to Career Planning
Negative Self- image
Negative Attitude – Bitterness, Selfishness, Crab mentality
Negative Emotions – Anxiety, Fear
Victim Mentality – Feeling incapable
Intrapersonal Conflict – Incompatibility between two goals,
values
Personality traits – Indecisiveness, Aggressiveness,
Competitiveness
36. Career planning is NOT
Leaving the decision to chance
Getting information and never deciding
Getting along with someone else’s plan
The counselor tells us the occupation that can be picked up
Choosing a career/job and sticking to it forever.
It is a chosen profession for our life. . It is our future. We need to
make our decision
