6. Career Development
• People: biggest asset of an organization
• Career:
• Progress or general course of action of a person in some profession
• Specific jobs that a person performs, the kinds of responsibilities and activities that comprises those jobs,
movements and transitions between jobs.
• Career Development
• Career development is the process of self-knowledge, exploration, and decision-making that shapes your career
• All activities which enhance technical or personal skills and result in desired career, making best use of one’s
competencies.
• A formal approach used by the forms to ensure that people with proper qualifications and experience are available
when needed
• Career development benefits both employees as well as organizations
• Organization needs to have career development programme and integrate the function with HR activities. 6
7. Academician
• Ph.D. degree by 26
• Asst. Professor by 27
• First book published by 30
• Professor & HOD by 35
• Dean of University by 40
• Vice President of University by 45
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8. Process Engineer
• Manager (Process) by 2024
• Sr. Mgr & HOD (Prodn) by 2027
• Works Manager by 2030
• VP (Plant Head ) by 2035
• Sr. VP (Technical by 2038
• President ( Technical) by 2041
• Coo by 2045
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9. What is Career Anchor?
• Certain attitudinal syndromes that
guide people throughout their
careers.
• Formed early in life
• Serve to anchor the person to a few
related types of careers
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10. What Employees Want?
• Position with challenges
• Achieving personal ambitions
• Never held back from realizing full potential
• Move around business
• Opportunities to grow
• Resources to build
• Broaden skills
• International exposure
• Moon and Stars?
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11. Need for a Career Dev. Program
• 75% of employees are not happy with their current job (Ref.
timesjobs.com)
• Most employees leave due to lack of career growth
• Today, Career development is a key retention tool and a critical HR
strategy
• Still, all organizations don’t understand the importance of proper
career development initiatives.
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12. Career Development Program
• Career need assessment
• In self-diagnosis of interests, aptitudes and capabilities
• Career Opportunities
• Provide complete information on career opportunities within the organization
• Need-opportunity alignment
• Aligning individual careers with career opportunities
• Through continuous training, education, transfer and advancement
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Editor's Notes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZIn8m_wcKo&t=340s
This question comes up at almost every stage of life, be it school, college or corporate life. Whether you are fresh out of college or planning to start a career in a different field after several years, no matter where you are in your professional journey, this question is often an intimidating one to answer.
Choosing the right career path inevitably plays a huge role in our lives. It determines how many working hours one will have to devote, if or when one can retire, and financial security the chosen career provides. A good career decision can either make your life worth living or full of disappointments. The choice is yours!
Personal and professional goals become achievable with a carefully crafted long-term career strategy. Career planning puts us in a position of advantage by leveraging our strength, building confidence, and making the most of our talent and experience. The future can give us a bumpy ride with situations like economic recession and a solid career plan can help in keeping us afloat. In the rapidly evolving market trends and demands, enhanced self-knowledge and a focused aim is the need of the hour which are attainable only with pre-planned career moves. Career planning also helps in smoothly entering into retirement down the road.
Millennials are more likely to indulge in job-hopping than the older generations and this makes career planning an ongoing process that needs tweaking every now and then
So, what are you waiting for?
