This document discusses career and career paths. It defines a career as a person's course through life, usually involving special training and considered their life's work. A career path is defined as a smaller group of jobs within a career cluster that use similar skills, with the potential for vertical or lateral movement between jobs. The document provides examples of career paths in various fields like administration, customer service, education, and engineering. It also outlines the typical career path for a software engineer and lists requirements for navigating a career path, such as continuously learning new skills, networking, flexibility, and being open to lateral career moves.

1. Career / Career Path
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M. HAROON (LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT LAHORE SUB CAMPUS)

2. Career
A person’s course or progress through life.
It also pertains to his occupational or profession that
usually involves special training or formal education and is
considered to be a person’s lifework.
M. HAROON (LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT LAHORE SUB CAMPUS)

3. Career Path
A career path is a smaller
group of jobs within a career
cluster that use similar skills.
Each career cluster contains
several career paths.
M. HAROON (LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT LAHORE SUB CAMPUS)

4. Career paths traditionally imply vertical growth or advancement to
higher-level positions, but they can also include lateral (sideways)
movement within or across industries.
A career path helps you find out how you might move from one job
to another within a career cluster.
You can start in a lower-lever job in a career path and, with more
education and experience, move up within that path.
M. HAROON (LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT LAHORE SUB CAMPUS)

5. Examples of Career Path
Administration: Administrative Assistant—Executive Assistant—Office Manager
Customer service: Customer Service Representative—Inside Salesperson —
Outside Salesperson—Major Account Salesperson—Regional Sales Manager
Editorial: Editorial Assistant—Assistant Editor—Associate Editor—Editor—Senior
Editor—Editorial Director
Education: Teacher—Curriculum Coordinator—Assistant Principal—Principal
Engineering: Junior Engineer—Senior Engineer—Project Manager—Engineering
Consultant
M. HAROON (LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT LAHORE SUB CAMPUS)

6. Career Path of a Software Engineer
Intern
Associate
Software
Engineer
Software
Engineer
Senior
Software
Engineer
Principal
Software
Engineer
Team
Lead
Manager
M. HAROON (LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT LAHORE SUB CAMPUS)

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8. Requirements for a Career Path
Be in learning mode: Today’s job market moves quickly. To keep up,
you need to be prepared to add to your skillset. To find out which
skills are most in demand in your industry, take a look at your peers'
LinkedIn profiles. You’ll learn which skills you’ll need to advance.
Network: Connecting with your peers can help you identify new
directions for your career, even if you’re not interested in job-
hopping at the moment.
M. HAROON (LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT LAHORE SUB CAMPUS)

9. Requirements for a Career Path
Be flexible: Don’t hold too tightly to your career plan. Be open to
opportunity and keep your ultimate goals in mind. What’s important
to you? What do you enjoy about your job and career?
Don’t be afraid of a lateral move: Sometimes you need to move
sideways (or even backward) to get ahead. If a job offers you a
chance to develop skills or connections that will be valuable later on,
be open to a lateral move.
M. HAROON (LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT LAHORE SUB CAMPUS)