The document provides an overview of career development including: 1. It defines career development as the ongoing process of developing one's career through self-assessment and setting goals. 2. It discusses the importance of career development for attracting top talent, increasing job satisfaction and retention, and boosting productivity and financial returns. 3. It outlines factors and barriers that can influence career development such as personal characteristics, socioeconomic conditions, abilities, and chance factors.

1. Career development
By /Mahmoud Shaqria
‫شقريه‬ ‫محمد‬ ‫محمود‬

2. Outlines
1) Definition of career development.
2) Importance of career development.
3) factors and barriers that influence career
development.
4) Benefits of Career development.
5) process of Career development.
6) Importance of career development.
7) steps to create plan.

3. Definition of Career Development
Career development
is the series of activities or the on-going/lifelong
process of developing one’s career.
Career development is directly linked to the goals
and objectives set by an individual. It starts with
self-actualization and self-assessment of one’s
interests and capabilities.

5. importance of career development
1-Attracting top talent:
Although the recently the US has been faced with a tight
job market, in competitive fields employers must focus
their efforts on attracting the top talent.
2-Job satisfaction:
Employees who participate in required training courses and
worked-based development activity during work time
reported higher job satisfaction and organizational
commitment.

6. importance of career development
3- Retaining employees
reducing turnover: Through organizational commitment,
career development opportunities help to retain
employees and thus prevents turnover.
4-Productivity and Financial Return
: Employers can also increase productivity and financial
returns by investing in their employees via career
development.

7. Factors and Barriers that Influence Career Development
Several factors and the interactions between them
influence career development and some may be
barriers to it. These factors are:
1-Personal Characteristics
When you are in the process of choosing a career,
you should do a thorough self-assessment. It will
allow you to learn what your personality type,
interests, aptitudes and work-related values are

8. Factors and Barriers that Influence Career Development
2-Socio-Economic Factors:
Socio-economic factors can be a barrier to career
development. They can significantly influence your ability to
pursue a career that is otherwise a good match for you.
For example, your financial situation may threaten to keep you
from getting the necessary education. Fortunately, there are
ways of overcoming barriers such as limited financial
resources, namely student loans, financial aid and
scholarships

9. Factors and Barriers that Influence Career Development
3- Physical and Mental Abilities:
Some of us are better suited to some careers than we
are to others due to our physical and mental
abilities, and limitations.
For example, you may want to become a doctor but
don't have the intellectual ability to get into medical
school. You should, if possible, find a related
occupation that makes the best use your strengths
while accommodating your limitations.

10. Factors and Barriers that Influence Career Development
4-Chance Factors:
Chance factors are life events over which we have
little or no control. They can influence what careers
we choose and how we progress in them.
An example would be an individual not being able to
advance in his career because he is a caregiver for a
relative.

11. Benefits of a Career Development System to Organization
1-Once organization has a fair idea about
employee’s strengths and weaknesses, attitude
and behavior, values and future aspirations and
skills and competencies, they are able to make
better use of employee skills and put them at the
right place

12. Benefits of a Career Development System to Organization
2-The organization can disseminate all
important details and information at
all organizational levels in order to
ensure effective communication at all
levels.

13. Benefits of a Career Development System to Organization
3-It also helps organization retain valued
employees by providing them what they
want. Since the organization is able to
collect all necessary information about a
specific individual, it can make efforts to
retain them

14. Benefits of a Career Development System to Organization
4-It establishes a reputation of the
organization in the market. More and
more working professionals see it as a
people developer and get attracted
towards it.

15. 2-Benefits of a Career Development System to Employees
1-The major benefit of career
development system to employees is
that they get helpful assistance and
guidance with their career decisions

16. 2-Benefits of a Career Development System to Employees
2-By using this system, they can set more
realistic goals and objectives that are feasible
to be accomplished over the span of one’s life.
3-It fosters better communication between the
employee and the manager as well as at all
levels of the organization.

17. 2-Benefits of a Career Development System to Employees
4-The best part is that they can get feedback on
their performance. This helps them improve
their working style and compels them to
upgrade their skills.
5-The process leads to job enrichment and
enhanced job satisfaction.

18. 3-Benefits of a Career Development System to
Managers/Supervisors
1-A career development system helps
managers and supervisors in improving and
upgrading their skills in order to manage
their own career.
2-It fosters better communication between
managers and employees

19. 3-Benefits of a Career Development System to
Managers/Supervisors
3-It helps them in retaining valued
employees as they get to know about
their skills and competencies and future
aspirations as well.

20. 3-Benefits of a Career Development System to
Managers/Supervisors
4-It helps in discussing productive performance
appraisal of employees and planning their
promotions as well as their career graph.
5-It leads to greater understanding of the organization
as a whole and cultivate a supportive and conducive
culture in the organization

21. 3-Benefits of a Career Development System to
Managers/Supervisors
6-It helps managers in understanding the
hidden aspects of employees and guides
them to allocate employees the right job
that matches to their skills and
competencies.

22. Career Development Process
Step 1 – Self Assessment (INSID)
• The first and most important step of this
process is Self-Assessment. Step 1 focus is on
the INSIDE of a person. After the successful
completion of Step 1, you should have a good
idea in terms of who you are and what’s most
important in your life

23. Career Development Process
Step 2 – Career Exploration (OUTSIDE)
• The second step of the process involves
Career Exploration. Step 2's focus is on
the OUTSIDE of a person.

24. Career Development Process
Step 3 – Taking Action (MATCHING UP)
• Taking Action involves MATCHING UP the
results of your self-assessment results and
the most supportive aspects within
significant influencing areas in Step 2.

25. Importance of career development plan:
1-A career development plan will keep you from getting stuck in
A rut.
2-A career development plan will help you take responsibility for
your weaknesses
3-A career development plan will help define your future career
path.
4-A career development plan will help you to take charge of your
own advancement.
5-A career development plan will give you the confidence you
need to succeed.

26. Steps to Create Your Own Career Development Plan
• Step 1: Figure out Your Destination
• As with all efforts, you must be clear about your direction
when you create your own career development plan. You don’t
take a road trip without knowing where you want to end up.
Don’t make a goal just for the sake of making one. You need a
goal that really rings your chimes and helps to motivate you
into action. If you’re making a goal based on what someone
else wants, it also isn’t going to be that compelling for you.
Being clear on your direction means being clear that this
direction is inspiring and motivational and knowing what is
driving you to it.

27. Steps to Create Your Own Career Development Plan
Step 2: Do a Gap Analysis
1-A gap analysis is where you figure out the differences in the
qualifications between where you are right now and your two-
year goal or next step.
2-Using a job posting or job description for the position you are
aiming at is a good way to get specific information about the
skills and experience that are expected.
3-Go through the job description line item and rate your current
state of skills, education, or experience to what is listed.
4-Once you have completed this exercise, identify all of the items
where there is anywhere from a fair amount to a substantial
amount of development that is needed. Look for commonalities
and clump those together as a category. You will discover that
there will be themes to your gaps.

28. Steps to Create Your Own Career Development Plan
Step 3: Create Your Development Plan
1-You are now fully armed with a clear two-year goal and all the
details of where and what you need to develop to get you
where you want to go. Your plan will be best if you can consult
with your boss and/or a mentor to help you with ideas of how
to get the skills you need to add.
2-Usually there are multiple ways of accumulating the needed
skills. You may also want to have multiple ways of beefing up
your skill set to add depth to it. An example is if you want to
move to a project management position, you may want to get
certification and also to ask for project responsibilities

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