The document discusses career planning, development, and strategies. It states that career planning involves self-evaluation and goal-setting to develop a career path. Career development refers to managing one's career through activities like training, moving roles, or starting a business. Effective career planning and development are important for professional and personal growth by helping individuals focus on goals, explore options, continuously learn, and progress in their careers. Strategies for career development can include training programs provided by companies or independent efforts like skill assessments undertaken by individuals.

1. CAREER PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT

2. CAREER PLANNING
 Career planning is the self-evaluation & planning
done by a person to have a strong career path.
 Career planning process in the continuous
reiterative process of understanding oneself, setting
career goals, revising skills and searching for the
right career options.

3. IMPORTANCE OF CAREER PLANNING
 Career planning is a step-wise process which enables
an individual to focus on where to want to be in life
professionally.
 With the short-term goal and the long-term goals in
place, career planning can help to plan their journey in
their professional life.
 Self-assessment is necessary to understand one’s
capabilities and drawbacks.
 The various career options should be explored in detail
to find a fit between one’s abilities and the opportunities
provided by a career option.
 It involves continuous learning and improvement to build
and growth in the chosen career path.
 A good career planning helps a person grow in life in
their professional career, which also help them grow
personally.

5. CAREER DEVELOPMENT
 Career development is the series of activities or the
on-going/lifelong process of developing one’s
career.
 Career development usually refers to managing
one’s career in an intra-organizational or inter-
organizational scenario.
 It involves training on new skills, moving to higher
job responsibilities, making a career change within
the same organization, moving to a different
organization or starting one’s own business

6. IMPORTANCE OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT
 Every employee working in an organization is looking for
a career development which moves in the right direction.
 Career path taken by an employee determines the
growth. Career should be planned in a way that it moves
forward.
 Career development provides the framework with skills,
goals, awareness, assessment and performance which
helps an individual to move in the right direction and
achieve the goals one has in one's career.
 Careful career planning is always useful for individuals
to succeed professionally and also helps to boost
employee motivation in the organization.

8. CAREER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
 The development of an individual's career is driven by several
factors. Strategies to improve someone's career can be driven
either by the company through organization development or by
the individual himself or herself. Some strategies of career
development are as following.
1. By Companies
 Training and development by companies can help in employees
learn new skills. Companies help in providing leadership
development, management development etc. This is all done
through employee training sessions or developmental
counseling. Employee development in the long run helps in
career development.
2. By Employees
 Individuals can themselves boost their own career. This is done
through constant evaluation of their skills using techniques like
continuing professional development.
 Continuous and repetitive efforts can help in the career
development for an employee.