The document outlines a structured approach to career planning, consisting of five key steps: self-assessment, exploring career options, narrowing down choices, making a decision, and setting career goals. It emphasizes the importance of aligning one's interests, skills, and values with suitable opportunities. Additionally, it addresses potential obstacles and the necessity of continuous self-development and networking to ensure career success.

1. J. JENA
HOW TO
CHOOSE A CAREER
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3. Career planning is a deliberate process of
knowing WHO you are, so that you can
be sure of WHERE you want to go or
WHAT you want to be at some defined
point in the future.
WHAT IS CAREER PLANNING ?
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4. 1st Step : Self-Assessment
2nd Step: Explore Work/Career Options
3rd Step : Narrow Down List of Work/Career Options
4th Step : Decide or Choose the Best Option
5th Step : Set a Career Goal
FIVE STEPS OF CAREER PLANNING
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5. FIRST STEP : SELF ASSESSMENT
Knowing and understanding of self
better to know if you are in the
right job/career or you want to go
to another job.
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6. Attitude
Interests
Personality
Needs
Values
Skills
FIRST STEP : SELF ASSESSMENT
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7. Matching and aligning what
you want to do on one
hand, and with the various
opportunities, on the other.
SECOND STEP : WORK/CAREER EXPLORATION
Cont.
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8.  Look at opportunities within your
organization and its subsidiaries
 Look at career opportunities in other
organizations and in other industries
 Look at entrepreneurial and self-
employment opportunities
 Look at jobs/careers of people you know
of those you read about or see
SECOND STEP : WHERE TO EXPLORE
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9. List down three to five career options
that is match with your interest,
personality, needs, values and skills,
on one hand and the opportunities
and limitations, on the other.
THIRD STEP : NARROW DOWN THE CAREER OPTIONS
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10.  Steady State : requires a
life long commitment to
one career and is
characterized by a steady
improvement in knowledge
and skills.
KINDS OF CAREER PATH
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11.  Linear :constant upward
mobility in which there is a
steady increase in power,
responsibilities over the
work of others, and
financial rewards.
KINDS OF CAREER PATH
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12. Transitory : constant seeking
for variety or independence.
Jobs tend to be short term
and mobility is generally
lateral.
KINDS OF CAREER PATH
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13.  Spiral : regular changes,
usually every five or seven
years. Mobility is usually
lateral, and may be initially
downward.
KINDS OF CAREER PATH
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14. This step will let you choose the best
from among the list of 3-5 options.
 Description of your ideal job
 Personal Mission Statement
 Job Requirements or Qualifications
FOURTH STEP : DECIDE OR CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION
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15. This process will give you
focus and it will motivate you
to overcome obstacles that
will keep you from achieving
your goal.
FIFTH STEP: SET A CAREER GOAL
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16.  Specific
 Measurable
 Attainable
 Relevant
 Time-bound
 Action-oriented
WHAT MAKES A GOAL GOOD ?
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17. Self-imposed or psychological barriers
Negative self-image
Negative attitude (bitterness,
selfishness, rebellion, crab mentality
etc.)
Negative emotions (anxieties or fears)
OBSTACLES AT GOALS AND PLAN
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18.  Victim mentality (feeling of incapacity)
 Intrapersonal conflicts (torn between
two or more values)
 Personality traits (indecisiveness,
aggressiveness, competitiveness)
 Habits (procrastination, cramming)
 Negative thought against other
people (biases and prejudice)
OBSTACLES AT GOALS AND PLAN
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19. PREPARE FOR SETBACKS AND SUCCESSES ;
ENSURE YOUR CAREER
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20. 1. Keep an ongoing file of all your accomplishments.
2. Be prepared for any contingency by maintaining an
updated resume.
3. Sharpen your communication skills.
4. Build a network.
5. Become indispensable or close to it.
6. Remember that professional education and self-
development are never-ending.
7. Prepare for an alternative career.
8. Work on being pleasant and courteous.
TAKE CARE OF BELOW THINGS
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21. “A small change can make a big difference.
You are the only one who can make our
world a better place to inhabit. So, don’t be
afraid to take a stand.”
-Anonymous
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