2. Students should be able to:
Understand the meaning of a career
Understanding the career planning process
Understand the importance of career planning
Use the step-by-step process to plan for their career
Know the do’s and don’t when planning for their career
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3. Career includes all of the work, learning, and leisure activities
that you are involved in throughout your life.
Career planning is a lifelong process that focuses on making
choices to help you manage your work and personal life. Good
career planning requires information about you, the world of
work and commitment.
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4. Overcoming your barriers to career advancement begins with a
career plan.
Choosing a career path is one of the most significant decisions
you’ll make in your lifetime, and it can be challenging to decide
exactly what you want to do from a professional standpoint.
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5. The career planning process is comprised of four step:
Self-assessment
Career exploration
Match
Take Action
Note: the career planning process is a circular one, which may
be done more than once.
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6. During the first step, you will use a variety of tools to gather
information about yourself. You will learn about your:
Interests
Work-related values
Personality type
Aptitudes
Preferred environments
Development needs
realities
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7. Explore the occupations that appear to be good fit based on the
results of your self assessment.
Explore other occupations that interest you
Research the industries in which you would like to work
Research the labour market
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8. After your preliminary research, you can start eliminating
occupations that don’t appeal to you and get more information
on those that do.
Job shadowing
Part time work, internships, or volunteer
Identify changes in the Industry
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9. During this phase you will decide which occupation is
the best fit for you based on self-assessment and career
exploration.
Identify occupations that you have qualifications, knowledge,
skills for
Identify the occupation in which you are most interested in
Give serious thought to how you will prepare to enter your chosen
career, the costs, barriers, etc
Go back to the prior phase if you find you need to explore your
options further before making a decision
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10. Its time to put together a plan to reach your goals and start
moving forward.
Write a career action plan
Identify your long-term and short-term goals
Apply for a training program, if necessary
Develop a job search strategy
Write your resume
Identify and learn about potential employers
Compose cover letters
Prepare for job interviews
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11. Career planning can help you to prepare to:
Enter the workforce
Plan for education
Deal with changing workplace demands
Anticipate trends or changes
Plan to upgrade or maintain your skills
Plan for career advancement
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12. Listening to people who tell you that you should, or should not,
do something
Following in someone else’s footsteps
Not doing your homework
Not talking to those in the know
Going for the money, Honey
Ignoring who you are
Not considering location
Not looking beyond a “Best Careers” list
Ignoring the future
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13. Getting information from the Labour market
Are you willing to relocate for your career?
What does the future hold in store?
The informational interview
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15. Antoniu, E., 2010. Career planning process and its role in
human resource development. Annals of the university of
petroşani, economics, 10(2), pp.13-22.
Lent, R.W., 2013. Career‐life preparedness: Revisiting career
planning and adjustment in the new workplace. The Career
Development Quarterly, 61(1), pp.2-14.
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