Unit 1 career panning converted

B.L.D.E.A’S SSM POLYTECHNIC, VIJAYAPUR
Career Planning
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• While a job is an activity or work for
which you receive regular payment, as
the oxford Learner’s Dictionary define,
career is the series of job that a person
has in a particular area of work, usually
involving more responsibility as time
passes.’
What is the difference between
“career” and job?
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• Have you already made up your mind about
your career? Do yoi have a dream job and
plans of a career in mind?
• The following passage will help you learn the
basis of career planning.
• Dr K.alex, an expert in the field of higher
education and corporate training, teaches at
St Joseph’s College, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
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• A career is the work a person does. It is the
sequence of jobs that an individual has held through
tout his or her working life. “Career Planning”
therefore embraces a person’s entire life-the
spiritual, social, educational and vocational. Career
Planning is the lifelong process a person goes
throught to learn about him, develop a self-
concept, learn about careers, and work situation
and then make a career choice based on
information gathered. It also includes the skills a
person employs in finding and keeping the job that
is right for him or her.
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• The major focus of Career Planning should be on
matching personal goals with opportunities that are
realistically that are available. A term worth defining
is “Career path”. A Career is a flexible line of
movement line of movement through which an
employee may move during employment with an
organization.
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• One can think of career planning as building bridges
from one’s current job/career to next job/career.
Without the bridges, one may easily stumble or lose
direction, but with the bridge there is safety and
direction.
• There are hundreds of career options out there. How
do you make a career choice when you don’t really
know what you want to do? Does it seem like a
tough task? It’s not yes you will have to put some
time and energy into making your decision, but your
effort will be well worth it in the end.
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Career indecision, and a lack of career planning,
often results in costly consequences in terms of
time and money. But career. But career planning
helps you to:
• Realize the many career choices available to you.
• Have an increased sense of self-awareness.
• Develop a well-targeted resume.
• Be prepared for the interviews
• Develop relationship with human resource
professionals.
Benefits of career planning
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Follow these guidelines while choosing a career:
• 1] Evaluate yourself
When choosing a career it is beneficial to understand
your strengths and your interests. When making
significant career decisions, it is important to recognize
a few key characteristics about yourself so that you
make choices that are well-suited for you. Specially, it is
helpful to clearly understand what you are interested
in, what your strengths and abilities are what your
personality type is and what is valuable to you. Having
self-awareness about these attitudes will help you
choose a career that will bring a sense of satisfaction.
While evaluating yourself consider traits like interest
skill and value one
Guidelines for choosing for choosing a
career
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2] Research your option
One of the steps can take to plan your future is to
do some basic research into the career option
your considering. By gathering concrete
information from objective source, you can make
better decision about your future you can obtain
information such as:
• Typical job duties
• Training and educational requirements
• Job outlook
• Salary ranges
• Major employer in the occupation
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• Questions about career field or industries
• What entry-level jobs are available in the field
• What other career areas do you feel are
realeted to your work?
• What career paths are generally available?
• What is profile of the person most recently
hired at my level?
• What are some of the current issues and
trends in the field?
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• 3] Make connection
One of the best ways to learn about a career path
is to find out rest what it’s like form other who
have been there .you can gain valuable inside
information talking to someone of in your felid
interest which include learning about the day-to-
day responsibility of a position’ getting insights
into industry trends or learning about required or
educational for career success.
• This approach to information gathering lets you
make connection with people who are in the
position to help to you find a place of your in the
field. Making connection is an essential step in
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• Sample questions about a particular job title:
• What do you do as a___________?
• How did you begin your career?
• What is a typical day like for you?
• How does your job affect your generally?
• How does your position fit within the
organization?
• What are the rewards?
• What are the major’s qualifications for success in
this particular occupation?
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4] Get experience
Learning by doing is a valuable way to research
possible career paths, so plan on acquiring
experience early. Whether you obtain an internship
or work part time, getting hands on experience will
help you immensely . The more it easier you have to
a given career field the more knowledge you will gain
about different career option and your career
preferences. Practice experience will also make it
easier for you to make connection with potential
mentors.
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5] See a counselor
Career councilors are available for one to one
appointments. Some students meet with a
counselors once to get specific information,
for ex to learn how to find an internship or to
get help with their resume. Others may check
in at different times during their search for
jobs. In the absence of counselors in and
around look for help from your teacher who
know you fairly well.
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An appointment with a counselor or a teacher gives
an opportunity to:
• Discuss career options of interest and employers
who offers jobs in those fields
• Identify your interests and strengths
• Understand and utilize successful job search strategic
• Develop a personal plan of action for the job search
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6] Make decisions
So far you have made decisions related to various
facets of life. You have decided which colleges to
attend, what classes to take and where to stay.
Similarly a career involves obtaining appropriate
information and begins aware of the numerous
factors that may influence your decision. The
information below is designed to help you examine
how-to currently and offers several approaches to
making future decisions.
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Factors influencing decisions
• To make sound decisions it is important to gather
enough information to evaluate your options.
• Decision-making experience
• Confidence in decision- making from family and
friends can have a big effect on your decision,
especially for significant decision that may impact
the important people in your life.
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Personal factors
• Support and influence from family and friends can
have a big effect on your decisions, especially for
significant decision that may impact the important
people in your life.
• Everyone is different and what works for one person
won’t need=socially work for another, even if that
person is someone with whom you have a lot in
common. If someone you know has a career that it
may not necessarily be good fit for you
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