Career Planning 2

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Career Planning



Organization of talk«.

What is career planning ?

Glimpse of career planning process

How important is career planning

Career planning done by : Individuals

Organizations

Guidelines



What is career??

� Job vs. Career ± Job ± ³What can I do now to make money?´

± Career ± Chosen Profession for your life. Requires awillingness to get the training needed to build your skills for the future.

� A career is the work a person does. It is thesequence of jobs that an individual has heldthroughout his or her working life E.g.occupation of nursing.



Career planning what¶s that??

³Career planning

consists of

activities and

actions that you

take to achieve

your individualcareer goals´



Deeper insight «

� It is the life- long process a person goes

through to learn about himself such as ± purpose,

± personality ± interests

± skills

± talents

� Make a career choice, while developing and

coping social skills



Career planning : An ongoing

processHere You«

� Explore your interestsand abilities

� Strategically plan your career goals

� Create your future worksuccess by designing

learning and action plansto help you achieve your goals.



Contd..

� The major focus is matching personal goals and

opportunities that are realistically available.

� Career planning is building bridges from one¶s

current job/career to next job/career.

� Well-conceived career plan is flexible to

accommodate changing opportunities for

development



Contd«

� High-level vision and goals of company are

clearly made known to employees

� Growth of an organisation is intrinsically linked

with the growth of an individual

� Matching organization vision & employees

aspirations is must



Self Assessment

Academic/ Career

options

Relevant /Practical

Experience

Job Search Individual career planning process



1. Self- Assessment

� Aware of the interrelationshipbetween self andoccupational choice

� Start by: ± Learning interests, abilities,

skills, and work values

± Listing accomplishments

± Understanding physical andpsychological needs

± Assessing aspirations andmotivation level

± Deciphering personal traits andcharacteristics

Personality

Interests Abilities

Values



Competency Areas

� Gain self-awareness

� Improve self-confidence� Understand time and

stress management

� Develop

personal/professionalmanagement skills

Strategies For Gaining

Competencies

� Take exploratory classes� Identify personality style

� Identify work values

� Demonstrate skills in

overcoming self-defeatingbehaviors

� Identify symptoms of

stress

1. Self- Assessment



2. Academic / Career options

� Investigate the world of work in greater depth, narrow a general occupationaldirection into a specific one

� Start by:

± Learning academic and career entrance requirements

± Learning related majors and careersto one's interests

± Investigating education and trainingrequired

± Learning skills and experiencerequired

± Planning academic and career alternatives

± Learning job market trends



2. Academic /

Career options

Competency Areas� Gain research and

investigative skills

� Practice decision-making,problem solving and criticalthinking skills

� Increase understanding of howabilities, interests, and valuesmatch career/academicrequirements

Strategies For GainingCompetencies

� Read occupational resources

� Get assistance from acounselor

� Talk to people who work in

your areas of interest

� Attend Job/Career Fairs and/or Career Panels

� transferable skills should be

be gained



3. Relevant / Practical experience

� Gain practical experience through internships,

cooperative education etc..

� Start by:

± Testing new skills and try diverse experiences ± Deciding the type of organization in which to

volunteer or work

± Assessing likes and dislikes of work values,

skills, work environments, ± Assessing if additional/different coursework or

skills are needed for your targeted career goals



3. Relevant / Practical experience

Competency Areas� Gain an appreciation for

working with individuals fromdiverse cultures

� Understand and practice ethicalbehavior

� Gain supervisory/leadership/

teamwork skills

� Enhance self-management skills

� Obtain work related,transferable skills

� Develop conflict resolution skills

Strategies For GainingCompetencies

� Attend relevant conferences andseminars

� Become familiar with worksettings and job descriptions

� Practice making decisions bysupervising a group of people

� Talk to alumnus/a about yourcareer goals

� Work part-time or during summer



4. Job Search

� Start by:

± Learning how to prepare resume and cover letters,

and complete employment applications

± Learning and implementing job search strategies ± Learning and practicing interviewing skills

± Narrow your choices



Career Planning is NOT«

� Leaving the decision to chance

� Getting information and never deciding

� Going along with someone else¶s plans

It¶s OUR future. WE need to make

our career decision!!

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