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Career Planning
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Organization of talk«.
What is career planning ?
Glimpse of career planning process
How important is career planning
Career planning done by : Individuals
Organizations
Guidelines
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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.
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Career planning what¶s that??
³Career planning
consists of
activities and
actions that you
take to achieve
your individualcareer goals´
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Self Assessment
Academic/ Career
options
Relevant /Practical
Experience
Job Search Individual career planning process
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!!