Career Planning

CAREER PLANNING What is career? • The pattern and sequence of the job and responsibilities, which characterize one person’s work over a time. • Career is a sequence of position occupied by a person during the course of lifetime. •

Life long series of work related activities.

The concept of career involves much more than simply looking at promotion opportunities. It also covers the experience of the individual within the organization and how he responds to this. Career consists of changes in values, attitude and motivation that occurs as a person grows older. Seeking opportunities, gain higher status, increase in job satisfaction, improve working conditions ----are all the events linked with career development. What is career planning ? Planned programmes for the development of employees of an organization which includes-----• Identifying and exploring career opportunities. • Setting goals. • Establishing directions. • Choosing the means by which to attain the goals-The output of this process is called career plans.

Objectives of career planning • To provide and maintain appropriate manpower. • To increase the efficiency and growth of the employees. • To motivate the employees. • To get right man for right job. • To provide equal opportunities. • To ensure consistency, uniformity and fairness in the matter of promotion policy. • To increase organizational effectiveness. Stages of career planning 1. Defining work activities (job content-job description) 2. Identifying personal requirement (skill and knowledge) 3. Recognizing job families (groups and jobs) 4. Preparation of current job inventory. 5. Current and anticipated manpower inventory. 6. Career planning and development. 7. Need-Opportunities alignment.

8. Individual career planning. Techniques of career planning • Career counseling. • Coaching. • Mentoring. • Training and Development. • Performance review. • Courses such as decision making, leadership, managing people, developing self-awareness. Benefits of Career Planning • Aligns strategy and internal staffing requirements. • Develops promotable employees. • Facilitates international placement. • Assists with work force diversity. • Reduces labour turnover. • Taps employee potential. • Personal growth. • Satisfies employee needs. • Assists affirmative action plans.