Career Planning

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Definition

Career Planning can be defined as “A goal that you desire to achieve in a selected field or occupation with a well thought out plan to get you there.”

Why Important?

• Because it is your career .• Less job security and employer loyalty. • Technical knowledge and skills obsolescence.

Steps involved in career planning

1. KNOWLEDGE OF WORK ENVIORNMENT

2. KNOWLEDGE OF SELF

(Who I am)

3. INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF WORK ENVIORNMENT AND SELF

(What is going on around me in the company)

4. METHOD FOR TAKING ACTION

(What action will I take?)

4. GOAL DEVELOPMENT

(What do I want to accomplish?)

Individual Development Plan

Step 1:  Knowledge of Work Environment(What is going on around me?)

• How is the mission of my organization. • What are the organization’s changing needs regarding the

workforce and what new expertise and skills will be required or desirable?  

• What opportunities are available for developing these new expertise and skills.

• How might my role (job) change in my organization? How can I prepare for or develop new skills for these changes?    

• New expertise and skills my organization wants me to learn include.

Step 2:  Knowledge of Self(Who am I?)  

• Of the new and recent developments in my organization or field, what interests me the most?

• What are my current strengths for pursuing these interests? • Of all the things I have done in the last projects (work and

non-work related), what specific activities and functions have energized me the most?

Step 3:  Integration of Knowledge of Self and Work Environment

(How well do my company and I match up?)   

• In what areas do my interests and personal plans overlap with the changing needs of my organization?

• What knowledge, skills or abilities are important for increasing or maintaining the quality of my performance in my present assignments?

• What knowledge, skills or abilities would help prepare me for opportunities or roles I might have in the future?

Step 4:  Goal Development

(What do I want to accomplish?)    • A goal is a statement of a desired outcome or accomplishment

which is specific, observable and realistic. • What I want to accomplish by this time next year is... • What I want to accomplish by the end of the second year is... • What barriers or obstacles might prevent me from

accomplishing my goals on time (e. g., time, money, other commitments, etc.)?  

• What can I do to overcome these barriers or obstacles? What resources are available to help me?  

Step 5:  Method for Taking Action(What actions will I take?)   

• There is a wide range of potential actions for me to consider in order to achieve my goals.

• In planning my career moves, I must be open to consider all the possibilities.

• Lateral Move • Job Enrichment • Downshifting • Change work setting

Individual Development Plan (IDP)

Please see the template

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