Human Resource Human Resource ManagementManagement

Lecture-24

Career

A career consists of all the jobs held during one’s working life

Career Planning Terms

Career Path

A career path is the sequential pattern of jobs that forms one’s career.

Career Goals

Career goals are the future positions one strives to reach as part of a career. These goals serve as benchmarks along one’s career path.

Career Planning

Career planning is the process by which one selects career goals and the path to those goals.

Career Development

Career Development consists of the personal improvements one undertakes to achieve a personal career plan

Common Concerns Do company training programs help my

chances for a promotion? How do I advance my career? Why hasn’t my boss given me career

counseling? Aren’t most promotions based on luck

and knowing the right people? Do I need a degree for that job? With all the talk of downsizing, how

secure is my job?

Individual Career Development

Job PerformanceExposureNetworkingResignationsOrganizational Loyalty

Mentors and SponsorsKey SubordinatesGrowth OpportunitiesInternational Experience

Stages of Career Development

Stage 1: Preparation for Work (ages 0–25)

Stage 2: Organizational Entry (ages 18–25)

Stage 3: Early Career (ages 25–40) Stage 4: Mid-career (ages 40–55) Stage 5: Late Career (ages 55–

retirement)

Stage 1: Preparation for Work (ages 0–25)

Traditional career stages

Exploration stage—involves identifying interests and opportunities.

Establishment stage—involves creating a meaningful and relevant role in the organization.

Maintenance stage—involves optimizing talents or capabilities.

Disengagement stage—the individual begins to gradually pull away from work and develop other interests.

Alternative Career Moves

Career Planning

“If you don’t have a plan for yourself you’ll be a part of someone else’s” - American Proverb

Career Planning is a tool to encourage employee development

Important to give employee a sense of a career vs a job with the company

Having a plan does not mean auto promotion

Need to have good performance, experience, education, planning and preparation

Career Planning & Development

Often done through planning, education information and counseling

HR Support & Career Development

Develop management support for career planning activities

Can offer career planning, education, info and counseling

Also need to ensure employees receive accurate and timely feedback on career development & performance

Career Education

Employees often know very little about planning

Feel luck & performance only ways to get ahead

Might not be aware of other opportunities

HR can increase planning awareness by

Holding seminarsWorkshopsSpeechesNewsletters–All of these items can help to

increase interest in planning–Senior management backing is a

must

Career Counseling

Have trained counselors in the department

Can assist with guidance on realistic goals and plans

Often self & environmental assessments required

HR’s Role in Career Development

The Goal: Matching Individual and Organizational Needs