Career planning &

Development
By:
588 Jenni
Sanghvi
593
Devanshi
Shah

Concept of career planning

Career is always more important for an employee as

it satisfies their economic , social and psychological

needs of a person.
Career describes an individuals' journey through
learning, work and other aspects of life.

Definitions
Career- According to Edwin b flippo a career is a

sequence of separate but related activities that

provides continuity order and meaning in a person's
life
Career planning-it is a process of setting career
goals in the contexts of personal competence and the
life long series of positions that contribute to the
achievement of career goals.

Stages of career planning :

Step 1: knowing yourself

Begin by thinking about where you are now, where you want to be and how

youre going to get there.

Once you have thought about where you are at now and where you want to be,
you can work on getting to know your skills, interests and values.
Begin by asking yourself the following questions:
Where am I at now?
Where do I want to be?
What do I want out of a job or career?
What do I like to do?
What are my strengths?
What is important to me?
At the end of this step you will have a clearer idea of your work or learning
goal and your individual preferences.

Step 2: finding out career

opportunity

This step is about exploring the occupations and

learning areas that interest you. Once you have some

idea of your occupational preferences you can
research the specific skills and qualifications
required for those occupations.
Explore occupations that interest you and ask
yourself how do my skills and interests match up
with these occupations?
At the end of this step you will have a list of
preferred occupations and/or learning options

Step 3: making decisions

This step involves comparing your options, narrowing down your

choices and thinking about what suits you best at this point in time.
Ask yourself:
What are my best work/training options?
How do they match with my skills, interests and values?
How do they fit with the current labour market?
How do they fit with my current situation and responsibilities?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each option?
What will help and what will hinder me?
What can I do about it?
At the end of this step you will have narrowed down your options and
have more of an idea of what you need to do next to help you achieve
your goals.

Step 4: action plans

Here you plan the steps you need to take to put your plan into action.

Use all you have learnt about your skills, interests and values together with the
information you have gathered about the world of work to create your plan.
Begin by asking yourself:
What actions/steps will help me achieve my work, training and career goals?
Where can I get help?
Who will support me?
At the end of this step you will have:
a plan to help you explore your options further (eg work experience, work
shadowing or more research); or
a plan which sets out the steps to help you achieve your next learning or work
goal.
Decide which step is relevant for you right now and start from there.
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Advantages of career planning

Sense of achievement setting and achieving a goal builds

confidence.
Greater ownership - Career planning lets you take charge of
your own destiny rather than leaving it to chance. Having a career
plan enables you to remain motivated and focused. It helps you
anticipate barriers and problems that may arise and what you can
do to avoid the barrier or problem, solve it and move on. It may
also point out your weakness or deficiency so you can get the
resources or skills needed to deal with the problem.
Sense of direction and purpose youll feel positive about
what youre doing, and you will experience greater meaning. It will
guide you to doing what you really want to do for a living, rather
than just drifting from job to job aimlessly

 Develop a lifelong skill managing your career is a lifelong

responsibility. The more practice you have now, the more

confidence youll have in making things happen.
Get the most out of professional development having
some direction will help you identify the experiences, jobs, clubs
etc. that will be most relevant to you and where you want to go.
Support you with your job search employers look for
positive, motivated people with a sense of whom they are and where
they want to go. Planning will help improve your job prospects and
employability skills, as well as your ability to market yourself.
Develop transferable skills planning skills are relevant to a
host of jobs and careers. Youll be able to add career planning to
your skills list.

Career
development

defination
Career
development is
the proactive
planning and
implementation of
action steps
towards your
career goals .

Concept of Career development

Career development is

accumulation & cultivation of

skill & knowledge that enable
professional to advance and
grow in the field if his/her
choice
This can take the form of
educational and academic
courses

What is career
development ?

Enhanced job performance

Staying sharp in current

skills
Establishing business

relationship

Factors influencing career

development
1

personal

Socio-economic

Physical & mental

Personal characteristic : personality type ,

interest , values all play a role in career
development .
Socio-economic factors: it means that one
might not be able to prepare or choose his/her
career due to financial situation .
Physical & mental abilities: some of us are
better suited to some careers that we are to
others due to our physical and mental abilities
and limitations .

stages of career development

Declining stage

 Development stage:
This stage begins from birth and normally lasts
until 14 years old. In this stage children develop
ideas about their own hobbies , and abilities with
some practical ideas about their future careers .

Exploration stage :
This stage lasts from 15 years to 24 years . In this
period people have different career choices and
they often choose careers which fit their abilities
and choices .the most important in this stage is
that people need to develop a broad knowledge
and variety of job skills .

Establishment stage :
This stage is from 25 to 44 years old .this is the
main stage in career of a person .
Establishment stage includes 3 periods :

 Ageing stage :
This period continuous from the age of 45 to 60
years .
In this stage a person is experienced of all the
difficulties and failures that he has faced .
Declining stage :
Declining stage is the final stage when people is old
less healthy and clairvoyant . In this stage sense of
responsibility towards job has decreased .

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