Meaning of career, career development, Stages and the Role of Human Resources in Career Development

1. MADHURI GOIDANI

2. CONTENTS
§ Concept of Career Development
§ Career Management
§ Role of H.R in Career Management
§ Learning and Development Interventions
§ Increasing Customers

3. CONTENTS
§ Career Goals
§ Declining Resources
§ Organizational Career Management
§ The Kaleidoscope Career Model
§ Increasing Customers
§Career Path

4. CONCEPT OF CAREER

5. CONCEPT OF CAREER
What is Career ?
Career is a sequence of job and work
related activities over a person’s life time.
Career may be individual centered or
organizational centered.

6. HOW DO PEOPLE CHOOSE CAREER ?

7. HOW DO PEOPLE CHOOSE CAREER ?
↑Interests
↑Self-image
↑Personality
↑Social backgrounds

8. What is Career Development ?
Career Development is on-going process by
which individual’s progress through series
of changes until they achieve their
personnel level of maximum achievement.

9. Components of Career Development
 Career Planning
 Career Management

10. OBJECTIVES OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT
To reduce employee attrition
To optimum utilization of resources
To make employees adaptable to changes
To attract effective persons in organization
To practice a balanced promotion from within policy
To maintain harmonious industrial relations

12. STAGES OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT MODEL

13. STAGES OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT MODEL
Exploration
Establishment
Mid Career
Late Career
Decline

14. MOVING UP THE CAREER LADDER

15. MOVING UP THE CAREER LADDER
Career Need Assessment
Career Opportunities
Need-opportunity Alignment
Monitoring Career Moves

16. MOVING UP THE CAREER LADDER
Put the Right Man At the Right Place
Impart Training
Sabbaticals
Developing Career Paths

17. CAREER DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
• Provide workbooks and workshops
• Provide career counseling
• Career self-management training
• Give developmental feedback
CAREER DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
• Provide workbooks and workshops
• Provide career counseling
• Career self-management training
• Give developmental feedback
HR’s ROLE IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT

18. Gauge
Employee
Potential
The Goal: Match
Individual and
Organization Needs
THE GOAL: MATCHING
• Encourage employee ownership of career
• Create a supportive context
• Communicate direction of company
• Mutual goal setting and planning
THE GOAL: MATCHING
• Encourage employee ownership of career
• Create a supportive context
• Communicate direction of company
• Mutual goal setting and planning
HR’s ROLE IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT

19. Gauge
Employee
Potential
The Goal: Match
Individual and
Organization Needs
GAUGE EMPLOYEE POTENTIAL
• Measure competencies (appraisals)
• Establish talent inventories
• Establish succession plans
• Use assessment centers
GAUGE EMPLOYEE POTENTIAL
• Measure competencies (appraisals)
• Establish talent inventories
• Establish succession plans
• Use assessment centers
HR’s ROLE IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT

20. Gauge
Employee
Potential
The Goal: Match
Individual and
Organization Needs
OPPORTUNITIES & REQUIREMENTS
• Identify future competency needs
• Establish job progressions/career paths
• Balance promotions, transfers, exits, etc
• Establish dual career paths
OPPORTUNITIES & REQUIREMENTS
• Identify future competency needs
• Establish job progressions/career paths
• Balance promotions, transfers, exits, etc
• Establish dual career paths
HR’s ROLE IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT

21. ISSUESIN
DEVEOPMENT

22. ISSUES IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT
• Career Plateau
– most likely during mid-career
• Dual career paths
– technical / professional vs. managerial
• Skills obsolescence
– continuous learning
• Balancing work and family

23. ISSUES IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT
• Coping with job loss
– provide outplacement services
• Retirement
– meet needs of older worker
– pre-retirement socialization
– early retirement programs

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