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DevelopingCareers

Chapter 9

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What is Career Development? Challenges in Career Development Meeting the Challenges of Effective Career Development

Self-Development

Chapter 9 OverviewChapter 9 Overview

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What is Career Development?What is Career Development?

An ongoing and formalized effort Focus on developing enriched and more capable workers

Can play key role in recruitment Tries to meet both employer and employee needs

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What Kind of Path Are You On?What Kind of Path Are You On?

At least four approaches to careers: Linear Expert Spiral Transitory

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Challenges in Career Challenges in Career DevelopmentDevelopment Who will be responsible?

Increasingly responsibility shifted to employees

How much emphasis is appropriate? Too much is harmful to org effectiveness

How will the needs of a diverse workforce be met? Women and minorities often excluded

from informal career development activities

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Dual-career couple: A couple with both members having occupational responsibilities and career issues at stake

Require special consideration in career development

Challenges in Career Challenges in Career DevelopmentDevelopment

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Three Phases:

Meeting the ChallengesMeeting the Challenges

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Goal: to id employees strengths and weaknesses Self-Assessment Organizational Assessment

The Assessment PhaseThe Assessment Phase

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The Assessment PhaseThe Assessment Phase

Self-Assessment Skills assessment Interest Inventory Clarifying Values

Organizational Assessment Promotability Forecast Succession Planning

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The Direction PhaseThe Direction Phase Determines the type of career employees want

And steps required to realize their goals

Individual Career Counseling

Information Services Job-posting systems Skills inventories Career paths Career resource center

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Generic Example of Career Generic Example of Career PathsPaths

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The Development PhaseThe Development Phase

Taking actions to create and increase skills For future job opportunities

Four most common development programs: Mentoring Coaching Job Rotation Tuition Assistance

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Mentoring Can improve performance and job satisfaction Particularly important for minorities Professional and trade associations form of

group mentoring

Coaching Ongoing meetings between employee and

manager To discuss employee’s goals and

development

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Job Rotation Employees gain experience Results in a more broadly trained, skilled

workforce Are short and intermediate term costs

Tuition Assistance Programs Supports employee education and

development

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Employees need to take responsibility for own development

Career Self-AssessmentCareer Self-Assessment

How do you define success? How much money do you want to earn? What kind of work do you want to do? What kind of work fits your strengths and

values? What do you want to do outside of work?

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Development vs. AdvancementDevelopment vs. Advancement

Development —enhancing your skills and potential

Advancement—positioning yourself to move ahead in the organization

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Employee development needs to be a key business strategy

Management needs to determine: Who will be responsible for development How much emphasis to put on development How to meet the development needs of a

diverse workforce Career development is a continuing cycle

Employees need to take an active role in their development

Summary and ConclusionsSummary and Conclusions

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