Career Planning and

Management
What is career ?
Job vs. Career
◦ Job – “What can I do now to make money?”

◦ Career – Chosen Profession for our life.

Requires a willingness to get the training
needed to build your skills for the future.

A career is the work a person does. It is the

sequence of jobs that an individual has held
throughout his or her working life E.g.
occupation of teacher.
Characteristics of career planning …
It is a mean of managing people to
obtain optimum results.
It is a continuous process due to ever
changing environment.
The basic aim of career planning is
integration of individual and
organizational needs.
How important is career planning?
People leave an organization due to lack
of career growth
Deeper focus on an employee’s aims and
aspirations
Degree of clarity
Significant motivator
Key retention tool
Critical human resource strategy
Process of career planning …
Identifying individual needs and
aspiration
Analyzing career opportunities
Identifying match and mismatch
Formulating and implementing strategies
Reviewing career plans.
From the organization’s point of view ….
It helping the employees to plan their
career in terms of their capacities.
 It involves designing an organizational
stage to the retirement stage.
It is a managerial technique for mapping
out the entire career of young employees.
 It requires discovery, development,
planned employment and reemployment
of talents.
Career path
Career planning : An ongoing process

Here You…
Explore your interests and abilities
Strategically plan your career goals
Create your future work success by
designing learning and action plans to
help you achieve your goals.
Roles in career planning…
Individual –
accept responsibility for your own career.
asses your interests , skills and values.
establish goal and career plan.
utilize development opportunities.
talk with your manager about your career.
follow through on realistic career plan.
Manager –
provide timely and accurate performance
feedback.
provide developmental assignments and
support.
support employee development plans.
Employer –
 communicate mission, policies ,and procedures .
 provide training and development opportunities
including workshops.
 offer a variety of career paths.
 provide mentoring opportunities to support
growth and self-direction.
 provide academic learning programs.
 A typical
Employee The manager

Win-Win situation sees career

views a career
for all planning
planning
Programme as a retention
as a path to And
upward motivational
mobility tool

The top management

view it as a
tool for
succession planning
Who are responsible for planning ones
career??

Individual Organization
Career Planning
Ithas two aspects:
Individual Career planning : employee
personally plans career goals.
Organizational career planning :
organization plans career goals for its
employees.
 Self Assessment

Job Search Individual career

planning process Academic/ Career
options

Relevant /Practical
Experience
Making career planning successful …
Top management support
Clear goals
Motivated and hardworking staff
Proper selection
Proper age balance
Fair promotion policy
 management of career stress
continuity
Career Management:
Process of designing & implementing
goals , plans,& strategies that enable HR
professionals and managers to satisfy
workforce needs and allow individuals to
achieve career objectives.
Career development programs help in the
achievement of career objectives.
It’s OUR future. WE need to make our career decision!!
Reference…
HRD journals
Internet
Human Resources Management –
Gary Dessler, Biju Varkkey