Career Planning

Introduction:
Career: Herbert Simon defines career as “an honourable occupation with one normally takes up during his/her youth with the expectation of advancement and pursues it until retirement
Career planning and development is a means by which an organisation can sustain or increase its employees productivity and at the same time preparing them for a changing world.

Improtance of career planning:
 People leave an organisation due to lack of career growth
 Deeper focus on an employee’s aims and aspirations
 Degree of clarity
 Helps in identifying handicaps & the blind spots to overcome
 Significant motivator
 Key retention tool
 Critical human resource strategy

Objectives of career planning
 Identifying and making clear opportunities available.
 To reduce employee turnover.
 To Increase productivity.
 To identify the career stages and enhance the motivational level.
 To achieve the organisation’s goal by providing the employees paths to reach higher order needs.
Career planning process:

Step One: Know yourself…
Evaluate yourself—your interests, abilities, and work values.
Step Two: Explore options and choose a direction…
Gather information to consider career options that relate to what you know about yourself.
Step Three: Make plans and take action…
Consider issues that can affect your plans and take appropriate actions to accomplish your goals.

Competency 1
Planning & organizing:
Planning and organizing could be described as the process of figuring out what you want to do (planning) and how you want to do it (organizing). Effectively planning & organizing works according to organizational needs by defining objectives & anticipating needs & priorities.
Tips for planning & organizing:
 Communicate: Communication is essential to keep everyone informed on the planning and organization of project.
 Prioritize: Identifying and prioritizing the tasks you need to complete is essential to