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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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The Development PhaseThe Development Phase
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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The Development PhaseThe Development Phase
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