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MODEL OF

CAREERMANAGEMENT

Chapter 2



Series of Questions for a Decision

or Series of Decision to be Made

Career in which Profession?

Join a company or to pursue further studies?

Choose a position (general mgt or just staff ?

Change employee at present time?

How change will effect family and others?

Possibility to get a job in case of ‘Unexpected Job

Loss?

Transition at midlife be a lifesaver or a disaster?

Do volunteer work or start with your own company

after retirement?



CareerExploration

Awareness ofSelf and

Environment

Goalsetting

Career Appraisal

Feedback:Work/Network

Progress

towardsGoal

Need to make a

Decision

Strategy

Development

Strategy

Implementation

Educational, Family, Work and Societal

Institutions

Information, Opportunities and Support From



Theory and Research on Career

Management Process

Career Exploration: More extensive and appropriate career exploration,

more likely people will become aware of different facets

of both themselves and world of work

Mostly overestimated and also underestimated Knowledge of different occupations, organizations and

career opportunities can also benefit from an active

exploration of the environment

Career

Exploration

Awareness of Self and

Environment



Types of Career and Environmental

Exploration

SELF EXPLORATION ENVIRONMENTAL

EXPLORATION• Interests

• Talents

Strengths

Weakness

• Work ValuesJob Challenge

Job autonomy

Security

Work/Life Balance

MoneyWorking Conditions

Helping others

Power of influence

• Types of occupations

• Types of industries

• Necessary Job Skills

• Job Alternatives

• Company Alternatives•Impact of Family on Career

Decisions

• For employed people,

environmental explorationmay be oriented more

toward alternative jobs

within a particular

organization.



Effects of Career Exploration

Students who engage in extensive exploration couldgenerate more job interviews and offers, obtain

higher salary offers, and develop more realistic job

expectations.

Awareness

CareerGoal

CareerStrategy

CareerAppraisal



AWARENESS

Complete and accurate perception of ownqualities and characteristics of relevant

environment.

A thorough awareness of self and environment

enables to set appropriate career goals, developstrategies, job expectations and attain higher

level of job satisfaction.

Awarenes

s

Goal

Setting



CAREER GOAL

A desired career-related out come intends to attain. Committed to specific, challenging task goals outperform

those who don’t have goals or have a weak commitment

to establish goals. Complimentary behaviors and

attitudes reinforce these goals to occur.

Career goals doesn’t have to involve a job change at all.

Goal more specific, greater the likelihood of developing

an effective strategy to achieve, job involvement and

search.

Career

Strategy

Development

Goal

Setting



CAREER STRATEGY

A sequence of activities designed to help attaincareer goal.

Less influenced by formal education than by

‘strategic’ behaviors as joining a prestigious

social or political organizations which viewemployees as assets or intellectual capital.

Career

Strategy

Development

Progress

towards

Goal

Career

Strategy

Implementation



TYPE OF CAREER STRATEGIES

Competence in the present job Extended work involvement

Development of skills

Opportunity development

Supportive relationships development

Image building

Organizational politice

Career

Strategy

Development

Progress

towards

Goal

Career

Strategy

Implementation



CAREER APPRAISAL

Process by which people acquire and usefeedback

Constructive feedback enables to determine

whether goals/strategies still make sense. Can

reinforce a lead to modification of a goal Disappointments in outcome could propel a

person to shift goals.

Feedbacks function as a self-correctivemechanism

Career

Appraisal

Progres

sCareer

Strategy

Implementatio

n Feedback

Career

Exploratio

n



An Ongoing Process

Work is such a central part of life, satisfying or canhave a devastating effect on a person’s sense of

well-being. However, goals can be unrealistic and

strategies are ill-conceived.

Commitment to a prior design—even repeatedfailure and frustration—don’t be fool that past failures

will be reversed.

Technological changes, reorganizations,

downsizings, mergers and acquisitions can all affecta person’s career.

New talents, values can emerge with age, maturity

and experience..



An Ongoing Process

Changing family situations can provide constraintsand opportunities to careers.

Career management should be a continual, problem-

solving, decision making and adoptive process.

Critical stages of Career Management: The choiceof a college major, initial career field, job-search

process, decision to remain specialized or broaden

one’s experience, reaction to a job loss and decision

to reevaluate involvements in work and family roles,all require accurate information, realistic goals and

plans, openness to feedback from the environment.



Indicators of Effective Career Mgt.

1. A deep knowledge of oneself and anaccurate picture of the environment. One

cannot count on luck alone.

2. Development of realistic goals that arecompatible with your values, interests,

abilities and desired life style instead of

others. Compatibility or fit of goals and

accomplishments with personal needs

and values characterize effective career

management



Indicators of Effective Career Mgt

3. Effective career management requiresdevelopment and implementation of appropriatecareer strategies, develop a valid career,accomplish goal according to plan. Careersrequire many diverse types of decisions to be

made over.4. It’s a continual feedback process. Goals and

strategies may need fine-tuning or even a majoroverhaul. Striving process in which imperfectinformation and decisions are replaced by better

information and decisions Individuals need to explore themselves and their

environment in a systematic manner, select careergoals and strategies in a conscious way, and payclose attention to changes in themselves and theworld around them.



Assignment

What is your level of awareness of selfand environment?

What are your career management

activities with respect to careerexploration, goal setting, strategy?

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