Define the term career and understand how a “career” differs from a “job’
A job is something you do to earn money. Career advancement is not something you’re interested in there and the work often doesn’t interest you at all.
A career is a series of connected employment opportunities, where you build up skills at earlier employment opportunities to move you into higher paying and higher prestige employment opportunities later on.
A job has minimal impact on future resumes and job applications because it’s completely unrelated to the stuff you’ll be applying for. A career is a series of heavily related jobs that will always be used on future applications and resumes.
A job is just there to put some easy cash in your pocket. A career provides the backbone of experiences and learning that will fuel your professional life for years, if not your entire life.
Discuss how career development and employee development differ
Employee development is a way for a company to develop future leaders internally rather than having to go outside the company to hire supervisors.
- focus is on personal growth
- teach employees to instill sound reasoning processes to enhance one’s ability to understand and interpret knowledge
Career development programs place more emphasis on opportunities for employees to improve themselves to reach personal career goals
- targets everybody’s well being
- looks at the big picture not the individual’s needs
Explain why career development is valuable to organizations
- ensures needed talent will be available
- improves the organization’s ability to attract and retain talented employees
- ensures that minorities and women get opportunities for growth and development
- reduces employee frustration
- enhances cultural diversity
- promotes organizational goodwill
Explain why career development is valuable to individuals
EXTERNAL- career is measured by progression up the hierarchy, type of occupation, long-term commitment, income
(easy to see; there is an opportunity in career development)
INTERNAL- career success is measured by meaningfulness of one’s work and achievement of personal life goals
(not easy to see)
Identify the 5 traditional stages involve in a career
- EXPLORATION- includes school and early work experiences such as internships.
Involves:
-trying out different fields
-discovering likes and dislikes
-forming attitudes toward work and social relationship patterns
-taking self-assessment
(individual has just graduated) - ESTABLISHMENT- takes time and energy to find a niche and to make your mark.
-discovering whether you’re good at it or not
Involves:
-search for work
-getting first job
-getting evidence of “success” or “failure”
-acquiring visible job and organizational membership artifacts (business card, parking sticker, uniform, employee handbook) - MID-CAREER- challenged to remain productive at work. You can either prosper (continue to grow), or you can plateau (not as motivated), or you can deteriorate (lose interest)
- LATE-CAREER- successful “elder persons” can enjoy being respected for their judgment. Good resource for teaching/ mentoring others
- those who have declined may experience job insecurity
- evident & obvious
- willing to provide teaching & guidance to those who seek advice
- those who have declined may experience job insecurity
- Plateauing is expected, life off the job increases in importance - DECLINE (LAST STAGE)- may be most difficult for those who were most successful at earlier stages.
- retirement planning
- most difficult stage for those who are blossoming and can be mourning stage for those who enjoy their work
Understand Holland’s vocational preferences model, and how to use the Strong Interest Inventory for career development purposes
READ THE PPT AND THE PACKET
Identify several ways that you can manage your career more effectively
know yourself, manage your reputation, build and maintain network contacts, keep current, balance your specialist and generalist competencies, document your achievement, keep your options open
