CAREER

PLANNING
BY
SONALI
KAUSHIK
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“A career is a
sequence of separate
but related work
activities that
provide continuity,
order and meaning to
 Itis not a series of work related
experiences but a sequence of
attitudes and behavior associated
with work related activities over
the span of a person’s life. It
represents an organized path
taken by an individual across time
and space.
 A person’s career is shaped by
many factors, e.g.. Heredity,
parents, culture, age level, job
experience, etc.
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Career planning is
the systematic
process by which
one selects career
goals and the path
From the organization’s point of
view ….
 It means helping the employees to plan their
career in terms of their capacities within the
context of organization’s needs.
 It involves designing an organizational stage
to the retirement stage. Individuals who can
fill planned future positions are identified
and prepared to take up these positions.
 It is a managerial technique for mapping out
the entire career of young employees. It
requires discovery, development, planned
employment and reemployment of talents.
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
 Career Planning VS Man Power
Planning
 Manpower planning provides an inventory of skills
and potentials available within an organization.
But career planning determines who could be
groomed for higher level assignments, where,
when and how.
 Manpower planning provides information on the
human resources available within the
organization for expansion, growth and
technological innovations. But career planning
only tells us who could succeed in case of
retirement, death, resignations, etc. of existing
personnel.
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Career planning & succession
planning
1.Career planning covers all levels of employees.
Whereas succession planning is generally
required for higher level executives.
2.Career planning is based on a succession plan
for the higher level executives. Whereas
succession plan involves identification of
successors. Succession planning motivates
employees and facilitates continuity of the
organization.
3.Career planning may consist of charts showing
the career paths of different categories of
employees showing how they can advance up
in the organization. Whereas a succession
plan consists of a runner up chart or
succession chart for a particular position.
Career paths …
 Career Planning
 Career Planning is the process of deciding what
you want to achieve in the short and long term
future and contrasting that with where you are
at the moment. From that gap you develop a
plan that will get you from where you are to
where you want to be.
 Some long term goals may need you to do
something now to ever achieve them. For
example if your career development goal
requires you to have a certain qualification that
will take a few years to get, then you need to
plan for that now.
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Objectives of career planning
…
 To attract and retain the right type of persons in the
organization.
 To map out careers of employees suitable to their
ability, and their willingness to be trained and
developed for higher positions.
 To improve employee morale and motivation by
matching skills to jib requirements and by providing
opportunities for promotion.
 To ensure that promising persons get experiences
that will equip them to reach responsibility for which
they are able.
 To provide guidance and encourage employees to
fulfill their potentials.
 To achieve higher productivity and organizational
development.
Process of career planning
…
Identifying individual needs
and aspiration
Analyzing career
opportunities
Identifying match and
mismatch
Formulating and
implementing strategies
Career development …
Career development
process involves need
assessment, opportunities
identification, alignment
and monitoring.
Career development process…
Making career planning
successful …
 Top management support
 expansion
 Clear goals
 Motivated and hardworking staff
 Proper selection
 Proper age balance
 Fair promotion policy
 management of career stress
 Internal publicity
 continuity
Career counseling …
Guiding and advising
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people on their possible

career paths and what
they must do to achieve
promotions.