Career Development

Career Development?
 Organizations can support the growth of their employees by creating a management

culture that encourages communication and training. Organizations that do
not provide continuous feedback cannot expect employees to grow or develop in the areas
within which they struggle.
 When you are not sure about what type of job you want or what you would
like to do next with your career, a career assessment test can help you
narrow down your job choices and choose a career path that is compatible
with your interests, skills, values, and personality. Career assessments can
help guide your career choices and what the assessments will evaluate,
and try free career tests that you can use to learn about jobs that may be a
perfect fit.
 Personal development makes you a confident and mature professional, helps you set
goals and expectations for yourself. You become a more inspired individual or employee
because you are growing. You know how to defend yourself also.
 This time, it is beneficial for both managers and the team. This will be effective when both of them
are on the same page of these skills. Career development is directly linked to an individual’s
growth and satisfaction and hence should be managed by the individual and not left to
the employer.
Factors That Influence Career Development
A person's career development can be affected by multiple factors, some of

which may be largely outside their control. These influences must be considered
during the process of developing a career.
• Personal Characteristics
Personality type, interests, aptitudes, and work-related values make all of

us who we are. These personal characteristics play a significant role in
career development since they influence which occupations we find
satisfying, as well as the types of work environments in which we will
succeed. That is why, when you are in the process of choosing a career, it
is so important to do a self-assessment that will help you learn about
yourself.
• Financial Resources
Pursuing certain career options can be costly. If you choose an

occupation, for example, that requires you to attend college, you may be
limited by your ability to pay for it and need to seek student loans, financial
aid, and scholarships. Financial limitations can also hinder you when job-
hunting. For example, you may have limited funds for interview clothes.
• Financial Obligations
Financial obligations such as rent, student’s college tuitions or student’s

loans may inhibit a person from switching jobs or careers. In order to
lessen your burden in finances, try to change your lifestyle just like a rent
house, choose a rent house to get a smaller mortgage payment.
• Physical, Mental, and Emotional Impairments
Some people are better suited to some careers than to others due to
physical and mental abilities or limitations. For example, you may want to
become a doctor but don't have a strong academic record in the sciences.
• Age
Your age can hinder you in your career development. You may worry
about being too young or too old to pursue a particular path, advance in
your career, or make a career change. Instead of focusing on your age,
concentrate on your abilities and how motivated you are.
• Family Obligations
An person's career development may stall if they take time off from work to
take care of children or elderly parents. Outside help with childcare or
eldercare may make it easier to continue with a career.
Overall many factors may influence a person's career development,

including finances and family obligations.
5 Steps of Career Development

There are various steps or stages in a person's overall career development:
1. Self Assessment
The first step in career development is the self assessment which means that the
individual has to assess oneself on the kind of career and growth one wants and what
kind of skills and interests are there.
2. Career Awareness
This stage is when an individual explores various career paths which align with the self
assessment done in the first step. Career awareness can be how a person can explore
various domains and types of jobs/work available
3. Goal Setting
This is the most important step in career development because this is where one
defines clear short term and long term goals to meet the career one aspires. Both short
term and long term goals need to be defined to begin with.
Short team goals would be more actionable but long term goals can be changed or
tweaked as per the growth.
4. Skill Training
Once the career and goals are set, one needs to acquire the right skills to achieve the
growth. Skill training can be done through self training or joining a structured training
program online or offline. Once the right skills are acquired, one can start the final
stage.
5. Performing
With all the right knowledge and skills, the important part is to perform the tasks and
jobs in the career successfully to grow in the career path.
The 5 steps are part of an ongoing process. Many times in a career, the person would
need to revisit the cycle to get the right career growth.
Importance of Career Development
Every employee working in an organization is looking for a career development which
moves in the right direction. Career path taken by an employee determines the growth.
Career should be planned in a way that it moves forward.
Career development provides the framework with skills, goals, awareness, assessment
and performance which helps an individual to move in the right direction and achieve
the goals one has in one's career. Careful career planning is always useful for
individuals to succeed professionally and also helps to boost employee motivation in the
organization.
Career Development Strategies

The development of an individual's career is driven by several factors. Strategies to
improve someone's career can be driven either by the company through organization
development or by the individual himself or herself. Some strategies of career
development are as following.
1. By Companies
When we say by companies It’s about training and development by companies can
help in employees learn new skills. Companies help in providing leadership
development, management development etc. This is all done through employee training
sessions or developmental counselling. Employee development in the long run helps in
career development.
2. By Employees
While when we say by employees, individuals can themselves boost their own career.
This is done through constant evaluation of their skills using techniques like continuing
professional development.
Continuous and repetitive efforts can help in the career development for an employee.

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Career Development?

 Organizations can support the growth of their employees by creating a management

Factors That Influence Career Development

A person's career development can be affected by multiple factors, some of

Personality type, interests, aptitudes, and work-related values make all of

Pursuing certain career options can be costly. If you choose an

Financial obligations such as rent, student’s college tuitions or student’s

• Physical, Mental, and Emotional Impairments

Overall many factors may influence a person's career development,

5 Steps of Career Development

Career Development Strategies

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