Career Development, Part II

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Career Development, Part II

• Self-managing careers
• Career planning for men and women
• Career management for organizations
• Career planning and human resource planning

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Career Self-Management

• Make choices
• Monitor progress
• Plan departure

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Making Choices

• Think about organizations as a long term
  commitment
• Consider short term trade-offs for benefits in
  the long term
• Consider the impact of specialized or isolated
  positions

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Monitor Your Progress

• Stay aware of opportunities
• Assess your current performance with brutal
  honesty
• Recognize when its time to move on

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Plan Your Departure

• Leave at your convenience (if possible)
• Leave on good terms
• Dont leave until youve locked up the next job

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Career Planning for Men Women

• Some research findings
• The glass ceiling
• The mommy track
• The dual career couple track

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Some Research Findings

• Men benefit more than woman from training
• Men benefit more than women from being married
  and having children
• Women benefit more than men from coaching and
  encouragement
• Women have fewer developmental opportunities than
  do men

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Glass Ceilings Mommy Tracks

• Glass ceiling A barrier ( usually not an
  obvious one) that prevents women from reaching
  top management.
• Mommy tracks Career paths which give more time
  flexibility to allow women to fulfill family
  commitments.

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Dual Career Couples

• The Family Friendly Workplace
• flexible work arrangements
• child care arrangement
• support for transfers and relocations
• managers who understand dual career couples

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Career Management for Organizations

• Developing career paths
• Internal staffing issues
• Promotions
• Transfers
• Demotions
• Separations

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Career Planning HR Planning
Career Planning
HR Planning
Objectives Plans
Business Plans
Occ. Org. Choice
Recruitment Sel.
Job Choice
Placement
Performance Mgt.
Performance Appraisal
Retirement
Succession Ret. Planning
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Backwards Forwards

• Summing Up We completed a look at career
  development through self-managed plans, a
  comparison of career planning for men and women,
  career management for organizations and the
  connection between career planning and HR
  planning
• Looking ahead Next time we begin our examination
  of performance management