process through which a
person becomes aware of
personal career, related
attributes and lifelong
series of activities that
contrribute to his or her
career fulfillment
WHy important?
It play a significant role in
employee retention and
reducing turnover of valued
workers
Key Factors in Retention
Organizational culture that
values and nurtures
talented employees, fair
processes in people
decisions and managers
who understand what
motivates employees.
Vocational Preference test
suggest that a person's
personality determines
their ocupational
orientations
Occupational Orientation theory
the theory that there are 6
basic personal orientations that
determine the sorts of careers
to which people are drawn
Types
Realistic Orientation
attracted to physical
occupation requiring skill
and strength
Investigative
careers involving in cognitive abilities
(thinkingorganizing and
understanding)
Social
Attracted to careers involved in
interpersonal ( sales, ect)
Conventional
careers involving structure and rule
regulated activities and where the
employee should put the
organizations need over theirs
careers involved
in self
expression,
artistic creation,
expression of
emotion
Career Anchor
A concern or value a
person will not give up if
a choice has to be maid
concerning their job
Types
Technical
People who have a strong functional career
tend to avoid decisions that would drive
them toward general management. Rather
grow in their feild
Managerial Competance
These people want to become
managers and their careers
convinces them that they have the
skill and values required to rise to
general management positions
Creativity
People want to become
entrapenurial where their
product or company bears
their name
AUtonomy
want to freelance or
be one of their own
Security
Want a long career
stability and job
security, good benefits/
retirment programs
Service
want to do
something
meaningful
Pure Challenge
over coming impossible odds
Lifestyle
define their careers as
part of their larger life
Succession Planning
A process through which
senior-level and critical
strategic job openings are
planned for and
eventually filled.
Steps
Establish strategic
direction of
organization, Identify
core skills and
competencies needed
in critical jobs,
Identify employees
who have, or can
acquire, the skills and
provide
developmental
opportunities