CAREER AND SUCCESSION PLANNING

PRESENTED BY-

DEEPAK KHANDELWAL

CAREER

A career is the work a person does. It is the sequence of jobs that an individual has held throughout his or her working life .

E.g. occupation of nursing. Chosen Profession for your life.

Requires a willingness to get the training needed to build your skills for the future.

CAREER PLANNING

“Career planning consists of activities and actions that you take to achieve your individual career goals.”

CAREER PLANNINGIt is the life- long process a person goes

through to learn about himself such as-• Purpose,• Personality• Interests• Skills • Talents

Develop a self- concept, learn about careers, and work situations.

Make a career choice, while developing and coping social skills.

Contd..

The major focus is matching personal goals and opportunities that are realistically available.

Career planning is building bridges from one’s current job/career to next job/career.

Well-conceived career plan is flexible to accommodate changing opportunities for development.

Importance of Career Planning

People leave an organization due to lack of career growth

Deeper focus on an employee’s aims and aspirations

High-level vision and goals of company are clearly made known to employees

Growth of an organization is intrinsically linked with the growth of an individual

Matching organization vision & employees aspirations is must

Who is responsible for planning ones career

Individual Organization

Self Assessment

Academic/ Career options

Relevant /PracticalExperience

Job Search Individual career planning process

1. Self- Assessment Aware of the interrelationship between self and occupational choice.Learning interests, abilities, skills, and work values.Assessing aspirations and motivation level.Identify personality style.

Personality

Interests Abilities

Values

2. Academic / Career options

Investigate the world of work in greater depth, narrow a general occupational direction into a specific one.Learning academic and career entrance requirements.Learning skills and experience required.Planning academic and career alternatives.

3. Relevant / Practical experience

Gain practical experience through internships, cooperative education Testing new skills and try diverse experiences.Assessing likes and dislikes of work values, skills, work environments.Assessing if different coursework or skills are needed for your targeted career goals.

4. Job Search

Learning how to prepare resume and cover letters, and complete employment applications.Learning and implementing job search strategies.Learning and practicing interviewing skills.Narrow your choices.

Direction

Career Time

Transitions

Career planning options

Projected Outcome

Organizational career planning process

SUCCESSION PLANNING

Getting the right number of people with the right skills, experiences, and competencies in the right jobs at the right time.

Why Succession Planning?

Engages senior management in a disciplined review of organizational talent

Guides development activities of staffBrings HR systems into alignmentAssures continuity of key positions /

Avoids transition problems.Assures new managers are prepared

for their jobsFocus on Organizational Effectiveness

It’s OUR future. WE need to make our career decision!!