RESOURCE PERSON:

Ms. HARITHA RAVI

ASST PROFESSOR
YIMS
 Career planning is the process by which one selects career goals and the path to
these goals.

 It is crucial for
 It includes   every person
self-improveme aspiring to
nt
become
 and the process
successful in
of meeting these
life.
goals.

 Multi-stage process that needs to be thoroughly planned and executed to reap the
desired benefits.
Career planning process:
Components:
Self Exploration
Occupational Exploration
Educational planning
1. Specify the sector you aspire to work in:

 Make sure that the work you select is in which you have interest.

 You should have single minded devotion towards the goal.

 Concentrate on one Goal at a time.

2. Consider more than your material needs when choosing a sector or profession:

 Give more preference to the values that you hold in your life.

 Every profession that you choose must be complement with the faith that you hold in life
more that material needs that it will satisfy or the rewards that you will get from it.

 You should be able to accept the practices that involves in your Profession.
3. Be realistic and gauge your skillset:

 If you don’t possess the skills and qualification you required for your profession,
first equipped with that skills.

 Otherwise you will not succeed in your life.

 4. Find your passion:

 Look the profession that you are enthusiastic about and could spend a lifetime to
working in.

 Or else you find yourself boring and tedious.

5.   Research the market and demand for the sector you are interested in:

 Choose a career after conducting the research in the market and demand of the
sector.

 The profession we select must have growth in the future.

 It must not be vanished after some years.

 It should always have a relevance.

6. Be Courage:

 Choose a profession according to your interest and don’t compromise for any one.

 If your parents decide your profession, if you are interested in it and you are able to
perceive it, then you can choose it.

 Otherwise you had strong determination power to choose your own career and should
have a courage for it.
7. Consult people from the sector to learn about the otherwise hidden aspects of the
sector:

 We were unaware of the hidden factors of a sector unless you work in it.

 By consulting with people of the particular sector, we will be able to understand the
hidden facts of a sector.
8. Be determined:

 Fix the goal and work hard for it.

 Don’t change the aim constantly.

9. Prioritise your responsibilities:

 In the planning and pursuit of temporary worldly goals, do not

forget that there is a permanent.

 Hereafter that you must also prepare and be ready for.

TIPS for career planning:

 Keep an up-to-date Resume

 Reflect on what you like, dislike, need, and want from work.
 Keep a record of your achievements.
 Identify your transferable skills.
 Set career goals
 Explore new education or training opportunities
 Leverage and learn from others.
 Step out of your Comfort zone
 Research further career advancement opportunities.
 Never stop learning.
 Ask, Listen and Learn.
 Realize your dreams.
Developing Career Goals:
 Career development goals are objectives to improve your skills and motivation.

 You can combine your personal interests with skills or performance goals to
achieve success at work. 

 Career development goals may make your job easier as you become quicker and
more productive based on what you learn. 

 How to set goals:

 Identify your goal.

 Outline short term goals.
 Use the smart method
Thank you