fundamentals of

Human Resource Management

Lecture 10
Career Management

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 Training and Employee Development

Employee Development
• The
Theoccupational positions a person has had over many years.
combination of formal education, job
experiences, relationships, and assessment of
personality and abilities to help employees prepare
for the future of their Career development.

Training
• In contrast, training traditionally focuses on helping
employees improve performance of their current
jobs.

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The Basics Of Career Management

Career Management

Career
Career Development
Terminology

Career Planning

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 The Basics of Career Management

• Career planning
– The deliberate process through which someone becomes
aware of personal skills, interests, knowledge, motivations,
and other characteristics; and establishes action plans to
attain specific goals.
• Careers today
– Careers are no simple progressions of employment in one
or two firms with a single profession.
– Employees now want to exchange performance for
training, learning, and development that keep them
marketable

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 Careers Today and
Employee Commitment
Old Contract New Contract
(Employer-focused) (Employee-focused)

“Do your best and be “I’ll do my best for you,

loyal to us, and we’ll take but I expect you to
care of your career.” provide the development
and learning that will
prepare me for the day
I must move on, and for
having the work-life
balance that I desire.”

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 Career Management and Employee
Commitment
The “New Psychological Contract”
– Old contract: “Do your best and be loyal to us, and we’ll
take care of your career.”
– New contract: “Do your best for us and be loyal to us for
as long as you’re here, and we’ll provide you with the
developmental opportunities you’ll need to move on and
have a successful career.
– (The unwritten expectations employees and employers have about the
nature of their work relationships.)
• Affected by age of employee and changes in economic conditions.
• Focuses on expectations about “fairness” that may not be defined
clearly by employees.
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 Career and Career Management
system
.
• Career management
– The process for enabling employees to better
understand and develop their career skills and
interests, and to use these skills and interests
more effectively.
• Career development
– The lifelong series of activities that contribute to a
person’s career exploration, establishment,
success, and fulfillment.
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 Why Offer Career Development?

Better equips employees

to serve the firm

Career
Boosts employee
Development commitment to the firm
Benefits
Supports recruitment and
retention of efforts

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 Identify Your Career Stage

• Growth stage
• Exploration stage
• Establishment stage
– Trial substage
– Stabilization substage
– Midcareer crisis substage
• Maintenance Stage
• Decline Stage

.
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 Stages of career

a. Growth Stage: The growth stage is roughly from birth to

age 14 and is a period during which an individual develops a
self-concept by identifying and interacting with other
people. Basically, during this stage an individual establishes
his or her identity.
b. Exploration Stage: The exploration stage is the period
roughly from ages 15 to 24, during which an individual
seriously explores various occupational alternatives. The
person attempts to match these occupational alternatives
with his or her own interests and abilities resulting from
education, leisure activities, and work.

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 Stages of career

c. Establishment Stage: The establishment stage is roughly from ages 25

to 44 and is the primary part of most people’s work lives. Hopefully,
during this period, a suitable occupation is found and the person
engages in those activities that help earn a permanent career. During
this period, the individual is continually testing personal capabilities and
ambitions against those of the initial occupational choice.

d. Maintenance Stage: Between the ages of 45 to 65, many people move

from the stabilization sub stage into the maintenance stage. During
maintenance, the individual has usually created a place in the work
world, and most efforts are directed at maintaining the career gains
earned.

e. Decline Stage: As retirement becomes an inevitable reality, in the

decline stage, there is frequently a period of adjustment, where many
begin to accept reduced levels of power and responsibility
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 Protean Career

A career that frequently changes based on

changes in the person’s interests, abilities, and
values and in the work environment.

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Development-Related Challenges

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