BUS300 2

BUS 300:

Career Planning

Planning Your Career:

Career

Exploration

Contents used in this presentation are adapted from Career Planning Strategies

and used with the permission of the author.

Dr. Sait Revda Dinibutun

Career Exploration  Organizations and Occupations

 Potential Jobs  Job Content

Awareness

Clarifying job duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of those potential job choices is

imperative to wise career decision-making.

In order TO

make Valid

Career Choice

Exploring Career Options

The Career Planning Process

Success

Goals

Self

Values

Interests

Personal Qualities

Skills

Exploring Options

Occupation

Industries

Jobs

Duties

Requirements

A valid match CANNOT occur without a good understanding of

what qualities are needed in a given opportunity.

Self-assessment is only part of career planning!

Must explore career fields!

Equally important are:

Defining and investigating options,

then integrate with self-assessment.

Career Clustering Concept

Interrelated

Purpose: Aid Exploring Process

Job

families Job

skills

Job

training Job

duties

Since there are thousands of different jobs available, you must

begin to narrow the scope.

Purpose of Career Exploration Result of self-assessment and career exploration = achievable career goals.

Use same method on

different career fields

You need to develop your own method of

conducting your career analysis.

You start with a general overview THAT

progressively narrows to specific job options.

Your goal should be to create a reusable

method of investigation.

I - collecting

II - evaluating

III - integrating

CAREER EXPLORATION Job/Career Decision

systematic process

Collecting information about various career fields

Filters and evaluates the information

Integrates the results with your self-assessment

People Experiences

Sources of

Information

People Experiences

Publications and Internet

SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO COLLECT

• Industries

• Employer

• Type of Job

Most experts recommend first looking at

career fields broadly and then gradually

narrowing your focus on specific job duties.

Investigate Specific Occupations

Management Engineering Accounting Teaching Crafts Legal

Marketing

Systems

Social Work

Administration

Personnel

Medical

www.careeronestop.org www.kuwaitjobs.pro http://www.bayt.com/en/kuwait/

Career Information Analysis

1- Duties and Responsibilities associated with the assignment

2- Qualifications needed

3- Advancement Path

4- Salary Information

Current Information

Material in books and government publications

are often outdated

Employment brochures

Classified ads

Magazines and Newspapers

Web Career Resources

People – Carefully balance comments

•Role Models

•Interviews

•Observation

•Experiences

Exploring = more than observationExploring = more than observation

Nature of Work

Conditions

Compensation

Requirements

Advancement Potential

Short and Long Term -

Employment Outlook

The responsibility starts

at an entry-level

assignment

You will have an opportunity to progress later based upon your performance on the job

Levels Of Responsibility

officer/owner

executive

director

manager

supervisor

assistant

trainee

Your fit is determined by your previous

level of experience and

education.

Progression, based upon

performance.

Organization Structure

President

Personnel Legal

Vice President

Marketing

Sales Mgmt.

Advertising

Sales Rep.

Service Rep.

Vice President

Operations

Facility Mgmt.

ERP

Manager

Supervisor

Vice President

Finance

Controller

Treasurer

Accountant

Fin. Analyst

TOP:

MIDDLE:

ENTRY:

Broad Range Of Assignments

Management Progression

"Career Pathing"

Entry Middle Top

Years In Career

Promotion depends on consistent superior performances, no employer will

“guarantee” a steady, upward progress.

Most employers will describe the various jobs that you will do if you

progress on a typical basis.

Job Descriptions every organization develops them

 used to screen job applicants

 evaluate officials'

performances

Title

Job Summary

Tasks and Responsibilities

Qualifications

JOB DESCRIPTIONS

Be sure you can do the job Read many job descriptions Avoid promotion to a level of incompetence Explore options Avoid "failure-inviting" situations

JOB DESCRIPTIONS

match is never perfect

what are the

compromises?

An Organization's Success Depends On:

 ability to hire right people

 ability to motivate people

 proper work environment

Individual Career Success Equals

• desire to work hard

• finding the environment

Investigate

Careers have rewards, but also limitations Uncover the facts, not just the hype (publicity)!

If you would like to learn more, Career Planning Strategies textbook will supply additional information on this topic.