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Career Development

 

Career Development

 


                        Figure 1:Career(Source: Excel, 2021)

Every organizations in the world ultimate goal is continuous improvement while growing stability. Therefore organization need to be changed with the time and without change, there would no progress can be made. This rule also applies to employees. It will be impossible to advance in a profession if employees do not want to change their lives. Career development is just the practice of improving your skills without necessarily receiving a promotion. Your ability to turn into a point of self-improvement is more important than your skill set when it comes to career advancement. Making improvements to your skill set is what career development is all about.

When someone is concerned about their professional growth, they identify their own strengths and weaknesses, and then work hard to better their abilities. It also entailed learning about other professions and industries in order to find one that matched their skills, looking for possibilities to grow, and possibly changing occupations altogether if they found one that was fit (the balance careers, 2020) 

 

Importance of Career Development

 Career growth can begin as early as adolescence, while a person is still learning about alternative methods to make a living. It is a natural component of human development, and it can take a lifetime to complete.

·       Employees are more engaged when they perceive their employer cares about their development and provides opportunities to achieve personal professional objectives while also accomplishing the company's mission. Employees that follow a professional development path can improve their skills and knowledge over time, which can lead to mastery of their existing jobs, promotions, and transfers to new or other positions. Career paths may have a direct impact on the entire organization by enhancing morale, job satisfaction, motivation, productivity, and responsiveness in reaching departmental and organizational goals (SHRM, 2021)

·       Career development aids in the adaption to changing work environments and job types.

·       Career development aids in the management of manpower requirements.

·       Career development is very important for every individuals to benchmarking status. or to change his future path. For an instance, most government organizations not allowed for the career growth/promotions unlike private sector, consequently they left institution or may leave country for better options.


Figure 2:Keys to Career Development(Source: NACE, 2021)


Keys to Career Development

·       Vision, it entails being able to see and articulate your job objectives.

·       Social Capital, It refers to the resources available to you through your professional contacts in the context of career growth.

·       Experience gained while working in a certain sector or function

·       Knowledge, it refers to your theoretical and practical grasp of a subject that you have gained via formal and informal education and experience.

·    Resources, The people, tools, and programs you enlist to help you advance your remote career are known as resources.

·   Opportunities are the professional and personal benefits that come as a result of your passions (workplaceless, 2021)

 

References

Excel, 2021. worldscholarshipforum.com. [Online]
Available at: https://worldscholarshipforum.com/jobs/career-growth-vs-career-development/
[Accessed 21 November 2021].

NACE, 2021. www.naceweb.org. [Online]
Available at: https://www.naceweb.org/store/2020/transforming-career-support-during-covid-19/
[Accessed 22 11 2021].

SHRM, 2021. www.shrm.org. [Online]
Available at: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/toolkits/pages/developingemployeecareerpathsandladders.aspx
[Accessed 21 November 2021].

the balance careers, 2020. www.thebalancecareers.com. [Online]
Available at: https://www.thebalancecareers.com/what-is-career-development-525496
[Accessed 21 11 2021].

workplaceless, 2021. www.workplaceless.com. [Online]
Available at: https://www.workplaceless.com/blog/7-keys-remote-career-development
[Accessed 22 11 2021].

 

 

 

 

Comments

  1. Sujeewa RupasingheNovember 22, 2021 at 9:46 PM

    Every employees deciare is development in the carrier they are devoted for. Having a good plan of development and working towards making it happen will be a win to both parties.

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  2. PrabathNovember 22, 2021 at 9:56 PM

    career development is very important to surviving in current situation world run fast and we must develop to be stable good article

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  3. Vishwa GunarathnaNovember 22, 2021 at 10:10 PM

    Those opportunities should create by relevant organization HR team. Bec of as a human been they are always like to achieve their next ambitions. So in cause career development is very essential topic to maintain.

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  4. Buddhika JayarathnaNovember 22, 2021 at 10:23 PM

    Career development helps you to recruit and retain exceptional talent, which is really important. The Philosophy of Human Resources Management is that all employees should have the opportunity to develop their skills, grow professionally, and have access to opportunities for advancement.

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  5. Chenaka HettiarachchiNovember 23, 2021 at 12:50 AM

    This is a timely topic. Career improvement will increase worker motivation and productivity. Attention to professional improvement allows you to appeal to a pinnacle team of workers and hold valued personnel. Supporting profession improvement and increase of personnel is remitted through the Philosophy of Human Resources Management.

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  6. Thushara WattegedaraNovember 23, 2021 at 5:55 AM

    I went through your entire blog and a good one. Appreciate for sharing. Apart from your all good practices systems and methods, I would like to add a small piece of thought and it is that first we need to guide them to select which path they will choose and from there we should give them timeline and tasks. Time to time monitoring and Appreciation is essential with guidance

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  7. N R Waduge. MBANovember 24, 2021 at 5:56 AM

    Thank you

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  8. Asitha DDecember 6, 2021 at 8:27 AM

    Career development is important to conduct in the organizational context in order to improve the performances of employees and contribute them towards the organizational works. Career development is supportive to create a talented work pool.

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  9. Nuwansiri RathnayakeDecember 14, 2021 at 8:49 AM

    Valuable article concerning Career development. Employees are the main asset of every organization. therefore to show them how important are they to the organization is more essential. Career development increases employee motivation and productivity. Attention to career development helps you attract top staff and retain valued employees. Supporting career development and growth of employees is mandated by the Philosophy of Human Resources Management (Berkeley, 2021).

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  10. M D S PereraDecember 17, 2021 at 5:57 PM

    Dear Waduge the organizations should design broad based career development programs that educate and train minorities and women employees of the organizations and also for benchmarking as you mentioned here. Great post!

     

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