Career Planning

Career planning

Is a process of choosing an occupation, getting a job, growing in our job, possibly changing careers, and eventually retiring (schreuder & Theron, 2001: 21).

Career management

Is an on going process in which an individual gathers relevant information about himself/her and the world of work.

Self-Knowledge

refers to knowledge of one's particular mental states, including one's beliefs, desires, and sensations. It is also sometimes used to refer to knowledge about a persisting self—it’s on to logical nature, identity conditions (Wendy P, McMahon M)

Career development

• Individual

Learning new skills, and making improvements to help you in your career. Career development is an ongoing, lifelong process to help you learn and achieve more in your career

• Organistional

Process that is undertook by the H.R department to enhance the skills of their employees in order for them to take new tasks.

Career self-management

Career self-management is accepting responsibility for the strategic and proactive management of one's own career.

Career path

A planned, logical progression of jobs within one or more professions throughout working life. A career path can be planned with greater assurance in market conditions of stability and little change (schreuder & Theron, 2001: 21).

Characteristics of career paths

Career success

• objective

Is viewed as the observable and tangible elements indicating success, such as rank or position in the company, progress in a career (ascendancy) and income.

• Psychological

Consist of those career preferences, career values, attributes, skills and orientations that can be linked to their experiences of subjective or intrinsic career success (Gunz & Heslin 2005).

Career motivation

Is defined as the set of individual characteristics and are associated career decisions and behaviours that reflect the person's career choice. (Lent, Brown & Hackett, 1994, 2000)

Career insight

Is the ability...