...CONCEPT OF THE ‘PROTEAN’ CAREER Introduction: A protean career is a process which is self driven by a person for self fulfilment on her or his own choice. Her or His expectation is intrinsic satisfaction, especially psychological success. (Hall ,1976) This career is managed by the individuals, but not by the organisation .the protean career is shaped by the own needs, goals and values and is involved in frequently changes. 1. The importance of the protean career Today there is a big challenge of finding the labour market which could be adapted to the impact of ICT and globalised market. The traditional model should have been focused for changes that are ‘fit for purposes’ for career work in the twenty first century. During the late 1990s there was a trend of moving idea of a ‘career for life’ to navigate through a developing pathway. This can be called as an innovation of the traditional career. 2. Who found this concept of the Protean career One of the great metaphors for the job market of the future is the” protean career”. In 1976, a business professor Douglas Hall thought the idea of a protean career was just an emerging concept. Originally, the protean career was defined as “a process which the person, not the organisation, is managing. It consists of all the person’s varied experiences in education, training, work in several organizations, changes in occupational field, etc. The protean career is not what happens...
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...Career Exploration Assignment – 55 points Overview: To research a career of your choice, discover who they are in context of this career field, and uncover courses you may want/need to take or skills you should develop to be successful in this field. You will work on developing both written and oral communication skills through the preparation of a Career Exploration Memo and Career Exploration Presentation. * Advice before you Start! Be patient, flexible and open! You may discover new career fields that you did not even think you may be interested in. Take your time, search through multiple career fields, find something that is really interesting…fight the temptation to write your report on the first career field you find information about. Procedure: • Following the in-class discussion about conducting effective internet searches – conduct an internet search on a career field or specific job you find interesting. • Find a minimum of THREE reputable sources that you will reference in your Career Exploration Memo • Write Career Exploration Memo (directions below) Memo: Part I: Who Am I in Context to My Educational Path? In this section, outline who you are, personally (or attributes of your personality), in reference to your educational path. Address questions such as: • What is my educational path or journey? • What is my anticipated major (or minor) and how does it fit into my future career plans? • What do I hope to accomplish...
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...[pic] | | |Career Planning: | Self Assessment | Career Exploration | Job Search | | | | | |Overview | | | |Self-Assessment / Knowing Yourself | |Look within yourself to discover your interests, skills, personality traits, and values. Also ask friends, family members, teachers, or | |mentors if they see the same qualities in you as you see in yourself. Simply ask: | |What do I like to do? | |What activities do I find fun, motivating, interesting and enjoyable? | |What skills and abilities do...
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...Career Exploration Reflection Paper Patricia Rolin BCOM/275 July 20, 2015 Randall Savely Career Exploration Reflection Paper I have learned a good deal about my communication skills throughout this course and by completing the Career Plan Building Activities. My career goal is to be in upper management, preferably in a field that deals with animals, such as an animal hospital manager, veterinary office manager; etcetera. I know I will use what I have learned in this course at some point in my career. Processing excellent communication skills will be vital to my success. The Career Plan Building Activities made me realize I have strengths in the areas of coping with pressure, delivering result, following instructions, and adapting to change. These strengths will help me to be an excellent leader and encourage employees to do their best to deliver positive results for the company. I will be able to handle any circumstance and make beneficial and effective decisions. I will have to make sure I am thinking critically when evaluating arguments. I know how to recognize fallacies and can judge the validity and credibility of the source. The activities also help me realize my strengths and weaknesses when it comes to communicating. Communication is the key to any successful business. I know how vital it is to have a clear understanding when communicating. When sending messages, I have to make sure they are able to be decoded and seek feedback to ensure both I, and my receiver...
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...Jameelah Meredith Career Management Abstract-Career Development Stages May 1, 2016 Abstract The article ‘Super’s Career Stages and the Decision to Change Careers” written by Roslyn Smart and Candida Peterson is an article based on a study of career stages. This study examined Super’s (1990) concept of recycling through the stages of adult career development in a sample of 226 Australian men and women who were approximately evenly distributed across the following four steps in the uptake of a second career: contemplating a change, choosing a new field, implementing a change, and change fully completed. A group of adults of similar age, gender, education, occupation, and career history who had no intention of switching careers was also included for comparison. Recycling predictions were supported by the finding that the three groups who were in the throes of career change displayed greater concern with Super’s first (exploration) stage than the non-changing control group. In addition, the two groups who were most intensely involved in the change process (choosing field and implementing) scored higher in exploration concern than the group whose career change was fully completed. Satisfaction also varied as a function of the participant’s stage in the process of switching to a new career. Global satisfaction with the present job was highest in workers who had completed the change to a new career, but non-changers were more satisfied than the three groups who were actively...
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...CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAM (PROJECT FIGARO) PROJECT PLAN APRIL 2015 Document versions and key changes: Version | Issue Date | Key Changes | Author | 2.0 | April 25, 2015 | Updated WBSUpdated PERT/CPMUpdated Organizational Chard | Monitoring & Control Committee | Approved by: Version | Name | Function | Signature/Email | 2.0 | Sorono, Terence | Project Sponsor | | TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary of Project 1. Project Title 2. Introduction 3. Background 4. Goals and Objectives 5. Scope 6. Time Frame 7. Cost Management Plan 8. Benefit Analysis 9. Risk Assessment 10. Milestones 11. Assumptions 12. Constraints 13. Critical Barriers 14. Deliverables and Key Users 15. Approach 16. Schedule 17. Communication Plan 18. Quality Management Plan 19. Appendices Executive Summary of Project Project Name: | Career Exploration Program (Project Figaro) | Date: | 29 April 2015 | Submitted To: | Prof. Terence Soroṅo | Objectives:The main objective of this project is to guide the students in choosing their courses in college through established means of exploring their passions, talents, and interests and eventually, pursuing a career they are most interested in. Project Deliverables & Key Users:In summary, this project aims to: 1) Design a seminar program that will help students identify their passion, explore them, and find ways to turn them into career opportunity...
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...To: Maureen Kelley From: Tuan Nguyen Date: Subject: Exploration of the financial industry Introduction: This report focuses on the exploration of the financial industry. This memorandum aims to determine the most suitable career path and explore in depth information in respect to that specific career in the US overall. Results: My major focus was to differentiate the career of a financial analyst and personal and personal financial advisors, my methodology consisted of thorough online research through different website regarding more general aspects. 1. What is the difference between a financial analyst and a personal financial advisor? Financial analyst and personal financial advisors are very similar and usually have very minor differences. Personal financial advisor help individuals develop plans that will ensure their present and future financial stability. They review client’s financial goals and general appropriate plan for saving and investing that fits the client’s individual needs. On the other hand, financial analysts provide guidance to businesses and individuals making investment decisions. They assess the performance of stocks, bonds, and other types of investments. (investopedia.com, 2014) 2. What career paths can you consider? The finance industry is multifaceted is varied, offering a multifaceted of positions catering to number of different skills and interests. Here are some common career paths in the financial-services industry: Corporate...
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...MS Office Class Proposal Table of Contents Summary 3 Description 3 Course Objectives 3 Course Curriculum 3 Course Standards 3 Course Outline 4 Equipment Needed 5 Financial 5 Assumptions 5 Documentation 6 Summary This proposal is written to communicate the objectives, curriculum, standards and potential revenue in regards to an MS Office class. Description This class will be held 2 days a week for a semester in length. The location and times will be determined as the class is developed. The class will be designed for 12 (twelve) students, but will adaptable due to space. It will be taught in various formats, but not limited to lecture, textbook, and hands-on training. Student will also earn up to 2 (two) High School technology credits. The course will be offered in three sections. The sections must build upon each other. Course Objectives The objective of this course is to provide the background for the students to become knowledgeable in the components of Microsoft Office. It will also provide them with the knowledge and expertise to fulfill many roles in today’s society, be preparing them in the field of office systems. Course Curriculum Textbook - Microsoft Office 2007: Introductory Concepts and Techniques, Windows Vista Edition, 1st Edition ISBN-10: 1423927133 Course Standards This course will be taught to Sunshine State Standards (See Documentation). Course Outline Essential Introduction to Computers Microsoft Windows Vista 1. Introduction...
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...are carried out through its systems and sub systems. Nestle’s HRD has five major systems and each of the systems has sub systems as elaborated below: The first systems are career systems. Work systems and development systems are individual and team oriented while the fourth and fifth systems are self renewal system and cultural systems are organization based. 1. Career systems: As an HRD system, nestle’s career system ensures attraction and retention of human resources through following sub-systems. * Manpower planning * Recruitment * Career planning * Succession planning * Retention 2. Work system: work planning system ensures that the attracted and retained human resources are utilized in the best possible way to obtain organizational objectives. Following are the sub-systems of the work planning system. * Role analysis * Role efficacy * Performance plan * Performance feedback and guidance * Performance appraisal * Promotion * Job rotation * Reward 3. Development system: the environment situation and the business scenario is fast changing. The human resources within the organization have to raise upto the occasions and change accordingly if the organization wants to be in business. The development system ensures the the retained (career system) and utilized (work system) human resources are also continuosly developed so that they are in a position to meet the emerging needs of the hour. Following are some of...
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...need income for everyday living expenses. A person that has a passion to work in the field of psychology can work as a cashier at a McDonald’s restaurant. A career is defined as “the integration of our personality with our job activities.” (Sukiennik, Raufman, & Bendat, 2013, p. 9) The differentiation between what a job and a career is relates to my own career plans because I would definitely like to have a career in the future. I would appreciate for which ever career field that I become integrated into to be an area that I can utilize all of my skills and attributes in. I am currently pursuing a career in professional counseling specializing in adolescent counseling, and I believe that the skills that I have would allow me to be extremely effective. I am ready and willing to continue my pursuit in advancing my education in attempt to land where I am working towards. I want the long term stability that a career has the potential to provide. After reading about Donald Super’s self-concept theory, I began to think more deeply about how I view myself as an individual, my own personal skills and characteristics, and what my true position in life could be. I soon realized that many of my traits could be quite helpful in the professional counseling field. I have gone through the career selection stages of growth and exploration, and I am currently at the establishment stage. (Sukiennik, Raufman, & Bendat, 2013) I am attending college and working as a teacher’s assistant. I have done...
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...Chapter 1 Essay Questions: 1. Explain the relationships among the four functions of management. The four basic management functions are planning, influencing, and controlling. a. Planning involves choosing tasks that must be performed to attain organizational goals, outlining how the tasks must be performed, and indicating when they should be performed. b. Organizing-can be thought of as assigning the tasks developed under the planning function to various individuals or groups within the organization. c. Influencing is referred to as motivating, leading, directing, or actuating. d. Controlling is the management function through which managers i. Gather information that measures recent performance within the organization ii. Compare present performance to pre-established performance standards. iii. From this comparison, determine whether the organization should be modified to meet pre-established standards. These functions are interrelated because the performance of one depends on the performance of the others. For example, organizing is based on well thought out plans developed during the planning process, and influencing systems must be tailored to reflect both these plans and the organizational design used to implement them. The fourth function, controlling, involves possible modification to existing plans, organizational structure, or the motivation system used to develop a more successful effort. ...
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...Jeremy Kibbey Martin Rottler April 25, 2018 Kibbey 2000 Paper Industry Reading List Assignment “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” Said John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1962 at Rice University. This quote was also the introductory statement to the book “The Privatization of Space Exploration” By Lewis D Solomon, who explains the spirit of America in the 1960s we shifted our thinking from the age of the depression, where-in people would scrounge the earth to fix something broken and make it work. Today, as Solomon identified even in the 60s that people found it more efficient and effective to buy new when something was broken. Some of this complacency, and lack of intellectual intrigue to build engineer and repair, Solomon identified as a product of NASAs monopoly. This idea of lack of ingenuity, resource or desire is one hammered into my head since the start of my aviation career at 12 years old. I had begun Civil Air Patrol, a venture that would turn into a seven year commitment and result in life long friendships. My greatest mentor and the best pilot I have ever met drilled into my brain that nothing cannot be created without...
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...Career planning- the deliberate process through which someone becomes aware of personal skills, interests, knowledge, motivations, and other characteristics and establish action plans to attain specific goals. If the Carter Cleaning Company setting up a career planning program the company receives advantages such as improve leadership skills, keeping career on track, dealing with career problems, to help achieve educational targets effectively and also help to evaluate personality. A well-planned career helps to achieve goals. As time passes by, growth and needs change. On my mind, every employee in the company must participate in the career planning program because through this program employees achieve formal education, utilize development opportunities, establish goals, assess interests and skills, values, and responsibility for her/his career. Training and development programs play important role in career planning program too. Program provides different opportunities for learning skills and attitudes related to job. Through the career workshop every employee learning the event in which participant are expected to be actively involved. Career Development Program is lifelong activities which contribute to a person career exploration, establishment, and success. Career Development Programming is delivered through a combination of several processes and methods. I propose a career development program for Carter Cleaning Company which consists of individual development plan...
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...Proposal for a New Career Exploration Program for Service Canada This proposal is for a new career exploration program for Service Canada office of Cornwall, Ontario. It will examine the use of four standardized assessments in career counseling, then select and budget relevant assessments and resource material. The anticipated client group includes: unemployment recipients (70% recently unemployed due to downsizing), average age is 30-40, 60% female, 20% First Nations, 20% professional immigrants, and an English and French population. To get a fuller understanding of an individual undergoing career counselling, there are four main groups of the psychometric assessments to consider performing, that would be helpful to assisting the individual in their decision process, they are: value scales, interest inventories, personality inventories, and aptitude test. Even though the connection between these four groups of assessment is complex, an easier way to describe the main interrelationships in terms of career assessment is that values measures make it easier to understand fundamental motivators and the cultural context. Interests come from, and can be understood in the context of these fundamental values. If the outcomes of interest measures are vague, for instance if there are two differing veins of interests, the career counsellor can go back to the values outcomes to offer a starting point for choosing between them. The personality and aptitude measures provide the person an...
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...Career Exploration COUN 522-D15: Career Development and Counseling Liberty University Career Field/Occupation of Choice For the purpose of this paper, I have chosen to explore the occupation field of education, guidance, school, and vocational counselors. More specifically, the focus of this paper will be on the career field of school counselors. My primary interest is identified as social, with my highest work value being relationships. These assessment results are accurate and highlight my personal passions and professional career aspirations. Nature of the Work A school counselor exists to support students, providing academic guidance, as well as personal counseling for students with special needs. The counselor serves as an advocate with the goal of guiding students towards success on both a personal and academic level. This support includes, but is not limited to, career development activities, drug and bullying prevention, and personal counseling regarding social, emotional, and behavioral issues. Although the duties will vary depending on the age of the student population, a school counselor exists to help students discover their unique abilities and interests. A school counselor will then assist the student in how to transfer their abilities and interests into career goals and life plans for a successful future. A typical workday may include one-on-one appointments with students and/or parents, as well as classroom activities and presentations. Personal appointments...
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