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Career Planning of Youth

Individuals assume primary responsibility for career planning, career goals setting and training. Top 10 Important Job Factors for College Graduates ...

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Career Planning of Youth

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  1. Career Planning of Youth青少年生涯規劃 • Job or Career • Job--- is a piece of work, either to be done, or to be completed. • Career--- 1. Progress through life 2. way of making a living, profession, advancement, life long sequence of jobs

  2. Career Planning for Youth青少年生涯規劃 • Dr. Ronald Super defined “Career” as: 1. as a process of professional development, not limited to occupational but also includes personal development. 2. As the sequence of positions held by a person during his or her life time

  3. Career Planning Is • A rational, continuous commitment made with consideration of personal interest, abilities, resources, opportunities, investments to develop the potential fully towards the career goals established

  4. Career Development—the way it was • Career development programs were typically designed by organizations to help employees advance their work lives with specific objectives • To provide the information assessment and training needed to help employees actualize their career goals

  5. Career Development—The way it is • The individual not the organization is responsible for his or her own career • You must take responsibilities for designing and developing your own career

  6. A Boundaryless Career • Individual rather than organization define career progression, organizational loyalty, important skills and marketplace value • There are no norms and few rules to guide • Individuals assume primary responsibility for career planning, career goals setting and training

  7. Top 10 Important Job Factors for College Graduates • Enjoying what they do • Opportunity to use skills and abilities • Opportunity for personal development • Feeling what they do matters • Benefits • Recognition for good performance • Friendly co-workers • Job location • Lots of money • Working on teams

  8. Are these characteristics of Youth? • Academic performance not so impressive • Not much work related experience • Social skills inadequate • Unclear career planning • Readiness to work is low • Inadequate job information • Poor job search skills • Job interview skills not well trained • Presentation skills not attractive

  9. Planning in uncertain environment • Dynamic environments are more the norm than exception • Plans need to be specific and flexible • Planning is an ongoing process • Plan as road map although destination may be changing • Stay highly alert to environmental changes

  10. Approaches to (personal) Strategic Planning • SWOT analysis • strength, weakness, opportunities, and threats, • for human being, also values, ethics and social obligations,

  11. Environmental Scanning • Economic, legal or regulatory, political, technological or medical, social, demographic, cultural, competitive factors. • Should examine both the specific and general environments to see what is/are changing

  12. Opportunities and Threats • Opportunities are positive trends in external environment • Threats are negative trends in external environment • Same environment can present different situations for different people

  13. Personal Resources and Capabilities • Internal environment scanning include knowing what resources does the you have or you can be granted, your financial position, abilities, talents, skills knowledge, development potential and networks • If the capabilities is exceptional and unique, it is your Core Competencies.

  14. Strengths and Weaknesses • Strength is any activities that you do well or any unique resources that you have • Weakness is any activities that you do not do well or resources you need but do not possess

  15. Doing A Personal SWOT • Assessing personal strengths and weakness • Identify career opportunities and threats • Outlining five-year career path—goals to be achieved five years after graduation • Outlining a five-year career action plan—get specific what you are going to do and make the goals realized

  16. Incrementalism • Small changes, fuse strategy formulation and implementation • Emphasizes realism, both minor and major decisions

  17. Invaluable Competences • Honest • Initiation • Problem solving • Caring • Accountable/ Responsible • High impact communication

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