2.  Helps in identifying the strengths &
weaknesses of an individual.
 Helps to utilize strengths & overcome
weaknesses in order to take advantage of
career opportunities.
 The process of career strategy is
conceptually similar to that of an
organizational strategy.

3.  Helps in determining the direction of the
professional career, by answering the some
of the questions, that arise within the
managers.
Such as,
 Am I an introvert or an extrovert ?
 What are my attitudes toward time,
achievement, work, material things &
change?

4.  In real life, people often resist career
planning because it involves making
decisions.
 Likewise managers also resist goal setting
because of the uncertainities in the
environment.
 They also possess the fear of failing to
achieve goals.

5.  Identification of career goals:
-Goal setting is a continuous process
that is flexible, & can be revised according
to the changing circumstances.
 Integration of long-term aims with the more
immediate requirement of action.

6.  Planning in advance.
- The time frame for career planning
will differ with the circumstances.

7.  Factors required to be taken into account,
- economic
- social
- political
- technological
- demographic

8.  Working in an expanding company provides
more career opportunities than working in a
company that is not expected to grow.
 Successful career planning requires a
systematic scanning of the environment for
opportunities & threats, this can be done
with the help of forecasting.

9.  The environmental opportunities & threats
must be matched with the strengths &
weaknesses of individuals for the successful
career planning.

10.  Technical Skills- Supervisory level
 Conceptual / design Skills- Top managers
 Human Skills- All levels

11.  Helps in building up of one’s strengths in
order to take advantage of opportunities.
 That is, it helps to overcome the weakness &
develop the skills to take advantage of
opportunities.
 It also helps in recognising the threats in the
environment & develop a strategy to cope
with them.

12.  It is a logical & systematic analysis of the
career planning process that involves
personal preferences, ambitions & values.
 Alternative choices must be chosen rationally
because some alternatives may involve high
risks, others low risks.

13.  Some choices demand action now and others
can wait.
 This choosing up of alternatives gains
importance because, the careers that were
popular in the past may have an uncertain
future.

14.  The long-term strategic career plan needs to
be supported by short-term objectives &
action plans.
 Eg: The aim of achieving an M.B.A degree
requires the completion of the short-term
objective such as number of courses.

15.  Contigency plans are required for the
development of career plans in an
environment of uncertainity.
 These plans should be prepared based on the
alternative assumptions.

16.  It deals with the person’s growth &
development in career planning.
 Career goals & personal ambitions can be
considered in selecting & promoting & in
designing, training & development programs.

17.  It helps in evaluating the progress toward
career goals & making necessary corrections
in the aims or plans.
 The progress should be monitored even
during the completion of an important task
or project.

18. THANK YOU