NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

HRM 303 Human Resource Management
Dr. Naomi Rotter
Session 14: Career Development, Part II

Objectives:

1. To identify strategies to help employees self-manage their careers
2. To recognize differences in career planning between men and women
3. To describe issues faced by organizations in career management
4. To discuss the link between career planning and HR planning

I. Strategies for self-managing careers

    A. Make choices about career and organization

1. Consider organizations in terms of long term employment

2. Make short term trade-offs for long term benefits

3. Consider the impact of specialized or isolated positions

    B. Monitor you progress

1. Be aware of opportunities

2. Assess current performance

3. Recognize when its time to move on

    C. Plan your departure

1. Leave at your convenience

2. Leave on good terms

3. Stay with your current job until you've got the next one

II. Career planning for men and women

    A. Some research findings

    B. What is this glass ceiling?

    C. Mommy track careers.

    D. Dual-career couples

III. Career management for the organization

    A. Developing career paths

    B. Internal staffing issues

1. Promotions

2. Transfers

3. Demotions

4. Separations

IV. Career planning and human resource planning: