Thursday, August 1, 2013

Management & Career Planning




Most companies have protocols and policies that aim to address the career aspirations of their employees. Job rotation policy i.e on successfully completing 18 months in a project the individual can take on a new projects/ opportunities to gain experience   in other areas of work.

Managers and Career Planning

Helps employees in career planning.

Managers must support employee developmental plans   indicating   specific steps that need to be identified/ initiated to accomplish learning goals.

Get in to the good books  of your  Boss through  hard work and seek help for your  career planning  like, career  Power at HCL & EPIC (Employee  Passion Indicative count )  of HCL which enables  individual to measure and identify  his /her passion  drivers  in their  jobs  thereby  increasing  productively  and satisfaction.

Responsibility of the Employees 

One needs to take full responsibility for one’s own professional development.  Blaming others you only stand to lose.

Understanding employees policies and using them to your advantage is an effective way to ensure career growth

Majority go through the emotions hoping they will be noticed, admired, promoted and given important responsibilities.  They just leave their career to chance.

Communicating Career Aspirations

Sharing career aspirations with managers makes an employee feel more guided in the chosen organizations.

Chalk out your career strategy and find the right time to share it with your Boss.  Let them know what areas you would like to improve and requests their support.

Your zeal grow in your career should reflect in the way you perform and excel in your work.

You should not hoot your own horn too much but you can’t always expect your merits to speak for themselves.

Don’t  be an attention  grabber but make sure people  know  who you are and make  sure you get credit  where  credit  is due.

Seek the advice of experts and collaborate with your manager to grow.  Leverage upon the company policies and understand the hierarchy.

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