CAREER OBJECTIVE AND CAREER PATH

FACULTY: SHRUTHY MURTHY SUBJECT:HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

PRESENTED BY: RIYAS.PK(NO:38) SHABARI(NO:39)

Career

Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". It can also pertain to an occupation or a profession that usually involves special training or formal education,and is considered to be a persons lifework. The etymology of the term comes from the m. French word carrier (16 c.) ("road, racecourse") which, in turn, comes from the Latin word "(via) caria" (track for wheeled vehicles) which originated from the latin word carrus" which means "wagon".

Career management
Career assessments are tests that come in a variety of forms and rely on both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Career assessments can help individuals identify and better articulate their unique interests, personality, values, and skills to determine how well they may match with a certain career. Some skills that career assessments could help determine are job-specific skills, transferable skills, and self management skills.

Career Assessments can also provide a window of potential opportunities by helping individuals discover the tasks, experience, education and training that is needed for a career they would want to pursue.

Career counselors, executive coaches, educational institutions, career development centers, and outplacement companies often administer career assessments to help individuals focus their search on careers that closely match their unique personal profile.

Career counseling advisors assess people's interests, personality, values and skills, and also help them explore career options and research graduate and professional schools. Career counseling provides one-on-one or group professional assistance in exploration and decision making tasks related to choosing a major/occupation, transitioning into the world of work or further professional training. The field is vast and includes career placement, career planning, learning strategies and student development.There are lacks of careers in this modern age

Career
A career is a sequence of positions or jobs held by a person during the course of time It consists of a series of properly sequenced roles experiences leading to an increasing level of responsibility , status , power and rewards

 According to Flippo , a career is a sequence of seperate but related work activities that provide continuity, order and meaning in a persons life

Career Objective
career objective is a personal statement defining the specifics you wish to attain through work. Its personal: Others may share similar goals, but your objective should state your goals in terms that you are comfortable with. Its a commitment: Stating a goal identifies who you are and what you want to achieve

 Its action-oriented: You take control of your life and communicate to an employer what you can do in action terms. Its directional: Focus on your future to identify steps to take and information to seek. Your focus can be short- or long-term. Its specific: Clearly identify facts about a work situation. Broad terms like successful or challenging may mean something to you, but convey no facts to an employer.

Elements in a career objective

Career Field Career fields are general areas of work which include many different job titles that require similar kinds of work activities. Examples: To work in the health field as an administrator in a service delivery unit. To do research within the field of law.

 2. Position Title Position title, occupational title, or job title is the name of a specific position one holds. While some organizations may have their own reference names, most position titles are generic and generalizable to many organizations. Listing a position title on your career objective is appropriate if you know you will be applying for a specific position either in many different organizations or one targeted organization. Examples: "To obtain a position of accountant with a public accounting firm and eventually become a partner. To act as a community organizer where I can use my human relations, administrative, and research skills.

 Organizational Category
Organizational category refers to settings in which you might like to work. In the broadest sense, organizations are categorized as either serviceproducing or goods-producing. Examples: To work within the telecommunications industry as a technical advisor. To secure a position as an editor for a mid-size publishing firm.

 Functional Area
Functional area refers to the structure of an organization. Most organizations are differentiated into various departments, each responsible for completion of specific tasks or functions. Eg: To obtain a management trainee position within the quality control unit of a production department.

 Skills
Skills are special talents, functions, (General Skills) or tasks (Specific Skills) that you have learned to do well. They are behaviors you exhibit and are most likely developed through academic, work, and leisure experiences. Most jobs require a combination of skills. Identifying your combination lets the employer know where you might fit into the organization.

 Other Factors There are other factors you can place in your career objective. These include any limits, conditions, or personal criteria which would affect your work situation and are important to identify.

 Examples: To work outdoors in a supervisory capacity for the United States Forest Service. To obtain a secondary teaching position in the southeast United States. To work in law enforcement and pursue additional specialized training in forensics.