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Career Planning And Talent Management

Subject : soft-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1. Identify Corporate Mission;2. What are future needs;3. What is it really like?;4. Analyze gaps;5. Design learning strategy;6. Evaluate and measure;7. Improve






2. Career development practice - more experienced person shares wisdom/experience to a protege. Three types: one-on-one - group - virtual






3. I - reaction of student; II - increased learning/knowledge; III - behavior improvement; IV - effect on business based on trainee performance

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4. Testing based on a person's interests; allign to career choice






5. Proxemity; space relationship between people

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6. Increased functional knowledge - build new skill sets - exposure to entire operation; formal program






7. Pre-analysis (organization - cost-benefit - etc..); Analysis completed; Project plan - prioritize titles/functions - develop implementation strategy






8. Ability to repeat the same measurement the same way over time.






9. Examine a single task within a job and break down into 2+ steps; time consuming; lots of detail.






10. Intimate - < 18'; Personal - 18' to 4'; Social - 4' to 12'; Public - 12' +






11. Accents; Gross translation errors; Nuance - no similar command of the same language






12. Identies development needs of current and future leaders.






13. More traditional; teacher focused; Japanese culture; formal






14. First step in building a strategic plan; values critical to the organization.






15. Concept to be used in instructional methods; motivate user by having them see the benefit they will derive.






16. Schein - concept where career decisions based on talents - motives and values; your 'anchors' or comfort zone.






17. Taks Analysis - job->tasks->steps;Performance Gap Analysis- past - present - future;Content Analysis - subject matter;Competency assessment - by skillset






18. Analysis that is conducted to understand target population - demographics; all prior to job analslys - training or other interventions.






19. Lack of bias.






20. Individual Development Plans; Plans for improvement on the current job or job advancement; usually integrated with a performance appraisal.






21. Process to ensure continuity in key leadership positions.






22. Super; Ginzberg - starting at 18....; Trait-and-factor; Personality / topology (Roe - Holland)






23. Career development theory; DE Super; careers move thru 5 phases from childhood to adulthood.






24. Identifies all skill and knowledge gaps and skills and required knowledge to meet future workforce needs.






25. A questionnaire that asks people - bosses - direct reports - peers - customers - how well a manage performs in any number of areas.






26. Less accurate way picturing a person's personalitiy; found on internet sites.






27. MBTI; consists of categories that identify 16 types of personalities. Used in career development. No measure of maturity - intellegence or mental health.






28. Workforce planning built based on strategic plan.






29. Summary statement - often with a resume - that highlights a person's work history and skills.






30. Affect success of the organization; improve the bottom line.






31. Tool to predict career success and choice; identifies what motivates a person.






32. Helps establish HRD strategic plan - determine organizational strents and weanesseses (internal and external)






33. Williamson; approach to career decision making.; Trait - can be measured; intellegence; Factor - characteristic required to be successful; a score






34. Gen X - technology savy - self-reliant - global - 2 income families; Baby Boomers - stable in career - balanced life - distrustful of govt / authority






35. Involves SWOT analysis; allows org to identify aspirations and future challenges. 1. Identify values; 2. create mission statement; 3. Environment Analysis; 4. Identify goals and objectives; 5. Action steps; 6. Reality test the plan; 7. Feedback






36. Matches individuals to their best career choice through interviews and 6 types of work environments; People flourish in environments similar to their personalty traits: realistic (physical strength) - investigative (ideas and thoughts) - artistic (se

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37. Top down - pool identified - managers recommend; Bottom up - manager names successors to positions; career plan - internal growth; Market driven - hire-away from competitors; Future driven - hire to future needs which have been identified






38. Major responsibilities of a deparment with specific outcomes to customers (internal & external)






39. People must be respnsible for their own development;Executives support and develop; organization provides opportunities

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40. Building career and career opportunities; continuing to improve KSAs; career exploration.

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41. Leverages concepts from psychology; scientific approach to career decision-making based on behaviors.






42. Done by a professional; several times in a career; broad occupational interests






43. Human Resource Development. The organized education and learning offered by employers.






44. 360-feedback; development plans; simulations






45. How a company views their world - their value system

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46. All duties and tasks done for a single job; KSAs required and resources needed.






47. Degree to which one's position / status is viewed.

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48. Strenths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats; Analysis tool - part of strategic planning; identify factors within and outside an organization.






49. An individuals approach to learning; way they feel - behave - info they posess.






50. Adults need to be involved in planning their instruction;Experience provides basis for learning;Must have immediate relevance to their jobs;Problem centered






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