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Career Planning And Talent Management

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Concept to be used in instructional methods; motivate user by having them see the benefit they will derive.






2. Breaks occpations into 8 groups of service and 6 descision levels; basis for tests to determine best career choice.

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3. Proxemity; space relationship between people

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4. Contract - temp - job sharing - OT - outsourcing






5. The collective knowledge - skills - competencies and value in an organization.






6. Americans with Disability Act; Prohibits discrimation; right for consideration but doesn't guarantee the job.






7. Does the measurement measure what it was intended to measure?






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






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






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

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11. Modeling - awareness programs - training - desensitization






12. Formal; Cross-functional - temp assignment in different department; Cross-country - temp assignment in another country






13. Identifying key positions and candidates to meet short and long term timeframes; identify needs of candidates; Who is qualified? Who is ready?






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






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






16. 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






17. Interview; Survey - open ended questions; Observe; Work log/diary






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






19. Revolve around KSAs; organization identifies competancies required; part of succession planning; tests - interviews - etc..






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






21. DECIDES - a rational decision making process with 7 steps: Define - Establish an plan - Clarify values - Identify Alteratives - Discover potential outcomes - Eliminate alternatives - Start action

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22. Lack of bias.






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






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






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






26. Starting at age 18 - people move from career exploration through events (including education) to a specific career path.

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






28. 'Adult Learning';Malcolm Knowles - how people learn: self-concept - prior experience - readiness to learn - orientation to learning - motiviation to learn.






29. Provides accurate picture of a person's personality.






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






31. Resource for career exploration; person seeking career change asks questions.






32. Identifies past - present and future performance gaps.






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






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






35. Identies development needs of current and future leaders.






36. Analyze organization - values and culture of organization; Cost benefit analysis - is the effort worth the cost?; Audience analysis - who is the target?; Environmental analysis - SWOT






37. Learner centered; informal; impersonal






38. Type of ROI - used to prove an intervention generated financial benefit.






39. Race - age - gender - generational - ethnicity






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






41. 1. Analysis; 2. Synthesis; 3 Diagnose; 4. Pronosis; 5. Councel; 6. Follow up

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42. Part of succession planning; identify successors and ability to move up.






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

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44. A variety of exercises including oral - simulations - interview simulations - etc...






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






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






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






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






50. Explain the how and what of career choice; Roe - Holland - psychodynamic