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Career Planning And Talent Management

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Career development theory; DE Super; careers move thru 5 phases from childhood to adulthood.






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






3. Where at least 2 levels of mgmt review employees and their candidacy for positions.






4. By National Career Development Association; ethical standards for a professional; Career dev theory; Counseling skills; assessments; information / resources; management of program; Diversity; Supervision; Ethical and legal; Evaluation; Technology






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

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6. More experienced person provides constructive advice and feedback; goal to improve performance.






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






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






9. Explain duties of the job but do not get into specific tasks.






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






17. Hire - fire - promote - demote - lateral move






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

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






20. Martson; Uses 4 dimensions: Dominance - Influence - Supportiveness - Conscientiousness






21. Modeling - awareness programs - training - desensitization






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

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






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






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






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






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






28. Climb-the-ladder (traditional); spiral - consultants - transfers kills from one industry to another; attend workshops.






29. All tools of succession planning. ; Assessments; Training; Mentoring/coaching; Job-rotation; OJT






30. Using different modes to train (online / ILT - workshops - etc..)






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

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






33. Proxemity; space relationship between people

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






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






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






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






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






39. Testing based on one's core values; allign to career choice






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

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






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






43. Learner centered; informal; impersonal






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






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

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






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






48. 360-feedback; development plans; simulations






49. Lack of bias.






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