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Career Planning And Talent Management

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The collective knowledge - skills - competencies and value in an organization.






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

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3. 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






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






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






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






7. Determine future of organization in terms of career development; realistic vision; link present and future possibilities.






8. Workforce planning built based on strategic plan.






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






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

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






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






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






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






15. Learner centered; informal; impersonal






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Knowledge - Skills - Attitude (or Ability); Bloom's taxonomy






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Done by in-line manager; regular (1 per year); short/long term career objectives; relevant skills/training






36. 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






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






38. Activiites that ensure an organization can meet its goals; the right people in the right place at the right time.






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






40. Race - age - gender - generational - ethnicity






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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48. 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






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






50. Divid job into required competencies or skills: mgrial/admin - supervisory - functional