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Career Planning And Talent Management

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Martson; Uses 4 dimensions: Dominance - Influence - Supportiveness - Conscientiousness






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






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

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






5. Professional guidance used to make good career decisions.






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






7. Race - age - gender - generational - ethnicity






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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38. Learner centered; informal; impersonal






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






41. Process to ensure continuity in key leadership positions.






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






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






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

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






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






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

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






49. Lack of bias.






50. 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