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Career Planning And Talent Management

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Helps establish HRD strategic plan - determine organizational strents and weanesseses (internal and external)






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






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






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






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

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

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

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8. Workforce planning built based on strategic plan.






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






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






11. 360-feedback; development plans; simulations






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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

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18. Race - age - gender - generational - ethnicity






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






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






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






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






23. Process to ensure continuity in key leadership positions.






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






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






26. Identies development needs of current and future leaders.






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. Identifies past - present and future performance gaps.






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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