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






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

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






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






5. Learner centered; informal; impersonal






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






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






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






10. Proxemity; space relationship between people

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






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






13. Identifies past - present and future performance gaps.






14. Process to ensure continuity in key leadership positions.






15. Modeling - awareness programs - training - desensitization






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

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17. Race - age - gender - generational - ethnicity






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Professional guidance used to make good career decisions.






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






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






38. Lack of bias.






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






40. Identies development needs of current and future leaders.






41. 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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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

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






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

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