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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Contract - temp - job sharing - OT - outsourcing






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

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






4. Race - age - gender - generational - ethnicity






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






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






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






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






10. Learner centered; informal; impersonal






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






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






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






14. Professional guidance used to make good career decisions.






15. Identifies past - present and future performance gaps.






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






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






18. Proxemity; space relationship between people

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

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20. Workforce planning built based on strategic plan.






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






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

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






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






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






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






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

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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






39. Lack of bias.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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