Career Development

Question 1

Process by which employees progress through a series of stages in their careers, each of which is characterized by relatively unique issues, themes or tasks.

Answer 1

Career Development

Question 2

The actions and activities individuals perform to give direction to their work lives.

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Career Planning

Question 3

The process of preparing, implementing, and monitoring an employee’s career path with a primary focus on the goals and needs of the organization.

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Career Management

Question 4

Details an employee’s intentions and learning outcomes as well as the support necessary to meet the employee’s tangible growth goals.

Answer 4

Individual Development Plan (IDP)

Question 5

Often associated with technical skill development.

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Apprenticeships

Question 6

Employee movement between different jobs.

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Job Rotation

Question 7

Occurs when the employee is given additional, different tasks within the same job.

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Job Enlargement

Question 8

Increases the depth of a job by adding related responsibilities such as planning, organizing, tracking and completing reports.

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Job Enrichment

Question 9

Involve assuming new and different duties of a different position at a higher grade or assuming a position that involved increased responsibilities and the acquisition of additional knowledge, skills, or abilities in the same line of work.

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Promotion

Question 10

Usually the result of staff reductions, consolidations, or reorganizations; an attempt to move an underqualified employee to a more suitable position; or an employee’s request.

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Demotion

Question 11

Involve moving an individual to a different position at the same pay grade and with the same amount of responsibility.

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Transfer

Question 12

Provide a meaningful career path for professional and technical employees without requiring that they be placed in supervisory or managerial positions.

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Dual Career Ladders

Question 13

One-on-one discussions between an employee and an experienced individual.

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Coaching

Question 14

Developmentally oriented relationship between two individuals (the mentor and the mentee, sometimes called the protege).

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Mentoring

Question 15

Often developed in response to a specific organizational issue or development need.

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Formal Mentorship

Question 16

Evolves in a more spontaneous manner and is generally initiated by the mentee self-selecting someone who he or she admires or believes could assist with their career development.

Answer 16

Informal Mentorship