career path analysis

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Abstract

A career is mostly seen as a course of successive situations that make up a person's occupation.

A person's worth is often measured by the career success or failings. It is not until an individualmatures and takes possession of their life that the realization of life balance occurs. Life balance

entails separating career activities, achievements and tasks from the rest of a person’s life. For

example, leaving the job at work and having a home life. Learning that career is necessary tomeet the needs of life and also have a life as well.



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Person Selection

We’ve selected a person who is a retired professor of a government college. His career hasobjective and subjective elements that together form the basis of his own career.

Objective events or situation are job positions, job duties, or activities and work relateddecisions.

Subjective interpretations of work related events, such as aspirations, expectations, values, needsand feeling about particular work experiences.

"Subjective"(Private "mental" stuff: sensations, beliefs, feelings, emotions,

opinions, etc.)is the opposite (contradictory) of

"Objective"

(public "physical" stuff: publicly-observable things, events,

knowledge, facts)

Exploration PeriodThe exploration stage includes activities like trying to clarify and identify one’s interest

and skills, building skills through education or training programs. His explorationperiod lasted upto 24 years.

Establishment PeriodThe establishment stage includes the successful negotiation through the recruiting

process, acceptance of a job, and orientation into the chosen organization. This is calledgetting the first job. Our selected person got his first job at the age of 25. This was in a

government college.

Mid CareerIn this period (35-50), he worked in many government colleges as assistant professor andassociate professor.

Late CareerIn this period (after 50), he worked in two different government colleges as a professor. Atthe age of 57 he retired from government job.



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Objective experience Subjective experience

Relatively good performance

in high school havingscience group. (Age 14-17) Perceives aptitude andinterest in biological

subject.Graduate in Zoology from

university and accepts job as

lecturer of Govt. College by

appearing BCS. (Age 24)Enjoy teaching.

Receives training ingovernment institute.

(Age 25-27)Bored; Needs more

stimulation and control

over time.Got special training in life

science. (Age 28)Enjoys the training and

perform well.Receives certificate after the

completion of training.

(age 30)

Enjoy work; look forward

to good future.Gets promotion as well as

transfer as assistant professor.(Age 32) Wants more security and

professional growth;

decides to keep going.Accepts position as associate

professor (Age 43)

Accepts position as

professor (Age 53)

Gets retirement (Age 57)

Performs administrative

tasks as a principal.

Sees more opportunities for

administrative tasks.

Wants to perform social

works in his own village.



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My Own Career Stages

Exploration PeriodThe exploration stage includes activities like trying to clarify and identify our owninterest and skills, building skills through education or training programs. Modifying or

dealing with constrain such as finances and parental pressure and making initialdecisions on jobs and organization of interest. Exploration is influence by school,college, university, family, and friends jobs and roles may be tried and rejected false

start may occur, but through all these searching activities the young adult is gaining

knowledge and developing a self-image in terms of possible career goals and direction.

Establishment PeriodThe establishment stage includes the successful negotiation through the recruitingprocess, acceptance of a job, and orientation into the chosen organization. During the

early socialization into an organization an individual develops a sense of the future

likely within that organization socialization is followed by a process of mutualacceptance. Both the individual and the organization must accept and learn thecapabilities of the other. Open exchange of information and feedback on the

performance of both the individual and organization is necessary.

MaintenanceAt this stage, we become an important member of the organization. Our work

assignments are more vital in nature. We at this stage are expected to serve as a role

model and mentor for younger employees the maintenance stage may also be a time of

mid-career crisis, which can be stimulated be events outside the work life such as familychanges, changed financial obligation recognition of limits etc.

DeclineThe latest part of a career is called the decline stage. The later years of a career are

characterized as a time of decline. Preparation for retirement may involve psychological

withdrawal from the organization long before physical separation occurs. A reducedrole with less responsibility may be assigned person and work relationship may be

adjusted according to their value to the individual and the amount of effort the

individual is willing to expend on maintaining them.



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Objective experience Subjective experience

Satisfactory performance in

high school having businessstudies group. (Age 14-17)

Perceives aptitude and

interest in teachingbusiness subject as well as

information technology.Graduate in MIS from

university and accept job as

lecturer of university/college.

(Age 25)Enjoy teaching.

Receive training on technicalissues (IT) from institute &

perform writings. (Age 25-27)Bored; Needs more

stimulation and control

over time.Return to university for

PhD/M.phil in MIS (Age 28)Enjoy academic studies and

want to perform well.Receive PhD/M.phil after

successful completion

(age 31)

Enjoy work; look forward

to exciting future.

Get promotion (Age 32)Want more security andprofessional growth; decide

to keep going.

Receive promotion (Age 38)

Want to go abroad to getmyself introduced with latest

issues (Age 40)

Moves to another

university/institution.(Age 42)

Turned on to the theoretical

as well as practical research

work.

Want to see moreopportunities for research

support things.

Feel its a correct move and

want to perform social

activities.

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