What is Career Planning and Why is it important?

To get the most out of career planning, it’s important to understand what exactly you are planning for. the word career pops up all over the place and can mean different things to different people. in this guide, career includes all of the work, learning, and leisure activities that you are involved in throughout your life.

This means that planning your career isn’t separate from planning the rest of life – your work is closely connected to other life roles and skills you’ve developed in other life roles may be useful at work.

Career planning is a lifelong process that focuses on making choices to help you manage your work and personal life. Good career planning requires information about you, the world of work and commitment. the world of work is continually changing. the way people work is changing with things like telecommuting, job sharing, and other ways of working becoming more common. Advances in technology have made some jobs disappear and others very different from what they once were.

Career planning can help you to prepare to:

• enter the workforce

• plan for education

• deal with changing workplace demands

• anticipate trends or changes

• plan to upgrade or maintain your skills

• plan for career advancement

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