ABSTRACT
A career is a sequence of positions/jobs/occupations held by one person over his or her entire working life. Career development encompasses career planning and the implementation of career plans through education, training, job search and acquisition, and work experiences. Career planning is a personal process through which employees plan their work-life by identifying and implementing steps to attain career goals. Career planning assists the individual in the following actions: appraising him- or herself, identifying different career opportunities, setting personal career goals, and planning and implementing different career strategies. When doing career management, one should remember that employees move through different life and career stages. Career management, when viewed from an organization’s perspective, consists of the following actions: integrating career management with human resource planning, identifying and providing career paths/ladders, adjusting labour policies and practices to fit in with the career development perspective, doing job posting, assessing employees, offering career counselling to employees, and using work experiences of employees to develop their careers.
