What is Career Development?
In today's world, effective career management skills are among the most important a person can acquire.
The traditional practice of matching up one's unique personality traits with an occupation that requires similar characteristics is not enough. We live in a rapidly changing, complex and information-based society. It has become increasingly clear to those of us who provide career direction assistance that the role of a paid, full-time worker must be appropriately coordinated with other important roles. Very often, these other "key roles" can be that of son or daughter; brother or sister; student; parent or spouse; friend; homemaker; citizen, leisurite, etc.
Furthermore, the accelerated pace in the number of changes that seem to be occuring in the lives of a significant number of people, along with the need to respond to such changes, has kept qualified career specialists busy, and at times, overwhelmingly so. Consequently, a continuing, and most likely growing, demand by many for acquiring the proficiency of life or career development will be vital to maintaining a sense of upwardness and satisfaction.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT is the step-by-step process of choices made and changes experienced by a person during his or her lifetime, particularly as they relate to their impact on major roles. It is primarily a lifelong effort to establish or confirm and then maintain appropriate direction and balance in life.
Grand Rapids Community College provides several options which can help you to get started. successfully continue or apply what you may already know, as it relates to your career development needs. To learn about what these options are, go to Career Development Options at GRCC.
Updated on 20-MAY-08
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