strategy. The cycle repeats for collecting information for more accurate analysis
and exploring more opportunities.In many cases the career exploration process starts at the school stage where the
students start thinking what discipline to choose for their degree program that would later
on be their professional field. According to Scott Gillie and Meegan Gillie (2003) career
information is an important in the process of career guidance for the students through out
their school period. Further adding, “C omprehensive guidance programs are effective in
promoting informed and considered career decisions (Lapan, Gysbers, and Sun ;1997,
Whiston and Sexton;1998). Comprehensive guidance represents a renewed emphasis on
career development in schools.” (pg. 2)
2.11.3. Importance of Career Development for the Organization
Although the organization’s immediate concern of TND, is its short term goal of
productivity, but as a part of HR planning carried out to ensure that the required talent is
all time available with in the organization, TND is planned accordingly. Professional
development is considered an incentive for the staff, therefore, as a staff retention
strategy the organization plan for professional development, so as to retain the competent
employees, a scarce resource for almost all the organizations. If the employee
development is inline with the career goals of the individual staff, then the development
process expedites and the results are manifold more encouraging for both the
organization and the staff.
The organization’s concern is with the work life of the staff, but the efficiency of
the staff at the work place to a great extent is affected by the circumstances and needs of
their personal life. This means that even skilled staff cannot perform well if their work
life is unable to meet their personal life’s needs i.e. either financial or his values. As
identified by the career definition the required harmony between the work and the
personal life is considered as one major aspect of career development.