Self-Career Planning Report

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Self-Career Planning Report

Introduction

Everyone particularly individuals who haven’t realized their career goals still have

dreams that they work hard to achieve. The journey to realization of these goals is a planned

process that begins with self-assessment. Self-assessment is amongst the best ways of

determining an individual’s career goals and the best avenue for their achievement. It presents a

person’s interests, values, personality preferences, experiences, aptitudes and, skills. Self-

analysis builds a foundation for career goal identification, job analysis, profile gaps and

concluding thoughts. This paper presents my career plan while highlighting a self-analysis, goal

identification, job analysis, gaps between my current profile and the target profile and a

conclusion.

Self-Analysis

Personality entails individual’s patterns of behaving, thinking, and feeling. Understanding

of personal differences in particular personality characteristics such as irritability and sociability

is key in establishing a good personality between people. Personality also involves having a

comprehensive understanding that explains orientations in career choices. Personality

significantly affects how one relates to other people while in the working environment as one is

entitled to communicate with fellow employees, employers, and outsiders (Barrett & Green,

2011). Therefore, personality is a crucial consideration while making career choices.

After taking personality tests, I learned that I am a quick thinker, slow to react to

emotions and behave well in the company of friends particularly in the presence of new faces.

As a business oriented person, I can effectively interact with business people. I have excellent

interaction skills particularly with people who we share common views or have similar interests.

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I am a diverse person who has learned to listen to every person no matter what the person is

saying. I do listening more than talking, and I believe that I would make a good chief executive

officer in the future.

As I dream to establish my organization or become a CEO of one of the renown

organizations, career anchors will be a stepping stone towards the realization of this dream.

Career anchors in career planning g include attitudes, values, motives, and talents. These

elements provide an individual with a sense of direction and stability towards a career. Career

anchors are drivers or motivators towards the realization of personal goals (Schein & Van

Maanen, 2016). Career anchor is a component of a person’s self-concept that a person would not

easily give up even when handling challenging choices in life.

Achievement of short terms goals acts as motivators to the achievement of the long-term

goals. Throughout the journey of my career, I get motivated whenever I achieve new goals. I get

rejuvenated to work harder for the achievement of the long-term goals. I am still at the

exploration stage of my career as I am still to get settled on the career of choice. Exploration

stage is a transition between college and the work. This stage has little relevance as it occurs

before the period of employment. I am finishing up on the college education, and thoughts of

future work run through my head particularly when an almost winding up this course.

I have professionally trained as a manager with diverse managerial skills in various

environments particularly those relating to business. I have learned the interlocking functions

related to management such as the creation of the corporate policy, controlling, planning,

organizing and directing organizational resources in the achievement of organizational goals and

objectives. My self-assessment results convinced me that I best fit a business person and not only

a business person, but a person related to management. I, therefore, choose to become a CEO.

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Career Goal Identification

Becoming a CEO isn’t just a jump into a career as it begins from early preparation

particularly from an educational background. This career is a lifetime process with a variety of

goals and objectives to achieve before arriving at it. In fact, most CEOs of the giant

organizations have taken more than a decade to climb the ladder from a mere organizational

employee to becoming a CEO (Dey, Engel & Liu, 2011). Usually, the journey consists of various

stages characterized by promotions and shifts from one company to the other. Competency and

vivid achievements are in most cases the pillars for the rise promotions.

Working first as a human resource manager would increase my experience in

management of organizational resources particularly the human resources. Interactions with

diverse people from diverse backgrounds with different views, communication styles, and work

cultures will be part of my career development. As I get prepared climbing the ladder, I will have

to work under and alongside different heads and organizations with distinct visions and policies.

The CEO is the overall head of an organization who foresees all the organizational functions.

CEOs provide organizational direction for companies and making of critical decisions.

I believe that from a scratch of human resource officer irrespective of any department or

level, working hard and making remarkable achievements for the organization will be a stepping

stone to my success. I will develop effective communication, management skills and leadership

as well as develop abilities for working under pressure and deal with stressful situations.

However, becoming a chief executive officer is my ultimate goal.

Job Analysis

My target job that matches my ultimate goal is a human resource officer, and I, therefore,

need to become one. A bachelor’s degree in business administration specializing on the human

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resource option would be a foundation towards my ultimate career goal. Other avenues for the

attainment of my career goal would be public administration, business administration, and liberal

arts. Since I plan to fully settle in the business without a limitation of a particular industry, I must

be diverse in other business courses.

Human resource managers get involved in core organizational functions related to

training, redundancies, recruitment, career development, compensation and benefits, employee

relations, industrial relations, disciplinary and employment law and grievance issues. Human

resource managers have the roles of keeping the organization up to date with labor laws such as

employment laws that keep on changing with time (Dessler, n.d.). In medium sized companies,

general human resource managers undertake all the human resource management roles unlike in

the large organizations where the human resource manager deals with the entire range of human

resource activities. In giant companies, human resource managers are designated with different

roles such as employee relations, recruitment, learning, and development.

In most of the countries, becoming a CEO requires that a person attains master’s degree

program or just similar graduate degree. A master’s degree program can be pursued either after

one gets employed or just before getting employed. Most of the scholars in master’s degree are

mostly working in managerial or corporate positions and end up enrolling in MBA programs or

part-time professions that integrate knowledge acquired practically into the curriculum. Most of

the MBA students take classes in organizational theories, finance, strategic management and

managerial economics.

For one to become a CEO in the future, one must undergo internships at various levels

particularly on the undergraduate program. Most companies seek to recruit candidates who have

experience in relevant fields. Others seek recruits who have studied in broad options that could

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contribute their career while in that company. Subjects that equip a person with international

business knowledge and practical skills are relevant in the appointment of a CEO. A large

percentage of the MBA program necessitates that learners identify a concentration to narrow

their studies on. These scholars can take advantage of such an opportunity by picking a selection

that best suits their area of interest or industry. In a business world, they can concentrate on

finance, marketing, environmental sustainability, information technology, administration and

public policy.

According to Mintzberg 1990, managers have different roles classified into different

categories. He highlights ten roles of managers as a leader, figurehead, negotiator, monitor,

liaison, resource allocator, spokesperson, disseminator, monitor, disturbance handler, and

entrepreneur (Dessler, n.d.). The general roles of a manager are enshrined in the five roles of

management that include organizing, planning, staffing, directing, and controlling.

Managers ought to have excellent planning skills to ensure that all the organizational

activities and resources are well planned. They should have capacities for organizing people and

resources for the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives. Through leadership,

they provide a sense of direction to the subordinates such that all resources have a concerted

effort towards the realization of various targets (Dessler, n.d.). Managers particularly the human

resource managers have the roles of recruiting people human resources, performance reviews

and establishing levels of promotion. Control is a function of management that ensures that

certain standards of operations are met within the organization that would steer the organization

to desired levels.

CEO is the highest ranking top executive manager in any organization or corporation.

CEOs job roles vary depending on the organizational goals, products, mission and the need to

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operation. They have the responsibility of overseeing the overall organizational functions and

have the final authority of making crucial decisions within the organization. Sometimes, they

have specific functions that depend on the nature of the organization. CEOs job descriptions vary

from one company to the other. Even the daily functions of CEOs are different, but they maintain

the organizational position towards providing a framework that is constant across all the

managerial levels.

However, there are particular roles that all the CEOs are expected to perform within their

scope if their work. They communicate, create and implement the organization’s mission, vision,

and the entire direction. They are leaders in developing and implementing the overall strategy of

the organization. CEOs solicit guidance and advice from the board of directors when appropriate.

Like a human resource manager, they direct, guide, lead and evaluate the work of other managers

within the organization respective to the structure of the organization (Dessler, n.d.). Formulate

and implement strategic plans that give the overall direction of the company. CEOs are part of

the management, but they oversee all the operations of the organization from a broader

perspective and to determine whether the organization functions towards the achievement of its

strategic plan.

Identification of the Gaps

Having trained as a procurement officer, I am currently working in one of the mid-sized

business organizations within my locality. I have a degree in procurement. I am in my mid-

twenties, and I have three years experience working in this organization as a procurement officer.

Within my lines of duties, I have developed a desire to extend my procurement roles to

managerial roles. Becoming a chief executive officer is my ultimate goal in the future. I have a

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strong desire of becoming an overall head of an entity. I would like to develop my potentials in

the business, and I will have to undergo various stages.

There is a big gap between my current profile and my desired job profile in the next ten

years. I have to concentrate on management. I will have to go back to school and learn

management course before I advance it into a master’s degree in business administration. I plan

to undertake the course on part-time as I work so that I can continue advancing my practical

knowledge in the business field. Within the next five years, my goal is to become qualified for a

management position even to the highest ranks in big organizations. I won’t limit myself to

particular industries since management applies to all industries, but I put business careers as a

priority. I am a business oriented person, and this is one of the most motivating factors for my

continued pursue to achieve highly in the business world. I believe that through learning and

while working I will achieve it. My ultimate goal for my career in the future is becoming a CEO

of a big organization or steering a small organization into a giant company.

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References

Barrett, J., & Green, H. (2011). The complete personality assessment (1st ed.). London: Kogan

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Dessler, G. Human resource management (1st ed.).

Dey, A., Engel, E., & Liu, X. (2011). CEO and board chair roles: To split or not to split? Journal

of Corporate Finance, 17(5), 1595-1618.

Schein, E., & Van Maanen, J. (2016). Career anchors and job/role planning. Organizational

Dynamics, 45(3), 165-173.

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