Organization's Responsibilities
As defined earlier, career development is an ongoing, formalized effort by an organization,that focuses on developing and enriching the organization's human resources in light of both the employee's and the organization's needs. The organization is the entity that has primary responsibility for instigating and ensuring that career development takes place. Specifically, the organizations responsibilities are to develop and communicate career options within the organization to the employee. The organization should carefully advise an employee concerning possible career path s to achieve that employee's career goals. Human resource personnel are generally responsible for ensuring that this information is kept current as new jobs are created and old ones are phased out Working closely with both employees and their managers, human resource specialists should see that accurate information is conveyed and that interrelationships among different career paths are understood. Thus, rather than bearing the primary. responsibility for preparing individual career plans, the organization should promote the conditions and create the environment that will facilitate the development of individual career plans by the employees.
Employee's Responsibilities •
The primary responsibility for preparing individual career plans rests with the individual employees.. Career planning is not something one person can do for another; it has to come from the individual. Only the individual knows what she or he really wants out of a career, and certainly these desires vary appreciably from person to person. Career planning requires a conscious effort on the part of the employee; it is hard work, and it does not happen automatically. Although an individual may be convinced that developing a sound career plan would be in his or her best interest, finding the time to develop such a plan is often another matter. The organization can help by providing trained specialists to encourage and guide the employee. This can best be accomplished by allotting a few hours of company time each quarter to this type of planning.
While the individual is ultimately responsible for preparing his or her individual career plan, experience has shown that when people do not receive some encouragement and direction, they make little process.