Career Management

Career management is the combination of structured planning and the active management choice of one's own professional career.

Career management was first defined in a social work doctoral thesis by Mary Valentich as the implementation of a career strategy through application of career tactics in relation to chosen career orientation.

Career orientation referred to the overall design or pattern of one's career, shaped by particular goals and interests and identifiable by particular positions that embody these goals and interests.

Career strategy pertains to the individual's general approach to the realization of career goals, and to the specificity of the goals themselves.

The purpose of this module is to develop the learner’s understandings, knowledge, actions, and skills for career management.

1. Understand what career management is.
2. Enter the workforce environment with a career management mindset.
3. How to be accountable and responsible.
4. Recognize and avoid workplace pitfalls.
5. Develop as an employee.
6. Understand the employer’s perspective and expectations on career management.
7. How to make informed career decisions.
8. Understand succession planning from an employer’s perspective.
9. Understand employer branding and the employee’s role in supporting that brand. 

The Leading Edge Learning® modules are created specifically for today’s learners who demand interaction and engagement with online learning opportunities. Sequential presentation of largely static content in page-after-page delivery is not the best delivery experience for adult learners.

This module can be used for both Higher Education and Business & Industry. For example:

Higher Education - A module within a career center for student career readiness development. A module within a career development seminar or course. 

Business, Industry, Nonprofits, & Agencies - Employees who need to understand how to take personal responsibility for their career. Professional development and Continuing Education Units (CEUs).