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| Activities that influence personal and professional growth |
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| Activities that help people manage the progression of their work experiences across their lives |
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| The pattern of work experiences a person has over his or her lifetime |
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| A career characterized by step-by-step, hierarchical transitions from jobs with lower pay and responsibility |
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| A career characterized by personal responsibility, continuous and self-directed development, and an emphasis on psychological success. |
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| The series of work experiences that prepare an employee for higher-level jobs. |
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| A required designation of competence within a professional field |
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| An optional designation of competence within a professional field |
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| A classification, developed by Dr. John Holland, of people's interests, values and skills and matching with job environment; the typology asserts that people will be more satisfied and more successful in jobs that closely match their characteristics. |
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| Multisource assessments and feedback |
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| A process in which an employee's managers, peers, and sometimes subordinates and customers, answer questions about the employee. Responses are combined and provided as developmental feedback to the employee. |
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| The addition of challenges or new responsibilities to jobs. |
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| A time-limited lateral work assignment for the purpose of helping employees develop new knowledge and skills |
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| A permanent lateral work assignment for the purpose of helping the employee develop new knowledge and skill. |
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| A career move resulting in an increase in responsibility , pay and status; also known as promotion |
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| A career move resulting in a decrease in responsibility, pay and status; also known as a demotion |
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| When a person works with others to equip them with the tools, knowledge, and opportunities they need to become more effective at work |
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| When an experienced person helps a less experienced person learn and grow |
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| Career Development Process |
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| A series of steps that people can use to identify and pursue their long-term career goals |
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| A process in which employees determine their interests, values, personalities, and skills |
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| A process is which employees determine the accuracy of their self-assessments and how those assessments fit with opportunities in the environment |
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| A process in which employees set milestones or desired achievements for the future |
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| A process in which employees plan how they will achieve their goals |
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| A process in which organizations help new employees adjust so that they can perform their work effectively |
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| A psychological phenomenon involving emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and a decline in feelings of competence about work |
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| A group of similar employees that meets to support one another |
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| An employee who goes to another country for a time to work |
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| Stress caused by uncertainty and confusion that may arise when people must deal with an unfamiliar culture |
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| The process of adjusting to a home culture after returning from living and working in another culture |
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