Discuss about the Analysis of Employment And Career.
A career defines an individual’s progress within their occupation or a series of occupations. A career is regarded as something more than just a job, occupation or work. In addition to this, it includes the progress all throughout one’s life, vocational areas of life and growth as well as development. Majority of the students have a feeling that there is only one occupational area which is best suited for them. However, there are several areas which can be greater choices for the aspiring students. The only secret is to identify those occupational areas that generally have high probability of happiness as well as success (Lent, 2013). Being a college student, it is important to check whether the career goals are in relation with the subject being studied or not.
The purpose of this report is to analyze three specific fields of employment of the areas which I am interested in pursuing a career in. However, my preferred choices are entrepreneurship, human resource manager or to indulge myself into social works. The specific skills required for these choices are the ability to compute, read, think critically, write and to communicate in an effective, yet efficient manner. Being an entrepreneur requires huge skills and job responsibilities. A major part of these skills are being developed and polished during the educational courses. These particular skills as well as effective career planning tactics will enable me to overcome the hurdles all throughout my work life. Moreover, I also have the ability to cope up in a changing environment, with ambiguity. I can work in any situation or environment, which will help me to achieve a career in social works as well.
Deciding on the initial career may present a frightening or stressful prospect. Successful decisions made regarding career completely depends upon the accurate or current information available. However, the report throws light on the specific three areas, which I am interested in pursuing a career. Moreover, it also includes the working environment of the selected careers, educational skills, personality and training traits required to become successful, average salaries, labor market outlook, related positions and the typical employers. In addition to this, the report consists of some information regarding an employer in each field of my career specifications. Furthermore, it discusses in detail about the career path being followed, entry level position and the qualifications being required to reach the top level. The report concludes by comparing my skills with those employers and how can I continue developing my skills, values and interests all throughout my work life.
Career planning is completely an individual activity which occurs all throughout an individual’s working life. In Australian society, the career that any individual enters will hugely influence his/her entire self concept, lifestyle, prestige, income, living location and choice of friends as well. However, career planning is a subcomponent of an individual’s life planning. It is highly influenced by several factors and at the same time, it emphasizes working environment and tasks. In addition to this, individuals should also keep in mind that a career planning procedure is sequential and ongoing.
The three specific employment fields which I have chosen are entrepreneurship, human resource manager of any company or a social worker.
Entrepreneurship has been a long path for many Australians who have travelled to economic independence. However, my interest in becoming an entrepreneur is due to the freedom it provides to the businessmen. Moreover, I will also get adequate time to spend with my family and friends. My primary plan is to start a jewelry business at the heart of the city, but I require capital for my business. Therefore, my second consideration is becoming a human resource manager of a reputed firm, which will fetch me enough money to start my own business. However, the work life will be different as I have to work for 7-8 hours per day. Thirdly, I would like to establish my career as a social worker as there are various ways one can go about searching for business ideas in social enterprises.
Starting a business is considered to be one of the most important steps in an individual’s career. As per my opinion, starting an independent venture will prove to be more beneficial than opting for joint ventures. The independent business owner will be his/her own boss and therefore, I can set the business pattern anytime, depending on my personal choices as well as fluctuating conditions of the market. However, the human resource manager has to work for 7-8 hours per day. He/she will have to work under someone and maintain the work life balance as per the company’s guidelines. Moreover, becoming a social worker will also be a bigger challenge for me as they have to deal with a lot of emotionally demanding situations. But on the bright side, I can explore the world and travel to many places (Dees, 2017).
Many researchers have claimed that several entrepreneurs who are successful in their fields are either high school or college dropouts. However, I think that basic education is necessary for becoming an entrepreneur as it requires huge skills and dedication. A successful entrepreneur is a result of proper mixture of education as well as entrepreneurial characteristics. He/she need to have leadership qualities and there are several business degree options for further education. Moreover, in order to become a human resource manager, the applicant needs to have at least a Bachelor’s degree and some even have master’s degree. The subjects that are related in this field involve human resource management and business administration or some related fields. In addition to this, a social worker needs to have a Bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work (Cascio, 2018).
An entrepreneur’s average salary is around 171,610 Australian dollars per year. On the contrary, a human resource manager earns around 59,180 Australian dollars per year along with compensation as well as benefits on the basis of their job profile. However, a social worker earns around 47,510 Australian dollars per year.
Entrepreneurs are not at all afraid of hard work and commitment. Hard work, dedication and creativity are some of the personality traits, which the entrepreneurs need to have. Moreover, they should have the ability of motivating and encouraging their employees to work and perform better every day. On the other hand, human resource managers need to have good communication skills, compliance, analytical abilities, leadership, impartiality and objectivity. They are required to select, train and develop employees on the basis of their competencies. Moreover, the human resource managers are also responsible for designing the rewards and recognition programs of the employees (Cascio, 2018). Therefore, it is important for them to be impartial and unbiased in these fields. However, the traits of a social worker are completely different from the above two, as they should be empathetic towards others. They should have the abilities of listening to others, persuade and aware people of societal issues (Rothwell et al., 2015).
The employment prospects of the entrepreneurs vary from and are subjective to industries to demographics. This is due to the reason that the Labor Statistics Bureau does not provide with a specific job outlook to the entrepreneurs. However, it states that entrepreneurship is the major driving force for the market economy. Moreover, the overall employment for the human resource managers is projected to enhance by 17 percent in the upcoming years. On the contrary, the employment of the healthcare social workers is expected to grow by 20 percent in the upcoming years, which is comparatively faster than other occupations.
The related positions for entrepreneurship are mid level management, business consultant, sales, research and development, not-for-profit fundraiser, teacher, recruiter or business reported. However, the related positions for a human resource manager are administrator, certified trainer, professional expert or employee benefits manager. Likewise, the related positions of a social worker are volunteers in hospitals, nurses, teachers or social entrepreneurs.
Typical employers of entrepreneurs include organizational managers, employees and others. For human resource managers, the typical employers are new applicants and candidates. The social workers typically identify the people who are in need of help. They do not have some specific employers; however, they assess the needs and demands of their clients by considering the situations (Bibby, 2017).
This section of the report discusses about a specific employer in each field of my career preferences. It includes the organization’s size in which the employer works and its history, organizational structure, culture or mission, branches, clients or customers and opportunities for promotion.
George Coles was the founder of the Coles group, which is the largest chain of stores in Australia. Coles Supermarkets is an Australian retail, consumer service chain and supermarket that is headquartered at Melbourne. Founded in the year 1914, the company now operates all across the country. The company has over 100,000 employees and it accounts for around 80 percent of the overall Australian market. However, George Coles learned retail trade working to lend a helping hand to his father’s store business. The company expanded to a huge extent and now it has 801 operating stores all across Australia. The mission of the organization is to deliver outstanding service, quality and also value its target consumers.
The company has several branches and subsidiaries all across the country. The company has collaborated with Accenture in order to develop and manage innovative devices, which will benefit the consumers. The customers can add items automatically by using the voice recognition app, which will be delivered to them. The products are mainly grocery items, fresh fruits and vegetables, baby products, sea foods and many more. The employees also get a balanced work and personal life. Moreover, the work environment is also healthy and each employee is promoted on the basis of the skills, responsibilities and expertise (Coles.com.au. 2018). Interaction with the employees has revealed the fact that they are very happy working there.
Felicia Fields is the human resource manager of Ford Motor Company, where she has been serving for around 26 years. The company is an American multinational automaker, which is headquartered at Michigan. It was founded by Henry Ford in the year 1901 and now the highly reputed company manufactures the most luxurious cars under the Lincoln brand. However, the company’s mission statement guides the overall strategies needed in order to extend or achieve the market positions. The company’s vision statement is to reach the higher level of performance. The culture of the organization is highly admirable and the employees are more team-focused. They work in teams in order to achieve the organizational goals and objectives.
The Ford Motor Company has its branches all across the world along with 12 investors owning around 1000 shares. The company’s target market is mainly the middle income groups to higher income groups. It promotes safe and long lasting commitment for developing as well as implementing innovations for the customers and families. The company sells commercial vehicles and automotive parts under the Ford brand. However, there luxury cars are sold under the Lincoln brand. The employees of the company are highly satisfied with their work life. They get to balance their personal as well as professional lives. Moreover, there are clear goals and opportunities for promotions, which motivate as well as encourage the employees to perform better every day (Ford.com. 2018).
Mariko Yamada has been a social worker for over 40 years and has a huge record of public services since the middle 1970s. Her top priorities are public safety, community corrections, integrated social services, drug abuse, public education and others. Yamada has been associated with various organizations and received worldwide admiration. However, later in her life, she also served as the investigator with Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Commerce. In addition to this, she has also donated huge chunk to many organizations. Her aim is to help people in need of emotional and financial support. Moreover, she has also contributed a lot in organizing and conducting campaigns for raising public awareness.
Yamada serves the community in order to eradicate ill practices from the society. Moreover, she aims to serve the homeless people for their betterment. She represents most of Solano and Yolo countries at the California State Assembly. Moreover, previously she served at the Yolo County Board of Supervisors and came to be regarded as the leader of social service issues. In addition to this, she has been spotted at the rally for supporting Sodexho workers and their efforts to unionize. She has received admiration as well as immense popularity due to her noble works involving the homeless people. Her efforts regarding the society have been well appreciated by the media personnel as well.
Many careerists consider a professional career as their destination and for others it is a wonderful journey. From the very beginning, their main aim is to achieve the level of proficiency or say stature, in their chosen areas. For the organizational managers or leaders, the main goal is to move upwards in the career progression plan. They prefer focusing on meeting the organizational goals and objectives. Likewise, my first choice is to become an entrepreneur. However, I need capital for my business and thus, my initial choice would be to work as a human resource manager or a social worker. Therefore, hard work, dedication and commitment would take me to the top position of the company and from there I will be able to start my own business.
An entry level position or job can be referred to a normally designed structure for the students who have recently graduated from their institutions of the given discipline. This means that they do not have any prior experience in the fields of their chosen profession. However, in entry level jobs the previous experiences does not matter and the applicants are being regarded as fresher. There job role specifically involves some on site trainings or on job trainings. Majority of the entry level jobs or say, part time jobs do not even include the employee benefits. However, various organizations look for fresher for the position of human resource manager or social worker (Drucker, 2014). Proper trainings are given after recruitment and thus, it will not be a big challenge for me as I am a quick learner.
The typical titles given to the entry level job positions are account coordinator, actuarial analyst, assistant media planner and more. The job titles usually end with a ‘specialist’ and majority of the organizations also give ‘senior’ designation to the employees. For example, ‘Senior Project Specialist’, ‘Senior Subject Matter Expert’ and other related to their job profession. Moreover, in my chosen areas, the entry level positions will be human resource assistant, junior accountant, receptionist, volunteer or others. The entry level jobs are basically the lower level positions of the companies (Turner, 2017). This will help me in gaining more experience, which in turn, will contribute a lot to my future prospects of becoming an entrepreneur.
There are no other paths one can take to achieve his/her dreams. As per my opinion, I feel that there are no shortcuts to success. You will have to work hard and engross yourself fully into the work you are doing, in order to achieve your dreams. Moreover, by entry level jobs one can gain experience in their related fields, which will help them later in life. They will know more and can give their ideas more creatively. However, if any individual have a family business he/she can become an entrepreneur easily. Still, there remains an uncertainty, as lack of experience can prove to be a major disadvantage for the overall success of the business. In relation to this, referrals ore recommendations can also help a fresher become a human resource manager or social worker. However, established organizations prefer recruiting experienced candidates, rather than depending on the referral policies (Schaper et al., 2014).
The middle level management positions include team leaders, assistant manager, foreman, shift manager, regional managers, operational managers, human resource managers and others. The upper level management positions include the Vice President of the company, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Financial Officer and others. They are responsible for managing the long term goals of the organization, which involves market production, markets and business organization. This hierarchy is maintained in the organization and every management level is assigned to work for a common organizational goal or objective. They interprets, plans and also sets job actions like providing training and guiding the new and inexperienced employees (Bratton & Gold, 2017).
The organizational managers require a minimum of Bachelor’s degree that is equivalent to the business related field. Moreover, he/she needs to have at least three years of experience in the supervisory or management positions. In addition to this, they should have specialized training in the management of human resources as well. For the Chief Executive Officers, the typical qualifications usually consist of minimum Bachelor’s degree, in the related in areas. Moreover, they might choose to pursue a Master of Business Administration that is MBA or some related post graduate qualifications (Dees, 2017).
After analyzing all the three areas, it is now important to take into consideration on how well I would fit in like these employers. A thorough research in each field has helped me in gaining more information regarding the specified fields. Moreover, I have gained useful insights regarding my strengths, weaknesses, competencies and in-competencies. In addition to this, I also understood what skills I need to develop, in order to succeed. However, I understood that the job satisfaction of the self employed workers are more as compared to the ones who has to serve 7-8 hours for monthly earnings. My research regarding being an entrepreneur is confirmed as I would get the freedom to work as per my wishes.
Furthermore, I have planned for higher study that is pursuing a Master of Business Administration from a reputed business institution. This is because I need to develop my entrepreneurial skills in order to reach the highest level of success. Moreover, I need to focus on my work, be resilient, learn more and be able to convince people. As per my research, I came to know that for becoming a perfect entrepreneur, one needs to be a great organizational leader or manager. I don’t think that there are any areas or characteristics which do not fit me as an entrepreneur. However, I like the freedom which entrepreneurs have, as they can work anytime and anywhere, on the basis of their preferences. On the other hand, the thing which I dislike the most is the long term investment entrepreneurs have to make in order to become successful.
In case of a human resource manager, he/she needs to serve the organization around 7-8 hours per day. However, as per current information, it is found that around 81 percent of the human resource managers mentioned that maintaining a proper relationship with the supervisors are immensely important for job satisfaction. Moreover, the required skills of the human resource managers of the company are good communication and networking skills, designing workplace policies and procedures, reward and recognition programs and more. For becoming a human resource manager, I need to polish my communication and networking skills. In addition to this, through this procedure I will gain enough money to invest in my own business.
However, the thing which I dislike in this profession is that I will have to work under the supervision of the organizational leaders or managers. Moreover, I need to enhance my skills for becoming a successful human resource manager. The consultants should have the ability to communicate with others. In addition to this, they should have excellent judgmental skills, as they are responsible for selecting and recruiting candidates. I think I have great negotiation skills, which will help me further. The human resource professionals are responsible to act between the management and employees, ensuring that the conflicts or disputes are effectively managed. From work responsibilities to compensation, being an efficient human resource manager means to negotiate as well as ensure any situations by providing a mutual benefit to the members of the organization.
On the contrary, the job satisfaction of a social worker is entirely different from that of the above two professions. The social workers find happiness by helping and supporting the needy people. They prefer serving the community and the people in need of emotional as well as financial support. Moreover, they work in a different organizational setting and travel across places. These factors have helped me confirm my plan of becoming a social worker as it will help me explore many places and regions. Moreover, it will also fulfill my dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. However, I need to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in any areas related to social works.
The social workers are required to have a diverse as well as demanding range of professionalism, cognitive as well as emotional skills. Majority of the people who want to become social workers should have a natural aptitude and it is essential for them to sharpen those skills throughout the career. The thing which I like the most in this profession is that how the workers help the needy people and serve the community. However, I need to polish my communication and networking skills in this aspect. Moreover, I will get to meet new people, help them and explore the world as well.
Conclusion
To conclude, career planning is an important phase in each and every individual’s life. It comprises activities or actions which one take for achieving the individual goals or objectives. Moreover, career planning is considered to be an ongoing procedure which helps the individual to explore his/her abilities and interests. In addition to this, through a career planning program one can strategically plan the career goals. Apart than these factors mentioned above, through a career planning program one can create the future work success through designing action and learning plans, which will help him/her to achieve the desired goals and objectives.
All throughout the report, I have discussed about my career plans and what I wish to become. However, I have mentioned three specific areas of my interest. Those areas are; entrepreneurship, human resource manager or social worker. It is highly important to decide on what a person wants to become and design his/her career plan in accordance with that. Moreover, the individuals should identify the job related skills, knowledge, competencies, abilities as well as experiences, in order to become effective in their related fields. The report mentions about the skills and abilities required by entrepreneurs, human resource managers and social workers.
Career planning is considered as an ongoing procedure which will help an individual to manage his/her learning and development. However, according to me, there are few stages for a career development planning. The individuals must gain an idea about his/her strengths, weaknesses, competencies and in-competencies. Moreover, he/she must carry out a self assessment test which will give complete idea about what the individual wants. This will enable the individual to take actions in accordance with that. In addition to this, he/she should make proper decisions regarding his/her career as per their choices and preferred areas.
Individuals must be able to make their career related decisions at the early stage. The early the decisions are made, the more is the chances of becoming successful in the respected fields. Moreover, career planning is an overall procedure of enhancing the future values of the individuals. Therefore, it is considered to be immensely important to decide on the professions in which the individuals want to flourish. Lastly, career planning helps in encouraging or motivating the individuals to gather or explore information, which in turn, will assist them in gaining competencies, setting goals and planning actions. Career planning is an ongoing procedure as it gives professional directions to those who want to reach the highest level of success.
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