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    My Career Development Plan: Five Practical Steps Towards Career Success
    My Career Development Plan: Five Practical Steps Towards Career Success
    My Career Development Plan: Five Practical Steps Towards Career Success
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    My Career Development Plan: Five Practical Steps Towards Career Success

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    "My Career Development Plan" is a practical guide to career development for those considering a change of career direction. It was written by John Evans, a qualified career development practitioner, executive coach and former global practice leader for the world's largest child focused humanitarian development agency. John was previously head of Hewitt Associates' European Organisational Development practice.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJul 9, 2018
    ISBN9780244398521
    My Career Development Plan: Five Practical Steps Towards Career Success
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    John Evans

    Dr. John Evans was the founding director of the Population, Health, and Nutrition Department of the World Bank; the former chair of the Board of Directors of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1987 to 1995; the founding dean of the McMaster University Medical School; and the president of the University of Toronto from 1972 to 1978. He remains active in work supporting non-governmental organizations in developing countries.

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      My Career Development Plan - John Evans

      My Career Development Plan: Five Practical Steps Towards Career Success

      My Career Development Plan

      Five practical steps towards career success

      John Evans

      Copyright

      Copyright © 2018 by John Evans

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

      First Printing: 2018

      ISBN: 978-0-244-39852-1

      Vitas Consult Ltd, 5 San Feliu Court, East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK, RH193TR

      www.vitasconsult.com

      My Career Development Plan

      Introduction

      Career development planning is the process of career review and decision-making - a cyclical process that we come back to at several stages in our lives. The process of career development is not just for those beginning their careers and making initial choices or negotiating mid-life career change. It is equally applicable to the task of career maintenance - of gaining a progressively better fit between individual needs and work performed.

      Having and using this competence can encourage us to:

      - review how far our work is using our skills and satisfying our needs and interests;

      - identify our own development needs and what is required for effective performance;

      - learn from coaches, from the experience of mentors, and others; and

      - anticipate future change and prepare for opportunities that might arise.

      Career planning tools have, however, become very elaborate and sometimes

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