A Study about Sustainable Career Development Throughout Working Life: Korea
Introduction:~ Most career development efforts are directed to occupational preparation in response to technological advances, new management process, and the changing economy. However, other workplace characteristics have career implications as well –characteristics such as the changing conditions of employment, alternative work arrangements, and aging population. Career development in the education and training of youth and adults must move to new levels to keep up with theses workplace developments. Career management skills such as creative thinking and problem solving may have a new focus as workers strive to navigate through new and uncharted employment practices for their sustainable career development throughout working life.
Career Development:~ To summarize a number of definitions of “career” or “career development”, career is a subset of work characterized by volition, pay, and hierarchical and thematic relationships among various jobs over the course of the life-span. Thus, career development means working out of a purposeful life with relation to what they do in all aspects of one’s life. It has significance when today’s definition is comparedwith old notion of career development, “choosing a vocation”. It contains more widening range of period, contents, and agency for individuals. Due to increasing concerns of career development and integrating perspectives in one’s life, sustainable career development has to be highlighted. Keep reading…
