Why is career planning important?
While career development is the lifelong process of managing your work and learning, career planning helps you manage that process. You are likely to change occupations seven times over the course of your working life. That means you will use the career planning process at least that many times. Career planning helps people decide on the work they want, the skills and knowledge they need and how to acquire them. For information on a career planning model check out: www.careerservices.uwaterloo.ca/manual/steps.
While career development is the lifelong process of managing your work and learning, career planning helps you manage that process. You are likely to change occupations seven times over the course of your working life. That means you will use the career planning process at least that many times. Career planning helps people decide on the work they want, the skills and knowledge they need and how to acquire them.
