What is career planning?

Answer 1

Some definitions from the web:

the ongoing process of making choices which are reviewed from time to time.
www.career-symposium.org/act_Defs.html

The purpose of career planning is to enable students to plan and follow a flexible course of action that will lead to self-sufficiency and a satisfying career.
campus.murraystate.edu/school2career/glossary.html

The process of studying careers, assessing one's self in terms of careers and making decisions about future careers
pangea.tec.selu.edu/~slindsey/page2.html

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My opinion:


Think of a career as "the sum total of your life experiences including education, paid and unpaid work, and community, volunteer and family activities" or as "the sequence of roles and work experiences throughout life, including schooling, continuing education, employment, volunteer work, homemaking and retirement".

Career planning is a method for selecting "experiences" and determine the requirements and the sequence necessary to achieve these "experiences".

Answer 2

Something I did not do in school, 40 years ago, which would have been VERY beneficial to my retirement accounts!