The Concept of Career Management

This article examines how careers have evolved from the concept of a 'job for life' to more flexible and mobile career pathways. It also reflects upon the ideas of key career management theorists such as Charles Handy, Edgar Schein, Abraham Maslow and Carl Jung, and considers how both organisations and individuals can create a successful approach to career management.

Abraham Maslow’s studies of motivation and Carl Jung’s work on personality types are recognised as classic career management theories. This article reviews the impact this work has had upon contemporary career management approaches, considers the main criticisms and provides advice on how to apply these theories within a modern organisational context.

Charles Handy is recognised as one of the world’s best known management thinkers. His views on career management have helped to define modern careers and have inspired a re-assessment of the employment relationship. This article presents an overview of his most important concepts from the field of career management.

Schein's career anchors model is one of the most well known and enduring career management concepts. This article provides an overview of the model and examines how an understanding of an individual’s career preferences can inform how they can be more effectively managed, motivated and rewarded.

Friedman is a McKinsey consultant and career management expert. We outline his arguments on the service sector labour shortage, considering career management from the organisational point of view.

A career management model which can be used to help individuals understand and manage their own careers, and to help organisations to develop their employees’ careers.

A consideration of Reardon’s work, looking at the different priorities and issues that men and women face in the workplace.

The MBTI is a model of personality types which identifies personality preferences. This article provides an overview of the model, which is based on Carl Jung’s notions of psychological types.

An outline of the most widely adopted career management approaches.

Career management can have a great impact on employee retention, and the role of managers is vital to this. These top tips have been designed to help managers engage and retain their best talent.

With the threat of a future skills shortage and a tough economy, career management must be moved up the agenda. This article outlines how to implement a career management strategy.