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In Cameroon and many other countries, our career choices are usually determined by different factors.
This choice is usually influenced by passion, mental ability, financial strength, available facilities for training vis-à-vis career choice, and peer/spousal/parental influence.
For example, many young people write the government Concours because they believe that if they get a matricule, they are guaranteed a stable income. Other times, parents, guardians, and financial sponsors sway the decision of people’s careers.
Career choices or preferences of individuals are not static/constant, they keep changing at different levels of our educational and professional lives.
These changes are usually influenced by complexity in career choice, limited financial resources, change in interest/ambition, spousal influence.
Therefore, nobody is stuck in a particular career but everyone has the chance to change careers and grow.
Career development is therefore one aspect that is lacking in Cameroon though its very important.
It’s a lifelong process of learning and decision-making that brings one closer to his/her ideal job, skillset, and lifestyle.
It can also be looked at as a lifelong process of managing, learning, work, and transition in order to move toward personal development and evolve in one’s professional life.
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Career 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬.
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆
These are conscious thoughts, ideas, activities, and decisions taken by an individual, independent of any organization to develop his/her career in order to reach his/her ideal career goals.
It involves effective planning, decision making, clearly stated goals, time management, and deadline allocation.
𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲
This is synonymous with “on-the-job training”. These are strategies put in place within an organization to help employees develop professionally and be able to multitask.
This gives room for small yet competent manpower within an organization. On the part of the employees, they are open to opportunities for growth/promotion within the organization.
For example, at Brite Academy, the institution decides to implement a strategy that all permanent staff is trained in graphics designing.
Instead of hiring someone to perform the singular role of graphics designing, all staff after haven undergone this training can conveniently perform the role in addition to their technical task/role
Y𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.
𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩.
There are career development institutions like 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 in Buea, they offer 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳.
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