Provide a career plan using the career development model and explain why you hav

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Provide a career plan using the career development model and explain why you have chosen the suggested strategies. Please write in a summary format.

Redundancy hit Paul just a week after he had celebrated his 50th birthday. He had spent the previous 10 years as Production Director of a large manufacturer. The parent company had sold the subsidiary company to a competitor that did not wish to retain the incumbent management team. Paul decided to work with a professional career consultant.

The Issues:

·         He hadn’t conducted a job search for more than 23 years because of his last three moves had all been initiated by headhunters

·         He had reached 50 but was far from ready for the scrap heap

·         And he was in a state of shock over his sudden redundancy

Explanation / Answer

Paul was a Production Director in a large manufacturing organization. I would assume he is a qualified Mechanical Engineer with experience of directing production and operations for more than 2 decades.

For 10 years prior to being retrenched from the last job, Paul was at a senior position, wherein he was responsible for driving strategy and overseeing the execution for a specific area within the manufacturing facility.

What Paul does next is also dependent on resources available with him. Assuming he has enough money as contingency to meet household expenses over a period of 6 months, the next decision for Paul is whether he would l ike to work for another organization or work as an independent consultant. At this age, he has immense experience and with some planning and connecting with his network, he can get some consulting opportunities with existing smaller organizations. Small organizations cannot afford to hire a quality production auditor or other senior functions on a full-time basis. Paul could pitch for these services and work for a fee.

This would also give him flexibility to utilize the rest of his time to do freelance teaching at colleges or universities as a guest lecturer or professor.

On the contrary, if Paul is looking for a full-time job, he should first publicize on job portals and professional networking sites like Linkedin. He should clearly state that he is available and looking for a new opportunity.

Meeting a career counsellor will be useful. There are many well-read career counsellors in the market who work with mid-career professionals in terms of career assessment and planning. A good career coach could get Paul to get off to a steady but solid start to the second innings of his career.

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