Randi McCray
ABSTRACT
The role of the Information Technology (IT) professional has changed drastically in the last ten (10) years. Emerging technologies, organizational restructuring, and reduction in IT spending; has not only lead to uncertainty, but opportunity. To maintain relevance in a fast paced evolving field and achieve a high level of career satisfaction; IT professionals must employ the same tactical approach used to implement high-quality IT solutions-- to managing their own careers. While organizations provide a wealth of tools to support career development, key individual elements to ensure career success are: strategy, ownership, and action. A strategic framework for managing one's career, increases the probability for a satisfying and viable career in IT. Professionals should develop a career strategy that merges their career goals with organizational resources to achieve a high-quality optimal career. This paper presents a framework for a person centered approach to career development that leverages organizational resources and individual actions to build a strategic plan for optimal career satisfaction.
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Index Terms
- Be the Leader of Your Career: A Self-Centered Approach to Strategic Career Management
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