Career Development for Professionals

Running Head: CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR PROFESSIONALS
Topic- career development for professionals
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Question 2
Part B Values
a) Personal values differ from person to person and plays important role in the career
decision making process. Values are simply the beliefs of what is important and
desirable. When personal values line up with professional life then level of satisfaction
increases and confidence level is also boosted up (Arulmani et al. 2014). On the other
hand, when there is a mismatch of personal values and career decisions the professional
life suffers. It can lead to confusion, dissatisfaction and discouragement. In order to know
oneself the considerations that need to be focused are interests, skills and abilities, values,
career patterns and factors of personalities (Baum, Frese and Baron 2014). When values
are clearer decision making becomes easier. Values drive the action paths and motivate in
the ultimate goal accomplishment (Bögenhold, Heinonen and Akola 2014). So, the best
career choices are the ones that are synchronized with the inbuilt value system in the
individual.
b) The top three most important values that can never be compromised are work-life
balance, teamwork and growth (Chen et al. 2015). I am a very fast paced worker who
values time and focus on quick and on-time task completion. So, what I feel at this
moment is that the discrepancy of juggling between personal life and professional like
will not crop in my work front easily. Moreover, I will focus on such jobs that will not
prevent me from acknowledging other important things of my life. I am a good team
leader who believes in team cohesion and collaborative work fronts. I respect every
cultural difference within the team and try to avoid conflicting situations. And focusing
on growth, I can say that I am free to grab opportunities that are supportive in the self-

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fulfillment of professional development and will help in adding weightage to my career
upfronts.
Part C Temperament
a) My four-letter temperament code is INFP which stands for the Mediator role.
b) As per the test I am an INFP personality individual. INFP stands for Introversion,
Intuition, Feeling and Perceiving (Mischel 2013). The role of a mediator best suits these
roles and career choices include designer, actor, teacher, translator, musician, writer,
social worker, religious worker, psychologists and technical specialists (Clarke, Hyde and
Drennan 2013). I am very intuitive and sensitive to others and help them without a
second thought. I am also very creative in my approach and have strong value and
personal belief system. I have a great ability to express my feelings in written form and is
idealistic in my views. My perfectionist attitude helps me in better performance delivery
for my team. The higher level of introversion causes issues in interaction at times and
individual goal accomplishment becomes difficult. Also, stress is fatal for my timely
finishing of things as things only get delayed due to increased stress. I focus on work
culture and work ethics. Increased work pressure to meet deadlines disrupt my work flow
and performance gets disturbed. Career opportunities that resonate well with my core
values are best suited for me than a mere 9 to 5 job.
Part D General Measures of Enterprises
a) Yes, I have previously considered an entrepreneurial career path and the GET2 results
support the fact. The score of 65% in GET2 results suggest that I have strengths in
enterprising and also mentions that I am enterprising in some contexts though the projects

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being worked on are limited in number. I have participated in many voluntary projects on
social causes and at present is focusing on some innovative businesses.
b) The GET2 results show that I have scored an overall score of 65% which is quite pretty
in considering entrepreneurship as a career alternative. I have medium score (75%) in
need for achievement which reflects the fact that I am good at achieving work-life
balance. Need for autonomy is quite low (17%) which means currently I am not in the
position of taking the change of running a solo enterprise of my own and would rather
work in a reputed position in a team within an organization. My creative tendency is
medium (75%) and may be creative enough in providing disruptive and innovative ideas
that may ultimately be the game changers. Critical thinking needs to be avoided to have
the best creative ideas. My calculated risk-taking capability score is medium (58%)
which reflects the fact that I am quite decisive and can calculate the success factor of my
own decisions and action plans. Partnership option will best work here. I have medium
(75%) locus of control which means I am somewhat opportunist, proactive, determined
and need to work more on my self-confidence area. Otherwise ventures enterprising will
suffer. So, what I can conclude from the test results is that I need to wait for some more
time to start my own enterprising and should now focus on some organizational jobs
instead.
Option 3: Career path for entrepreneurs
a)
1. My main motivations for wanting to pursue an entrepreneurial career path are
unique and unconventional creativities, quality of life (free from 9-5 boundaries),
want to do things on my own, positivity of wanting to change the world, passion