Book of Careers

Introduction to Career Administration (hereinafter, the Lecture) is a lecture introducing the learners to career administration and related topics. The Lecture is the fourth of five lectures of Careerprise Orientation (hereinafter, the Orientation).

Outline

Introduction to Recruitment is the predecessor lecture.

1. Career administration. The process or activity of running an enterprise, which objectives are (a) discovering somebody's vocation, (b) identifying somebody's target occupation, (c) locating somebody's target employment, (d) analysis of somebody's KSAs, (e) development of somebody's employment credentials, and (f) landing somebody's job in the target occupation.
   • Vocation. A strong feeling called "calling" of suitability for a particular career or occupation.
   • Occupation. A job, profession, and/or position that somebody works in.
2. Employment credential. A qualification, achievement, personal quality, or aspect of a person's background used to indicate that this person is suitable for particular employment.
   • Self-declared credential. An employment credential that hasn't been verified yet or cannot be verified.
   • Work sample. Some product of one's performance intended to show his or her capacity especially as an employment credential.
   • Work sample portfolio. A range of work samples offered by an employment candidate especially when considered for employment.
3. Third-party credential. A credential issued by a third party.
   • Employment authorization. work permit
   • Driving record.
   • Criminal record.
   • Security clearance.
   • Drug test.
4. Professional credential.
   • Professional license.
   • Apprenticeship.
   • Trade certificate.
   • Work experience.
   • Work sample test.
   • Professional award.
   • Professional performance.
   • Professional recommendation.
   • Professional association membership.
5. Academic credential.
   • High school diploma.
   • GED.
   • College diploma.
   • Associate's degree.
   • Bachelor's degree.
   • Master's degree.
   • PhD.
   • Professional school degree.

Introduction to Careerprise is the successor lecture.