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. (1) A qualification, achievement, personal quality, or aspect of a person's background used to indicate that this person is suitable for particular employment; (2) A document that ascertains that qualification, achievement, personal quality, or aspect.
   • 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. A government authorization of someone's eligibility to be employed. An employment authorization document is usually called a work permit.
   • Driving record. A motor vehicle operator report that is kept by the motor vehicle authority and usually contains information about one's driver license and traffic violations.
   • Criminal record. A list of a person's previous criminal convictions and, sometimes, pending charges.
   • Security clearance. In the United States of America, an official determination that an individual may access information classified by the United States Government. Security clearances are hierarchical; each level grants the holder access to information in that level and the levels below it.
   • Drug test. A technical analysis of a biological specimen, for example urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, and/or oral fluid/saliva used to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites.
4. Professional credential. An employment credential that specifically refers to one's professional capacity.
   • Professional license. In the United States of America, a designation earned by a person from a state agency that allows this person to exercise some occupation. Professional licenses usually require the university title for that profession.
   • Apprenticeship. The position of an apprentice.
   • Trade certificate (also known as professional certificate, professional designation, or, simply, certification). A designation earned by a person from a professional society, certification body, or, possibly, from a private certifier to assure qualification to perform a job or task. Some trade certificates must be renewed periodically, or may be valid for a specific period of time (e.g., the lifetime of the product upon which the individual is certified).
   • Work experience. Any experience that a person gains while working in a specific field or occupation, but the expression is widely used to mean a type of volunteer work that is commonly intended for young people, often students, to get a feel for professional working environments.
   • Work test (also work sample test or work simulation). A sample of behavior that can be used to predict future performance in similar work situations. Its result is an employment credential that provides information relating to skills that may be difficult to assess in other ways.
   • Professional award. A prize or other mark of recognition given in honor of an achievement in a specific profession.
   • Profession-related performance. Any performance related in a specific profession. Examples of such performances may include delivering a lecture, serving on a board, publishing a book, writing an article, especially reviewed by peers or made in well-known settings and/or verified by a reputable source.
   • Professional recommendation. A suggestion or proposal to hire somebody because of his or her professional capacity. Usually, professional recommendations include testimonies of the recommended person's achievements.
   • Professional association membership. Membership in a professional association.
5. Academic credential (educational credential). A credential that is issued by an educational institution or test provider to certify specific academic achievements traditionally related to someone's knowledge.
   • High school diploma. An academic credential that certifies that someone has been graduated from a high school.
   • GED (General Equivalency Diploma). A credential that certifies that someone has successfully passed the test that covers United States or Canadian high school-level academic skills.
   • Diploma. A certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as college or university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study.
   • Associate degree (or associate's degree). An undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study intended to usually last two years or more.
   • Bachelor's degree. An undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years depending on institution and academic discipline.
   • Master's degree.
   • PhD.
   • Professional school degree.

Introduction to Careerprise is the successor lecture.