Career Planning
Career planning does not necessarily follow routine or logical steps. Each of us places weight on different factors and may consider certain phases of career planning at different times. 1Career planning includes gathering information about ourselves and about occupations, estimating the probable outcomes of various courses of action, and finally, choosing alternatives that we find attractive and feasible.
Many observers have pointed out that students are not very efficient career planners. They cite evidence that (1) most students choose from among a very narrow group of occupations; (2) as many as 40 to 60 percent choose professional occupations, when in reality only 15 to 18 percent of the work forces is engaged in professional wo rk; (3) young men show a striking lack of interest in clerical, sales, and service occupations, although these fields offer many job opportunities; and (4) 2as many as a third of the students are unable to express any choice of occupation.
A second flaw in the way people cope with decisions is defensive avoidance. 4When confronted with a decision and unable to believe they can find an acceptable solution, some people remain calm by resorting to wishful thinking or daydreaming. Students who fail to think about the implications of their career choices often engage in rationalization (deceiving oneself with self-satisfying but incorrect explanations for one’s behavior) or procrastination (putting off or delaying). Facing the situation may produce anxiety, but examining alternatives could also bring relief.
A third flaw is hyper vigilance. This occurs in career decision making when people believe there is not enough time to find a solution and they panic. 5They search frantically for career possibilities and seize on hastily invented solutions, overlooking the consequences of their choice as well as other alternatives. People who are in a panic sometimes do not think clearly or logically.
The best coping behavior is vigilance. Vigilant decision making occurs when people believe that (1) a choice should be made, (2) they can find a solution, and (3) there is enough time. Under these conditions, students can conduct an effective search for alternative careers, carefully evaluate each alternative, and work out contingency plans in case one or another risk appears.
Following are the keys to career planning.
1. Study yourself. This is the key to career planning. 6 Understanding what you are like, what you value, and what you want to become is the foundation for all career planning. In studying yourself, you examine your strengths and weaknesses, your goals, and the trends in your personal development. The self-understanding that you gain enables you to imagine how certain occupations may best fit your personality, interests, abilities, and goals. All career decisions require us to learn both about ourselves and about work, and to integrate these two kinds of knowledge.
2. Write your career goals down. A technique useful for organizing ideas about your career development is actually to write them down by time blocks in your life. Writing something down forces you to crystallize your thinking and to recognize unclear and half-formed ideas. It may lead to new insights about your possibilities and may help you to see new relationships, patterns, and trends, or to identify gaps in your thinking about your career development.
3. Review your plans and progress periodically with another person. Every so often, take stock of your situation and consider what steps have to be taken next. Taking inventory of progress and planning further steps can help you cope with the changes that you undergo and the changes that take place in the labor market. 7Talking over your plans with a college counselor, your parents, and your friends helps you define your goals and improve your career plans or make them work.
4. If you choose a career that does not fit you, you can start over. Today, growing numbers of men and women are changing careers or getting second starts in careers that have greater appeal to them. Many of those who find that their line of work is unsatisfactory retrain themselves for a different occupation. Often their new occupation is one that they overlooked when they were young or that they did not have an opportunity to pursue at that time for financial or other reasons.
8Sociologists say that there are few changes in careers that involve “downward” movement; most involve the traditional business of “getting ahead”. Society no longer attaches the stigma of “instability” to the idea of career hopping, as it once did.
Job changes and career shifts occur at all ages. It has been estimated that as many as one out of four male workers between the ages of twenty and twenty-five change their lines of work. About half that number do so between the ages of twenty-five and forty-four.
Career planning does not guarantee that all the problems, difficulties, or decision-making situations that face you in the future will be solved or made any easier. 9No formula can be given to do that. But career planning should help you to approach and cope better with new problems, such as deciding whether or not to enter educational or training programs, deciding whether or not to change jobs, and analyzing the difficulties you are having with a situation or a person.
Nobody can foresee what the future holds for any of us. There are social, emotional, and moral considerations in our future that cannot be foreseen. But the most important lesson of this often-unhappy modern world is that progress comes from planning. Ignorance about one’s career is not bliss; reason is better than chance and fate. 10Although there is no sure way to make career plans work out, there are things that you can do now to shape your career possibilities.
第二篇：英语作文范文
人力资源管理师英语作文范文（仅供参考）
（一）
写作（共20分）
某公司欲招聘一位会计主管（chief accountant），需要人力资源管理部门为其编制一份职位说明书（Job Description），假如公司总经理要求你来完成这项工作，请你用英文完成以下职位说明书。
Job Description
Position Department
Accountable to Salary/pay grade
[ ] 35 – 40 hrs/wk [ ] 20 – 35 hrs/wk [ ] less than 20 hrs/wk
Job summary
Responsibilities/daily tasks
Qualifications
Relations of the position to others in the company
Answer:(only for reference)
Job Description
Position chief accountant Department financial department
Accountable to CFO Salary/pay grade 3
[ yes ] 35 – 40 hrs/wk [ ] 20 – 35 hrs/wk [ ] less than 20 hrs/wk
Job summary
Work closely with the company’s CFO, and ensure that all of the responsibilities pertaining to the accounting department are met.
Develop and direct the activities of the professional staff involved with the financial aspects of operations, including forecasting, planning, budgeting, credit and collections, cost accounting, and financial control systems.
Responsibilities/daily tasks
Report to the CFO and be responsible for all accounting functions.
Providing analytical budgetary & financial planning/reporting support to senior management.
Establishing and maintaining internal controls,external financial reporting.
Interface with external auditors, handling all corporate tax matters.
Qualifications
Master degree or above;
At least 5 years experience in accounting work;
Work experience in foreign or JV company is preferred;
Willing to travel.
Relations of the position to others in the company
Administration department; Marketing department; Manufacturing department; R&D department etal.
（二）
假设你所在的公司今年从人才市场物色了一位销售经理，经过几轮面试后，公司决定录用，从今年7月1日开始上班,除节假日外每天的工作时间为8：30－17：00，起薪为每月4000元，试用期3个月。现在需要你为这位销售经理拟定一份录用通知书（Letter Confirming Employment），请你用英文完成这份录用通知书，内容须包括销售经理的工作职责和其他相关事项。(凡涉及到人名，均用XXX表示，请勿用真实姓名。)
Answer:(only for reference)
Letter Confirming Employment
Dear XXX:
I am pleased that you have accepted the position of sales manager at our company, starting on July 1 . You shall perform the following duties and have the following responsibilities:
Participate in formulating marketing strategy;
Formulate annual sales plan;
Ensure that the goals of sales will be fulfilled;
Supervise and evaluate subordinates;
Direct and controll the sales expenditure;
Deal with some special sales;
Deal with the complaints of customers.
Please note that these duties and responsibilities are not exhaustive and that you may be expected to perform other reasonable duties and responsibilities should the need arise.
Subject to statutory holidays, your working hours are from 8:30 to 17:00 .
Your starting salary/wage is RMB 4000/month . You will be on probation for 3 months during which time we may terminate your employment at any time without notice or payment.
Your supervisor isXXX . Please see him/her on your first day and he/she will help you get settled.
I look forward to working with you. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours truly
(Name) XXX
(Title) XXX
（三）
写作（共20分）
由于近年来的持续经济衰退，Addison Systems 公司打算在年底进行一次裁员，辞退的对象主要是公司去年招聘的临时工（temporary workers），Thomas就是即将被辞退的临时工。根据当初公司与Thomas签订的服务协议，如果公司辞退员工的话，公司须按照每服务满两个月支付员工一个星期薪水的补偿金，Thomas已在公司工作满12个月，将得到一笔相当于6个星期薪水的补偿。假设你是Addison Systems 公司的人力资源管理人员，请你为用英文为Thomas写一封员工辞退信（Employee Termination Letter），向他说明辞退的原因以及相关事宜。（你的署名请勿用真实姓名，一律用XXX表示。）
Answer:(only for reference)
Employee Termination Letter
Dear Thomas:
It is with sincere regret that I must inform you that your employment at Addison Systems Inc. will be terminated as of December 31, 2003.
As you know, the Downsizing Task Force delivered their report to the general manager in late December, 2002. Among the task force recommendations was the elimination of all temporary and contract positions. Since you occupy a temporary position, your position is automatically subject to the task force recommendations.
I would like to make it absolutely clear that in no way does your termination reflect that the company is in any way unhappy with your work performance over the past 12 months. In fact, you have been highly regarded as one of our most productive contract staff. Unfortunately, you and the other non-permanent staff that are being let go are simply a reflection of the general economic downturn over the past year.
In an effort to try to reduce the impact of this termination, the company has worked out a severance arrangement that will give you one week's pay for each month you worked beyond 12 months. In your case this will amount to six (6) weeks of severance pay. In addition, your medical coverage will remain in effect until the end of the severance period. You will soon receive a letter from the Human Resources Department with all of the details on the severance package.
Thomas, given your qualifications and proven abilities, I am confident that you will be able to find another position in the relatively near future. If you would like, I would be pleased to write a recommendation letter for you, to help with your job search.
Sincerely
(Name) XXX
(Title) XXX
（四）
写作（共20分）
上海China-mc管理咨询公司是全国十大管理咨询公司之一，专注于组织智慧技术（organization wisdom technology(OWT)）和组织绩效方面的咨询服务，已有8年以上的咨询经验，并为10多家上市公司提供过咨询服务。公司的业务范围包括战略咨询、公司文化建设、知识管理、学习型组织创建、人力资源管理和IT管理咨询等。由于公司业务的发展需要，现需要从人才市场招聘一位管理咨询总监（Chief management consultant）。假设公司老总让你制作一份招聘广告，请你用英文完成这份招聘广告，内容须包括公司介绍、工作职责和应聘要求。
Answer:(only for reference)
Shanghai China-mc consulting management Co,.LTD,is an top-ten management consulting company of china , specializing in organization wisdom technology(OWT) and organization performance .We have over 8 years consulting experience and serve for more than tens of listing companies!
Our services include strategy consulting; company culture building;Knowledge management, Learning Organization building, Human resource management,marketing and IT Management basing on OWT.
For more information,Please see our websit:www.china-mc.com We are looking for talents for China-mc Management Consulting .With these opportunities we are offering you an exciting career!
Chief management consultant (one people)
Responsibilities:
Taking charge for the whole work of company consulting service;
Developing company new service;
Developing and Training the new consultant;
Project management, delivery and team management
Detailed analysis of requirement .
Requirement:
· No less than 2-year experience of consulting within famous consulting firms, ( international consulting firms such as BCG and Mackenzie prefer);
· No less five-years working experience;
· MBA or similar educational background;
· Have a good management capability
· Excellent interpersonal and ommunication kills
· Outgoing and self-motivated
· Familiar with Powerpoint;
· Persuasive.
Email your CV including recent photo to admin@china-mc.com
（五）
写作（共20分）
某外资公司是一家专门从事财务软件开发的公司，为了保护公司的商业秘密（business secrets）不被公司员工泄露，公司打算与每一位员工签订一份保密协议（Secrecy and Noncompetition Covenant），规定员工必须保守公司的商业秘密，在任职期间以及离职后，均不能向任何第三方泄露；离职后3年内，不得自己经营或帮助别人经营相同或类似业务；以及公司认为必要且正当的其他条款。公司请你为其用英文拟订一份保密协议。
Answer:(only for reference)
Secrecy and Noncompetition Covenant
The undersigned Employee hereby promises the Employer:
1. To keep the Employer’s business secrets, including but not limited to customer, supplier, logistical, financial, research, and development information, confidential and not to disclose the Employer’s business secrets to any third party during and after the term of the Employee’s employment;
2.That, on the termination of the Employee’s employment with the Employer for any reason, the Employee will not operate a (type of business) business or in any way aid and assist any other person to operate such a business in
(geographical area) for a period of (time period) from the date of termination of the Employee’s employment;
3. That, on the termination of the Employee’s employment with the Employer for any reason, the Employee will not solicit any customer of the Employer that was a customer of the Employer during the course of the Employee’s employment with the Employer, whether or not still a customer of the Employer and whether or not knowledge of the customer is considered confidential information, or in any way aid and assist any other person to solicit any such customer for a period of (time period) from the date of termination of the Employee’s employment.
If any part of these promises is void for any reason, the undersigned accepts that it may be severed without affecting the validity or enforceability of the balance of the promises.
Given under seal on (date).
Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of:
(Signature of Witness) (Signature of Employee)
for the Employee.
（六）
写作（共20分）
某外语培训学校（用xxx (china)表示）计划招聘一名兼职外籍英语教师，任职期间从20##年9月1日至20##年6月30日。报酬按课时计算，每节课45分钟，每课时150元人民币，于授课后的次周一支付，个人所得税自负。假设该学校让你为其拟订一份兼职合同（part-time contract），请你用英文完成这份合同，合同格式自拟，合同条款至少包括Employment period、Payment、Duties等内容。
Answer:(only for reference)
Part-time Contract
This is a contract between xxx (china) and :
Name :
Position :
Terms and Conditions
1. Employment period
This contract is from 01 September 20## to 30 June 2004.
2. Payment
a. Hourly Rate
You will be paid fortnightly at the rate of RMB 150 per lesson. Each lesson is of 45 minutes duration and it is expected that you will spend at least 15 minutes on meaningful preparation for that lesson.
Wages are paid on the 2nd Monday following the week(s) worked.
The teacher must pay income tax in accordance with the laws of the Government of China.
3. Duties
a. Provide English language training
b. Prepare and mark examinations and tests. Record student marks.
c. At all times the teacher is expected to dress and behave in a professional manner. There can be no relationship with a student that cannot be seen as one of a professional nature.
d. The teacher is directly responsible to the Director of Studies XXX (China) (DOS).
f. The teacher is expected at all times to obey the laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China.
Name of teacher: _________________________
Signature of teacher: ______________________
Signature of DOS: ________________________
Date: ___________________________________
（七）
写作（共20分）
某外资公司计划近期内在公司内部推行全方位的绩效评估体系，包括上司评估（superviser evaluation）、同事评估（peer evaluation）和员工自我评估（employee self-evaluation）。假设公司人力资源总监要求你来设计制作一份员工自我评估（employee self-evaluation）的样本，请你用英文完成这项工作。
Answer:(only for reference)
Employee Self-Evaluation
Employee Employee No.
Department Position
Start date Appraisal period
List the performance objectives you established at your last appraisal. Indicate in the table whether you successfully achieved them, and comment on your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with your performance and results.
1. Are your performance goals reasonable and appropriate for your position?
2. Consider the strengths that enhance your job performance.
3. In what areas can you improve your job performance?
4. Do you feel that you need additional training? What training would you find helpful?
5. What are your short-term career objectives? How can you achieve them?
6. What are your long-term career objectives? How can you achieve them?
7. If you could change your job or company policies, what changes would you suggest? How can we work together to improve the company?
8. Are there any other aspects of your job or the company that you would like to discuss?
（八）
写作（共20分）
某中外合资公司刚成立半年时间，近期打算进一步完善公司的人力资源管理工作，决定对公司内的所有职位进行一次工作描述。在进行任何职位的工作描述之前，需要先在公司内进行有关该职位工作描述的问卷调查（Job Description Questionnaire），以使工作描述更准确、更完善。假设公司让你来完成这份问卷的设计，请你用英文设计一份简单的问卷。
You can begin with the following：
Job Description Questionnaire
Instructions: The following information will be used in designing a job description format. For many questions, you might want to leave a full page for an answer.
……
Answer:(only for reference)
Job Description Questionnaire
Instructions: The following information will be used in designing a job description format. For many questions, you might want to leave a full page for an answer.
1. What is the job title? ___________________________________________
2. In what department is the job located? ___________________________________________
3. What is the title of the supervisor or manager to whom the jobholder must report?
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Does the jobholder supervise other employees? If so, give their job titles and a brief description of their responsibilities.
Position Supervised Responsibilities
_____________________________ ___________________________________________
5. What essential function duties does the jobholder perform regularly? List them in order of importance.
Duty Percentage of Time Devoted to This Duty
1. _________________________ __________
2. _________________________ __________
3. _________________________ __________
6. What are the working conditions? List such items as noise, heat, outside work, and exposure to bad weather.
7. How much authority does the jobholder have in such matters as training or guiding other people?
8. How much education, experience, and skill are required for satisfactory job performance?
9. At what stage is the jobholder’s work reviewed by the supervisor?
10. What machines or equipment is the jobholder responsible for operating?
11. If the jobholder makes a serious mistake or error in performing required duties, what would be the cost to management?
（九）
写作（共20分）
技术（Technology）的迅猛发展，对组织的管理工作带来了巨大的影响，其中也包括人力资源管理工作。在新技术迅速发展的形势下，组织的人力资源管理部门面临着机遇和挑战。作为人力资源管理部门的负责人，需要站在战略的高度来思考如何应对新技术对人力资源管理工作的影响。请你结合自己的工作实际，用英文写一篇100字左右的讨论人力资源管理部门如何应对技术发展的文章，题目为 “How to deal with technology”。
You can begin with the following sentence:
Technology has seeped into practically every aspect of an organization.……
Answer:(only for reference)
How to deal with technology
Technology has seeped into practically every aspect of an organization, impacting everything from processes to people. This means that HR departments must work with their organizations to understand and anticipate these technological challenges and opportunities--the good, the bad and the unexpected.
But smart HR leaders consider how technology trends impact the organization as a whole, rather than just their own departments. For example, if an organization pilots a new technology to reach customers in global markets never before explored, the HR leader needs to be in tune with the change to identify new requirements for HR as a result. Perhaps this new reach will mean that the organization needs to change the competencies for positions in certain divisions, provide training for employees on cultural issues in the new country, or even hire expatriates to manage the process in the field.
Only when HR professionals are aware of the impact of trends in areas like technology can they lead the charge to explore people management issues to ensure the best possible outcome and enable the HR profession to reach its potential.
（十）
写作（共20分）
技术（Technology）的迅猛发展，对组织的管理工作带来了巨大的影响，其中也包括人力资源管理工作。在新技术迅速发展的形势下，组织的人力资源管理部门面临着机遇和挑战。作为人力资源管理部门的负责人，需要站在战略的高度来思考如何应对新技术对人力资源管理工作的影响。请你结合自己的工作实际，用英文写一篇100字左右的讨论人力资源管理部门如何应对技术发展的文章，题目为 “How to deal with technology”。
You can begin with the following sentence:
Technology has seeped into practically every aspect of an organization.……
Answer:(only for reference)
How to deal with technology
Technology has seeped into practically every aspect of an organization, impacting everything from processes to people. This means that HR departments must work with their organizations to understand and anticipate these technological challenges and opportunities--the good, the bad and the unexpected.
But smart HR leaders consider how technology trends impact the organization as a whole, rather than just their own departments. For example, if an organization pilots a new technology to reach customers in global markets never before explored, the HR leader needs to be in tune with the change to identify new requirements for HR as a result. Perhaps this new reach will mean that the organization needs to change the competencies for positions in certain divisions, provide training for employees on cultural issues in the new country, or even hire expatriates to manage the process in the field.
Only when HR professionals are aware of the impact of trends in areas like technology can they lead the charge to explore people management issues to ensure the best possible outcome and enable the HR profession to reach its potential.
写作（共20分）
360度反馈（360-degree feedback）是近年来出现的一种绩效管理的新方法。它是一种系统地收集来自于多种渠道的反馈某人绩效的数据和信息的绩效评估方法，绩效反馈的来源包括上司、同事、外部顾客、内部顾客和自己。作为公司的人力资源管理负责人，应当熟悉这种新方法，并能够在工作实践中灵活运用。请结合你在工作中对这种绩效评估方法的运用，用英文写一篇100字左右的讨论360度反馈的优点和缺点的文章，题目为“Advantages and disadvantages of 360-degree feedback”.
You can begin with the following sentence:
360-degree feedback is a relatively new feature of performance management.……
Answer:(only for reference)
Advantages and disadvantages of 360-degree feedback
360-degree feedback is a relatively new feature of performance management. There are some benefits resulted from using 360-degree feedback:
1.Individuals get a broader perspective of how they are perceived by others than previously possible.
2.Gaining acceptance of the principle of multiple stakeholders as a measure of performance.
3.Encouraging more open feedback-new insights.
4.Provided a clearer picture to senior management of individual’s real worth.
5.Open up feedback and gives people a more rounded view of performance than they had previously.
6.Identifying key development areas for the individual, a department and the organization as a whole.
7.A rounded view of an individual’s/team’s/the organization’s performance and what its strengths and weaknesses are.
8.It has raised the self-awareness of people managers of how they personally impact upon others-positively and negatively.
9.It is starting to improve the climate/morale, as measured through our employee opinion survey.
But there may be some problem. These include:
1.People not giving frank or honest feedback;
2.People being put under stress in receiving or giving feedback;
3.Lack of action following feedback;
4.Over-reliance on technology;
5.Too much bureaucracy.