Career management, is one of the most effective methods to be used to fill new positions, to increase efficiency of production, to improve the quality and to provide protection of the current situation. For this reason, career management, developing rapidly in recent years has become one of the important administrative functions of companies. Today's leaders, if they are guiding putting forth current and future objectives of their subordinates in a planned and systematic manner, have realized both organizations and subordinates will perform their goals. Employees’ desire in any organization to choose a profession best suited to their talents and abilities, a job suitable to work in their chosen profession, to make a career in business life throughout the profession. In today's business life, it is a fact of management science that human beings and their efforts are the essential factors for the success of all organizations. Furthermore, there have been some significant developments regarding how skilled employees consider business relations and what they expect from the organization. Tools of career planning with requirements of innovative approaches in this field are an issue which has great importance for our country and therefore needs to be developed. There will be efforts to obtain outputs for the benefit of employees, practicing on the experience and knowledge of the EU within the scope of the project. Our project aims to produce innovative educational materials by which employees will be able to plan their careers; to develop applications by which employees will be able to measure their skills and competences, The target group of the proposed project will include all employees and the individuals who are going to start working in near future. Thus, the career guide and the mobile application to be developed within the scope of the project will be useful for all employees and for the individuals who are going to start working in near future. The reason why we have chosen all employees and the individuals who are going to start working in near future as our target group is the fact that career planning is an important need for the people in these statuses. Within the scope of our project, need analysis, career planning guide and mobile application towards of employees will be developed. First of all, a literature review and survey will be conducted on the subject of career planning. Then, based on the results of the needs analysis, a career planning guide at three levels will be prepared. And then, the mobile application will be developed on the basis of the career guide. The career guide and the mobile application to be prepared within the scope of the project will be for the use of all employees and the individuals who are going to enter into the working life. The career guide will be prepared in a way that it will comprise the following three levels: the initial, intermediate and advanced career planning. The mobile application will be prepared based on this guide to be produced. The mobile application will comprise the options of initial, intermediate and advanced levels as well. The users will select a level based on their current status, and then carry out their career planning. For instance, a newly employed individual will select the initial level in order to develop his/her career plan. Likewise, an employee at the expertise level will select the intermediate level, and a director will conduct his/her career planning by selecting the advanced level in the mobile application. Results and impact envisaged and finally the potential longer term benefits: •Employees will have increased awareness about career planning. • Employees will be made their own career planning. • Employees will be increased productivity. • Employees will be increased success in business. • Employees will be more planned. • Employees will be created their own CV. • Employees will be planed easier their careers with mobile apps. • Employees would understand the importance of career planning. • Innovative training materials will created related to career planning. • The employees’ compatibility with the labour market as their professional competence and capability of career planning has been enhanced. • The employees’ knowledge, ability and competence on the issue of career planning has improved. • The employees’ participation in learning and training activities has been increased by improving counselling and supporting services in Career Guidance. • International communication and collaboration in adult training has been developed. • Various implementations of adult training in the EU countries have been adapted. • Target groups will be conscious about the future and are career planning. • Career planning guide and mobile application that individuals and institutions in charge benefited from were developed.
As a result of the rapid developments in the recent years, career management has become one of the key administrative function. The literature review conducted in the study suggested that the business world is on the edge of a new paradigm change called industry 4.0 revolution, human resources management has too many responsibilities to face. Although industry 4.0 offers new opportunities, it has some downfalls as well. The current education and training system is developed according to the requirements demanded by Industry 3.0. Thus, the current graduates, employees, and managers are equipped with an outmoded skill and competency kit. The aim of the project was to offer a career planning tool. After the literature review, the project team decided to include industry 4.0 within the project. In the end project achieved the objectives stated in the project proposal form adding Industry 4.0 perspective. Thus the project produced innovative educational materials and developed a mobile application by which potential employees, employees, and managers can evaluate their skills and competencies based on the requirements demanded by the Industry 4.0 revolution.The project achieved in producing 3 interrelated intellectual outputs. The first intellectual output is the Need Analysis, which covers both literature review on career planning and research on career planning adding Industry 4.0 perspective. Industry 4.0 introduces new technologies such as sensors, cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things or smart networks that will influence the manufacturing processes, and that Industry 4.0 demands new competency and skillset from employees. Second intellectual output is the Career Planning Guide which is developed based on the research findings for graduates, employees and managers. The intellectual outputs are used as an antecedent of the stage where third intellectual output, the Mobile Application is designed. The target group includes employees, the individuals who are going to start working in the near future and the managers. Thus, need analysis, the career guide and the mobile application are developed for 3 target groups. By adding competencies required by industry 4.0 point of view, we have achieved in our proposed output that we have designed a career guide and mobile application according to the current developments in labor market. The literature review and survey have been conducted, based on the results of the needs analysis a career planning guide at three levels (the initial, intermediate and advanced career planning) have been produced, and finally the mobile application has been developed on the basis of the career guide, at three levels in each partner organizations’ mother language. The users of the mobile application can select a level based on their current status, and a language according to their preferences, and they can start carrying out their career planning. The mobile application scores the users' competencies required by industry 4.0 and offers suggestions based on the self-evaluation of the user. For instance, a graduate selects the initial level in order to develop his/her career plan. Likewise, an employee selects the intermediate level, and a director will conduct his/her career planning by selecting the advanced level in the mobile application. The final results of the project and the potential longer-term benefits are: The project achieved to rise awareness in industry 4.0 among the students as near future employees, experts as the current employees and managers. The student are now able plan their curriculum according to the competencies worthy in a industry 4.0 setting. Current employees are now aware that it would be difficult for them to find a new job in industry 4.0, and they should gain new competencies, that their skills, competencies, education and training may not be sufficient enough until they retire. The managers are now aware that there is current trend in the business world, and they should plan their human resources in the near future. The results of the projects offers tools for the potential and current employees plan their own careers. The mobile application offers tools to self-evaluate the current competencies of the employees. The mobile application can be used to determine the weaknesses and strengths of the employees. Overcoming the weak competencies is supposed to help increase in productivity in the long run. The mobile application supports information about the current developments in the business world and scores the users’ competencies. The scoring system can be used to determine the areas in which the user has the potential to succeed in business life. The scores calculated by the mobile application suggests the areas in which more or new training is needed, which can be used for future training plans. The mobile application offers an option to add competency score calculated in a CV and CV can be emailed by the mobile application.