CAREER COMPETENCIES AND CAREER SUCCESS AMONG SERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYEES
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Career competence is the ability of an employee to adapt to their career in a way that allows them to complete tasks that advance their career or to meet their own career development needs (Fugate & Kinicki, 2008). Career competencies can be clearly differentiated between job related skills and work competencies, which are focused on completing a job successfully, as they relate to the individual's career as a whole.
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Career competencies are learned abilities that result in effective performance in individual career development, and have been defined as behavioural qualities and knowledge, consisting goal setting and career planning, self- knowledge, job- related performance, career- related abilities, knowledge of organizational politics, career counselling and networking, and response and self- presentation that are important in facilitating specific career- related outcomes (Wang, 2013). It is believed that career capabilities are vital for preserving an employee's worth to the company. It is believed that career capabilities are vital for preserving an employee's worth to the company. (Arthur & Sullivan, 2006).