Challenges in managing your own career development

Abstract

The relevance of career development and management is more prevalent in the theory and practice of the organization's functioning. Therefore, it attracts the interest of different scientific disciplines and becomes a subject of research of multiple authors. During the career development process, people are faced with a number of problems and challenges related to the work-life aspects. The work-life balance is a key factor leading to greater organizational productivity. Finding the right job is the philosophy of the process of career management. Starting from the fact that the Republic of North Macedonia faces a lack of opportunities for finding a job, or insufficient employment opportunities by profession, this paper aims to identify certain suggestions for improving it. Unless an appropriate strategy is created and no serious measures are taken, there is frustration, nepotism, brain drain from the country.

Digital literacy of the generation z students and their attitudes and beliefs towards ICT knowledge and skills

“…Because they were influenced by the further technological development, the members of this generation are also known as Generation Next [12], Digital Generation [13], Nexters [11], Echo Boomers [12], [14], trophy Kids [1], [15], Generation www [1], [15], Net Generation [14], NetGen [16] or Gen N [1], [15]. Mobile phones, the Internet, and social networks were an essential part of their everyday lives [4]. The technological shrewdness of the…”

“…Some authors do not differentiate between the Generation Y and the Generation Z, calling all born between 1978 and 2000 the "Millennial Generation" [4]. However, the Generation Z was born after 1996, they grew up using social networks and are even more digitally oriented than the Generation Y, thus requiring a different analytical approach [4]. This Generation also has many other names, such as:…”

“…Gen Tech [4], [17], Children of Internet [1], [18], Post-Millenials [16], [19], Generation I [1], [18], Digital Natives [1], [18], [20], Gen Wii [4], [17], Media Generation [1], [18], .com Generation [1], [18], iGen [1], [18].…”

“…In the context of education, new generations represent a certain challenge for educational institutions [3]. Since Generation Z, which is the observed generation for the purpose of this paper, has been influenced by rapid technological development and ever faster progress of digital technology, its ICT knowledge and skills are one of the key drivers in transforming the existing learning approaches [3], [4], [5].…”

Barriers and measurement of work/life balance of managers and other employees

“…As one of the crucial issues in career development, the concept of work-life balance is based on the idea of spending "a sufficient amount of time" on both work obligations and private life activities (Postolov, Bardarova, Magdinčeva-Sopova, & Ristovska, 2019). Work/life balance can be achieved by both putting enough "weight" and focus on work activities, and creating a healthy "counterweight" in the form of personal interests and family activities (Mladenović, 2020).…”