{"id":7229,"date":"2018-01-31T15:33:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T13:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmkedev.wpengine.com\/?p=7229"},"modified":"2022-02-04T14:09:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T12:09:26","slug":"career-growth-vs-career-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/career-growth-vs-career-development","title":{"rendered":"Career Growth V.s Career Development: Learn the Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We all talk about our desire for career growth and career development, but do you know that these two are different? Did you know that you can have one without the other and still do tremendously well in your career? <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a14009131264\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a14009131264\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/career-growth-vs-career-development\/#So_What_is_the_Difference_Between_Career_Growth_and_Career_Development\" >So What is the Difference Between Career Growth and Career Development?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/career-growth-vs-career-development\/#How_to_make_career_growth_and_career_development_work_for_you\" >How to make career growth and career development work for you?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/career-growth-vs-career-development\/#1_Be_on_the_lookout_for_learning_opportunities\" >1. Be on the lookout for learning opportunities<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/career-growth-vs-career-development\/#2_Advocate_for_innovation\" >2. Advocate for innovation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/career-growth-vs-career-development\/#3_Join_a_strong_network\" >3. Join a strong network<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/career-growth-vs-career-development\/#Grow_and_Develop_your_Career\" >Grow and Develop your Career<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_What_is_the_Difference_Between_Career_Growth_and_Career_Development\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So What is the Difference Between Career Growth and Career Development?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7264 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Difference-Between-Career-Growth-and-Career-Development.jpg\" alt=\"differences between career growth and career development\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Difference-Between-Career-Growth-and-Career-Development.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Difference-Between-Career-Growth-and-Career-Development-378x198.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Difference-Between-Career-Growth-and-Career-Development-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Difference-Between-Career-Growth-and-Career-Development-770x404.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Difference-Between-Career-Growth-and-Career-Development-600x315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Difference-Between-Career-Growth-and-Career-Development-390x205.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><br \/>\nBasically, career growth has to do with the goals you set and where you envision your career going. It entails compartmentalised stages set as norms in your specific industry that you work hard towards. It usually comes in the form of promotion from one role to a higher one based on performance and experience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Career development is all about the transformation that happens to you as you strive to achieve your goals. The skills, the experience and learnings you gain as a byproduct of growth. When you immerse yourself in an environment that pushes you to grow and learn new things, you look back after a while and you will be amazed by how far you have come. When you push yourself to become a better you, you enhance your strengths and skills. You might not even move to a new role, you can transform yourself right where you are. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_make_career_growth_and_career_development_work_for_you\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to make career growth and career development work for you?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With a clear understanding of what career growth and career development is, what each contributes to your career journey; you can make these two work for you, depending on the industry you are in. This is because growth in some industries is not indicated by how fast or how far you rise in positions because there are few or no positions to grow into. For instance, once you become a doctor, what can you grow into? In such industries, career development in terms of experience, expertise, networks and skill are the main indicators of moving ahead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Below are ways of ensuring you develop your career, regardless of whether you move up any ladder or not;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Be_on_the_lookout_for_learning_opportunities\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1. Be on the lookout for learning opportunities<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Get-opportunities-for-continued-learning.jpg\" alt=\"career development and career growth - continue learning\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Get-opportunities-for-continued-learning.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Get-opportunities-for-continued-learning-378x198.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Get-opportunities-for-continued-learning-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Get-opportunities-for-continued-learning-770x404.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Get-opportunities-for-continued-learning-600x315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Get-opportunities-for-continued-learning-390x205.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Talk to your boss about the importance of you growing your skills and the value you will add to the company. You can then agree on time and resources allocation for your continued learning. You can also decide to take online courses that require less resource allocation. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Advocate_for_innovation\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2. Advocate for innovation<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finding new, working solutions for problems in your workspace forces you to learn and sharpen your skills. If you make it your goal to constantly find new solutions that work better to solve problems and headaches in your company\u2019s systems, you are growing your innovation muscle. With time, you will realise that you have gained new skills and have become an expert in your area. Career development is a key ingredient in visionary leaders (note we said leaders and not managers).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Join_a_strong_network\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3. Join a strong network<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7266 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Join-a-network-.jpg\" alt=\"career growth and development - grow your network\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Join-a-network-.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Join-a-network--378x198.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Join-a-network--1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Join-a-network--770x404.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Join-a-network--600x315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BRK-Career-Development-Vs-Career-Growth-Join-a-network--390x205.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engaging your peers in the industry is a sure way to develop your skills and become an expert. You cannot develop in isolation because it is not about you, but the industry. Connecting with peers keeps you up-to-date with trends, provides inspiration and insights; and provides a platform for you to showcase your skills to people who truly understand the intricacies of what you do. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Grow_and_Develop_your_Career\"><\/span>Grow and Develop your Career<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Having understood the differences between career growth and career development, you are now empowered to consciously employ both to move ahead and progress in your career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all talk about our desire for career growth and career development, but do you know that these two are different? Did you know that you can have one without the other and still do tremendously well in your career? So What is the Difference Between Career Growth and Career Development? Basically, career growth has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":7231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"content_author":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-career-development"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7229"},{"taxonomy":"content_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_author?post=7229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}