1. Explicit career path: career planning forces employees to define their career goals more specifically. With the result, every individual willing to become an employee asks the question himself: what goals will he be able to achieve by joining a particular job? When will these goals be achieved, how will these goals be achieved? These what, when, and how take together define the career path on which the individual should proceed to achieve his goals.
2. Focused self development: contrary to popular belief that an organization develops its employees, the fact is that employees develop themselves more through self development methods. Once an individual is clear about his career path, he can make concerted efforts to develop himself by using a variety of methods. This self development, based on explicit career path, takes the individual to a much greater height than what could have been possible otherwise.
3. Increased productivity: career unrest, particularly in the form of career content unrest, that is, dissatisfaction with the work content of the chosen career is a major source of decreased productivity. On the other hand, possible work content of the chosen career is a source of increased productivity because work content is an intrinsic factor, and an intrinsic factor is valued more by the people than an extrinsic factor. They derive meaning out of what they do. On accomplishing the work, people develop a feeling that they achieved something meaningful for themselves, organization, and society. This feeling leads to higher achieved motivation to work, increased potential for self development, and ultimately increased productivity. Through proper career planning an individual can ensure a work content that he likes.