Objective:

As career paths become increasingly idiosyncratic, individual career management is a key aspect of career development. Moreover, millennials will account for 75 % of the global workforce. Accordingly, this paper aims to examine how the career planning process is perceived by professional millennials.

Methodology:

Adopting an exploratory qualitative approach, 26 millennial professionals from Europe and Latin America participated in this study.

Key findings:

Although most of the participants plan their careers to some degree, distinct groups were identified concerning career planning: Those who plan in detail, those who plan only major career goals, those who plan incrementally, and those who do not plan. Even in uncertain contexts, and due to this uncertainty, career planning is still present.

Conclusions:

These results contribute to expanding the literature on individual career management. In turn, they may help employers to offer tailored career support initiatives in line with the type of planner and their cultural background, these initiatives are especially relevant in post-pandemic career contexts.

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