The study assessed challenges facing career development in Zanzibar public sector
with ZSTC, as the case study. The general objective of the study was to assess challenges
facing employees career development in Public in public sector Zanzibar, the case
of The Zanzibar State Trading Corporation (ZSTC) in Pemba Island. The study was guided
by the following specific objectives; ddetermine the manager’s career counselling
role on employee career development in ZSTC in Pemba; ddetermine organizational succession
planning on employee career development ZSTC in Pemba; and ddetermine employee career
planning on employee career development ZSTC in Pemba. The study used mixed research
approach to foster greater validity through triangulation and making inferences. The
study found out that, career counseling is practiced to the minor extent such that
employees take initiative to develop themselves without significant support from their
supervisors. For the case of organization succession planning, the study found out
that, succession planning was not well practiced in Zanzibar public sector while promotion
was not systematically done and in some occasion was determined minor merits approach
such as political affiliation and relation with employee. In case of employee career
planning, employee had no career plan and mainly, their career path depended on the
existing career development opportunities rather than striving to achieve established
career goal. The study recommends integration of succession planning, career planning
and career counseling in Zanzibar pubic sector, should include integration of human
resources policy implementation through training, coaching, mentoring and other career
support programmes. Keywords: Career, Career Path, Career Management, Career Planning.
