In this paper I have tried to explain the concept of career management and development. As a longterm, lifelong process of investing into yourself, a process of career management begins relatively early, while it gains its full affirmation during the first employment and participation in family and social circles. Thus it is obvious that the process itself is complex, multi-layered and that it requires taking responsibility, decision making and problem solving.Taking responsibility for the career development and management is the most important strategic task of an individual by which he or she directly influences the course of his or her life cycle. To know what we want and how to achieve it are the first questions that are imposed to us.In order to prevent our career to become just CV and application writing it is important to detect the most important factors which influence the career development. Planning, developing and managing the career are the processes which an individual has to understand better to be able to adopt it to his or her characteristics and interests and thus finally be satisfied with what he or she is doing. Development of skills, gaining new knowledge, as well as change of attitudes and values o fan individual are following him or her through the whole working life. During development we make decisions, solve problems, but we are not left to ourselves. Other participant sin the proces salso appear and involve into our career process depending on the phase in which we are at that point. Employer, organization, human resources department and the manager are the participants who greatly influence us and are also involved in the process as partners.