Abstract
We explored how employees’ participation in competency development initiatives (CDI) and their help seeking behavior pattern along with mentoring was related to both employability and career success in the form of career related goals, remuneration, promotion and professional ability development. Using a sample of 424 managers collected in Pakistan we concluded that CDI was directly related to employability and led towards success in their career. In our next hierarchal linear regression model (HLM) we found that use of mentoring is positively related to employability and career success only when employees are more likely to seek help from their mentors in their career paths. A partial mediation effect of employability was found in the relationships of both CDI and mentoring with career success. Contribution to theory and practical implications of the present study are discussed.