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Providing Each of Your Employees with a Career Development Plan

Recruitment is only the starting point throughout the employment life cycle. Successfully retaining long-term requires career development plan.

Maca Navas

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How are HR Departments solving the challenge of retaining workers?

Recruitment is only the starting point throughout the employment life cycle.  A career development plan is required to successfully retain your employees for the long-term.

Every potential employee wants to know two things: ‘What is my Career Path?’, and  ‘What are the skills that I need?’

Creating an employee Career Development Plan that shows where an employee might expect to go while working for the organization, and giving them access to learning and advancement opportunities will provide the fuel for high performance and the solid foundation for a company that they will likely want to work for.

How to create an employee Career Development Plan:

Having a Career Map visualization so employee can see their path allows them to begin establishing development goals.

Responsibilities and requirements for each position and key performance indicators will outline how success is measured and give your employees clarity on how to set their employee development goals. Assessing their skills, understanding what skills are needed to progress, and then knowing where to get the training for those skills shows how they can advance their career path.

Do employees have access to continuing education? What type of training do members of the workforce want? In-house and outsource training programs currently in place are key to incorporate into your business plan and make accessible to all. Making sure each new hire knows the possible roadmaps for their position lets them know you will invest in their career progression.

Career Highways offers hundreds of thousands of certifications, apprenticeships and programs mapped to careers, giving workers skills development opportunities and the ability to create pathways based on their individual strengths and professional goals. Employers can include their training in the paths that are created, and employees can visualize them in a map, receive step-by-step guidance, etc.

During career mapping meetings, managers can discuss the employee’s goals and expectations, explore career paths and opportunities for progression, and discuss the sequence of jobs going forward. Imagine how this can instill confidence and loyalty to your company!

Employees want to feel empowered in their career journeys and not simply be told what fields they can and cannot train in. This is critical for cultivating an environment where both employees and the business thrive. Employees can own their Career Development Plan and execute on the training and certifications they need to develop the skills required to progress in their career.

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