You may have decided that implementing a best-practice career development initiative is a high priority for your company. Yet, there are many variables involved in establishing a successful career development program:
Once initiated, the career development program must be tracked and managed.
Stakeholders in dispersed locations - employees, managers, and HR leaders - must be engaged.
Employees need a well-structured professional development plan with specific tools and resources to direct their own development.
Administrators must align the career development initiative with corporate strategy and objectives, and demonstrate the success of the initiative.
iCareerManager™ is an internationally recognized online career development platform that empowers all company stakeholders to successfully fulfill their roles in your career development program. Employees gain access to career tools designed to motivate, develop, and support them in their career journey. Managers and career coaches gain access to online resources to help support employees in their careers, as well as access to critical employee data to drive the most effective career conversations. HR has access to administrative tools that enable them to monitor and track initiative progress.
iCareerManager™ enables your organization to:
Empower employees to proactively direct their own career development using our proven process
Establish a framework supporting consistent communication with individuals and managers/career coaches
Manage career opportunities and establish internal mobility across all levels and locations globally
Measure common key performance indicators (KPIs) including employee retention, mobility, and development
We know that every company's career vision, culture, and brand are different. We can support your need for a customized solution. All branding, content, and processes within iCareerManager™ can be customized to meet your company's needs.
For the Employee
Self-Assessment - Our career assessments let employees evaluate where they stand in their careers, and our career movement options help them plan where they want to be.
Opportunities - Employees can view career opportunities in the organization through a career matrix that displays your organization's roles and their required skills. An internal job board makes opportunities visible and available to employees.
Networking - Employees can engage a network of key individuals with our internal profile and resume/CV builders, and begin developing valuable relationships through your organization's people directory with LinkedIn® integration.
Development Planning - Employees can create targeted career development plans connected to talent and business objectives with a step-by-step guide that matches employee goals with developmental activities - complete with exercises, measures, and progress tracking.
For Managers/Coaches
Manage Conversations - Our employee coaching dashboard provides information and resources to initiate, log, and direct career development conversations.
Employee Support - Identify employee needs, provide self-directed career development tools, and support employees through their career journeys.
Activity Reports - Manage learning plans relevant to employees' self-directed career development activities, track and view overall employee activities and progress, and review progress for individual employees.
For HR/Administrators
Manage Mobility - Efficiently manage your employee's internal mobility through an employee database, and use the job publisher and career matrix builder to provide them the tools and information to direct their own development.
Reporting - Provide accurate, efficient, real-time reporting of corporate information, report on data gathered within the platform, and demonstrate initiative success to senior management.
Automated Messaging System - Automatically send users email messages and updates to ensure that employees take full advantage of your career development program.
Custom Interface - Customize the appearance of your organization's interface with the content configuration tool.
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