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What is a career plan?
Advantages of a career plan
A draft career plan, if properly developed, can bring a wealth of benefits to the company and its workforce.
- It boosts work motivation, increases satisfaction and, as a consequence, reduces turnover and saves operating costs.
- It is a point of differentiation in attracting external staff.
- Increases productivity: employees with more knowledge and skills are more profitable.
- Improving the adaptation of new employees.
- It adds value to the employer brand.
- It reduces employee stress and encourages self-evaluation.
Steps to create a career plan
- Assess talent.
First, it is necessary to know the interests and skills of the employee (new or not), as well as their areas for improvement in order to boost their performance. These aspects are crucial when it comes to structuring a plan that stimulates the employee. - Analyse the working environment.
External factors can also affect the effectiveness of the career plan and its evolution. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the factors that impact the employee at work, such as the relationship with colleagues. - Define objectives and needs.
The HR department must define the objectives of the project in accordance with the needs of the employee in carrying out his or her job. Once these needs directly linked to their job have been identified, the goals and weaknesses to be strengthened are established. - Design the plan.
It is time to decide which training programme fits the identified needs. One of the most effective ways to do this is to implement technology with microlearning tools. These training systems allow:- Accelerate learning.
- Increase retention levels.
- Promote long-term memory.
- Set periods and define KPIs.
At this point, the HR manager needs to ask himself/herself: how is the career plan going to be implemented and measured? At this point, it is necessary to establish the modality of the project (face-to-face, remote or mixed), create a communication plan with periodic evaluations, and define the necessary metrics to measure effectiveness.
You're ready to go! Once structured and carefully designed, it is time to sit down with the employee and get his or her feedback on the plan. If both the employee and the company are happy, the career plan can begin to be implemented and monitored.
HR software enhances the management of career plans with tools that help the department evaluate and monitor their follow-up. For example, one of the most valuable functionalities in this regard is the generation of analytics reports and visual charts such as the talent matrix.
If you are considering developing a career plan, niikiis may be just what you are looking for. Unlike other software, niikiis is an all-in-one solution that will not only support you in measuring the effectiveness of your career plan, but also has micro-learning tools and internal communication channels that will allow you to centralise the entire project.
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