Giving people opportunities to learn skills that help them reach their career goals while meeting organizational needs.
The purpose of CAREER PATHWAYS is to make sure that people have chances to learn skills that will help them get where they want to go in their careers.
Activities for CAREER PATHWAYS are meant to help people see the organization as a way to reach their career goals. The organization sets up ways for people to improve their skills and their value to the organization in their chosen workforce competency. The organization's CAREER PATHWAYS policy lists the jobs, positions, or skills that are appropriate for CAREER PATHWAYS activities.
To encourage growth in the organization's workforce competencies, career opportunities and promotion criteria are set up in steps. Graduated career opportunities are a set of jobs or tasks that require progressively higher levels of skill in one or more workforce competencies. Promotions happen on a regular basis and are based on clear criteria. Career opportunities for graduates are looked at every so often to see if they need to be changed.
People in competency communities affected by CAREER PATHWAYS activities evaluate their knowledge, skills, and process ORGANIZATIONAL PRECONDITIONS periodically to see how well they meet the requirements for their workforce competency. People in these groups make personal development plans and update them on a regular basis. The progress made on these plans is tracked, and chances for growth are found. There are chances to get training and do other things that can help your career. People are encouraged to take an active role in figuring out and building their skills and career options.
People are sometimes given advice about their career options and told about opportunities for advancement. Work assignments are tried to match up with career goals. People are encouraged to go out and look for job opportunities on their own. 2.4.1.
Integration Conditions.
2.4.1.1. Sustainability Factors.
SUSTAINABILITY FACTOR 1: The organization sets up and follows a written policy for how its CAREER PATHWAYS activities are to be done.
The policy usually deals with the following:
The activities of CAREER PATHWAYS help the organization reach its business goals and live up to its stated values.
Graduated career opportunities are meant to help the organization's employees get better at what they do.
CAREER PATHWAYS
IMPLEMENTATION TACTICS define the types of jobs, positions, or skills that will be affected in an organization.
The organization's CAREER PATHWAYS IMPLEMENTATION TACTICS may not affect everyone. The word "affected" means that an activity is only done with people in positions or job types that are covered by the organization's CAREER PATHWAYS policy. The following are some examples of people who might not be covered by the CAREER PATHWAYS policy:
People who work part-time or temporarily.
Freelancers.
Certain positions or types of jobs that the organization has picked out.
People with plans to improve their performance.
People who will be affected by someone leaving the organization or retiring soon.
CAREER PATHWAYS activities are planned with the help of written procedures. Most of the time, these procedures say: