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Career Development Software: - iCareerManager™

You may have decided that implementing a best-practice career development initiative is a high priority for your company. But have you thought of how it’s going to be initiated, tracked and managed? How will you engage all stakeholders – employees, managers and HR leaders – who might be in dispersed locations? How are individuals going to drive their own career development? What tools and resources to put at their disposal, and how they are going to track their ongoing development? Most importantly – how will you demonstrate the success of your initiative and align it with corporate strategy and objectives?

iCareerManager™, an internationally recognized career development online platform, empowers all company stakeholders with the right tools to play their successful role in the career development initiative. Employees gain access to tools designed to motivate, develop and support them in their career journey. Managers and career coaches gain access to resources on how to effectively support employees in their careers, as well as critical employee data to drive the most effective career conversations. HR have access to administrative tools that enable them to monitor and track initiative progress.

iCareerManager™ Enables Your Organization to:

• Empower employees to proactively self-direct their own career development using our proven process
• Set a framework supporting consistent communication to individuals and managers / career coaches
• Manage career opportunities and establish internal mobility across all levels and locations globally
• Measure common KPI’s 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.

Tools and Resources for Employees

Here is a selection of tools that employees would receive as part of the Career Development software solution. All tools and resources can be easily included as part of your unique career development process. Deploy a custom set of tools based on your organization’s specific needs.

• Step-by-Step Guide – Upload your organization’s career development process using our step-by-step format for ease of use
• Career Assessments – A wide array of personality and working style assessments delivered online – to help employees reflect on their goals and needs. Includes Myers-Briggs type assessments and more.
• Internal Profile Builder - Enable employees to build their profiles to be viewed by other individuals in the organization that might be conducive to career development
• Resume/CV Builder - Assists employees with organizing a purposeful collection of accomplishments to share with others in a creative and meaningful way
• Career Development Plan - Assists you in setting and matching goals to developmental activities, along with measuring and tracking progress. Includes a quick view of assessment results and reflection exercises
• Career Matrix - Enables employees to view the types of roles within your company across various departments and locations, and the skills required to be successful in a particular role
• Career Movement Options - Customizable content to help employees consider a variety of ways to move throughout the organization
• Internal Job Board - Make internal opportunities available to employees
• People Directory - Facilitate internal networking by enable browsing within the directory to find others interested in networking internally
• LinkedIn Integration – Enable integration of employee LinkedIn profiles to expand internal networks

Tools and Resources for Managers/Coaches

Here is a selection of tools within iCareerManager™ that enable managers and coaches to provide best-practice career development support to employees

• Employee Coaching Dashboard – Enables managers/coaches to log notes on coaching conversations and track career development progress of individual employees
• Employee Activity Reports – Customizable reporting tool for managers to track and view overall employee activities and progress
• Coaching Best Practices – Provides engaging content on how initiate and drive successful career coaching conversations, and how to effectively support employees through their career journey

Tools and Resources for HR/Program Administrators

Here is a selection of tools within iCareerManager™ that enable HR professionals to implement and manage a successful career development initiative and process. Using these tools, HR is able to track, monitor, and measure initiative success, as well as customize the overall set of tools to meet company needs.

• Job Publisher – Post ads for internal vacancies onto the platform or company intranet
• Career Matrix Builder – Map out internal job opportunities by department, team, location, business unit, and more
• Employee Database - Manage all employee data in one portal – add, edit, remove, and search employee records based on your needs
• Customizable Reporting – Report on any data gathered within the platform, and demonstrate initiative success to senior management
• Survey Builder – Use our sample content or create your own surveys to gather valuable employee feedback, as well as our analytical tools for interpreting and acting on results
• Content Configuration Tool – Customize the look, feel and content within your platform to suit your company’s needs. No technical knowledge or HTML required

Benefits

Implementing our interactive, easy-to-use career development portal benefits individual employees, managers/coaches, and the organizational overall.

For the Employee

• Evaluate where they are currently in their career and where they want to be
• View available positions anywhere within the organization
• Engage a network of key individuals to aid in their career development
• Create targeted development plans tied to talent and business objectives

For Managers/Coaches

• Direct constructive career development conversations and identify employee needs
• Provide appropriate self-directed career development tools to employees as part of a range of developmental activities
• Develop and manage employee learning plans related to self-directed career development activities

For the Organization

• Provide employees the tools to proactively direct their own career development
• Efficiently manage employee internal mobility globally
• Measure components to gain insight into effectiveness of the program
• Provide accurate, efficient, real-time reporting of corporate information

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