Changing Career Ladders into Career Roadmaps: Dynamic Approaches to Employee Development

Speakers: Dr. Alice Waagen, Workforce Learning and Paul Siker, Principal, Advanced Recruiting Trends

A steady climb up the corporate ladder has long been the traditional measure of career success. In many organizations, employees have an expectation for growth predicated on a “time in grade” mentality. For most corporations, continuous vertical progression for employees is both unrealistic and unfeasible. Salary structures, budgets, and organizational frameworks cannot support unlimited advancement.

Devising a career progression structure, called Job Families, is easy to understand and accommodates both horizontal and vertical movement. Descriptions are consolidated and accurate, and tools are created to help employees become more engaged in their own development. The end result is a job structure that is both clear and transparent, and where managers are trained and equipped to help employees steward their careers either vertically or horizontally.

In this fast-paced, informative presentation, Alice and Paul will share their lessons learned from implementing career progression systems. They will explain the 10 key strategies for designing career progression systems as well as the five biggest mistakes that, with a little guidance, you can learn to avoid.