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What Is Career Development and Why Is it Important?

Careerminds

Organizations are constantly seeking avenues to stay ahead of the curve with their talent development strategies. However, while strategies such as optimizing processes and improving product quality are considered vital, one often overlooked aspect is investing in the career development of employees.

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Organizational Talent Pools: 4 Steps to Developing Employees

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is an excerpt from my new book, “ The Recruiter’s Handbook: A Complete Guide for Sourcing, Selecting, and Engaging the Best Talent “ (SHRM, 2018) SHRM members can order a discounted copy at the SHRMStore. Or I’ll be signing books next week at the SHRM Annual Conference in Chicago.

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L&D: The Key to Success for Today’s SMBs

Extensis

The Association for Talent Development defines learning and development as “a function within an organization that is responsible for empowering employees’ growth and developing their knowledge, skills, and capabilities to drive better business performance.” Career development. Skills training.

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The Difference Between Goals, Objectives and Outcomes

HR Bartender

During this year’s Association for Talent Development (ATD) International Conference and Expo , I had the opportunity to attend a pre-conference workshop on improving human performance. For example, a goal might be for an organization to “increase profits”. I know how easy it is to use these terms interchangeably.

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Why talent acquisition teams need to get closer to L&D

HRExecutive

Required hard and soft job skills have evolved tremendously over the past few years and are projected to change by 51% globally between 2016 and 2030, says Stephanie Conway, senior director of talent development at LinkedIn. She adds that these skills will change even faster at organizations using generative AI—by a predicted 68%.

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Career Fitness: Necessary for Long-Term #HR Success

HR Bartender

First, as part of the management team, we need to create and implement career fitness programs as part of our well-being efforts. There’s an article on the Association for Talent Development (ATD) blog that said just 24 percent of employees whose companies offer a wellness program actually participate in it. The reason?

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What HR Transformations are on the Horizon?

HRExecutive

We will be presenting more on this topic at the HR Technology Conference & Exposition ® in Las Vegas in October. For example, employees will have access to personal digital assistants, productivity tools, performance coaching, personalized training and customized career-development guidance. 1 through Oct.