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Career Management Software

Career Development for Lasting Success

Empower your employees, boost engagement, drive growth, and build a stronger future by seamlessly integrating career planning with a robust succession planning strategy.

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A Career Pathing Solution to Reduce Turnover

Robust Features for Career Development

Support your employees’ careers with comprehensive features that enhance their paths forward.

Role & Growth Profiles

Attract more talent, improve retention, and boost productivity by giving your workforce timely access to money they’ve already earned prior to payday.

Determine Competencies

Expected assessments indicate where an employee stands relative to their existing role or future roles.

Job Assessments

Evaluate responsibilities in an assigned role to make sure there is alignment in expectations.

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Career Development Benefits

One of the biggest problems organizations face today is employee turnover. Retain and coach your workforce with a robust career development strategy and reap the benefits of improved productivity, morale, and engagement.

Drive Engagement

With clear expectations, action-oriented assessments, and competencies by role, managers can establish a dialogue with employees, so they’ll know exactly what’s needed to move to the next level.

Remove Complexity

Standard templates and fillable checklists make succession planning easy. And managers can better coach employees with assessments and feedback that flow seamlessly into performance reviews.

Improve Outcomes

Dashboards and workforce insights identify gaps and put progress plans in place. Investing in critical job skills and career development provides a tremendous employee motivator, improving overall retention.

Succession Planning
to Mitigate Risk

Remove the complexity from succession planning, identify talent risks and facilitate internal movement.

Define Role Profile

Add responsibilities and competencies for the current role, then perform assessments to identify any growth opportunities.

Identify Future Role

Assign a future role and clearly define responsibilities and competencies required to successfully perform that function.

Define Growth Opportunities

Outline growth opportunities for each future responsibility or competency, then set action items for the employee to prepare for internal movement.

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Career Management FAQs

Why is employee career management important?  

Having a successful and well-planned Career Management program ensures that employees with the necessary skill sets and capabilities are provided development opportunities and advancement for the most critical roles in your organization. With Career Management, leaders can create a team-oriented organization that helps future proof their workforce and leads to increased business success. 

What is career management software, and how can it help businesses?

Career management software helps businesses support their employees’ growth and development. It provides tools for employees to set career goals, explore opportunities within the company, access learning resources, and track their progress. This fosters employee engagement, improves retention rates, and helps businesses cultivate internal talent.

What are the key features of career development software?

Career development software creates better career strategies, facilitates internal movement, and identifies talent risks. Managers and employees can clearly define role responsibilities and set expectations together so that employees receive feedback that’s specific to their development plan.

Key features include: 

Role & Growth Profiles: Use role responsibility profiles to ensure employees are meeting expectations and highlight where they can improve. 

Competencies:  Add expected assessments to indicate where an employee stands relative to their existing role or potential future roles.

Job Assessments: Evaluate responsibilities in an assigned role to make sure there is alignment in expectations.

Employee Ratings: Use a 9-box grid to visualize individual employee performance and develop coaching strategies so they can better achieve their potential.

Talent Attributes: Compile employee insights to make proactive decisions and track the career progression of your workforce.

Role-based Reviews:  Responsibilities can be assessed directly in a review, making for one simple workflow during the review cycle.

Why should I choose your tool over your competitors? 

Career Management helps to remove the complexity by providing standard templates and fillable checklists for easy implementation of your succession strategy. This allows managers to better coach their employees, by driving employee engagement with clear expectations, action-oriented assessments, and competencies by role. As a result, employees will know exactly what’s needed to move to the next level. 

How can the Career Management product help me, and my management save time?

With standard templates across the organization, managers have guidance on how to better coach their employees. All assessments and career development feedback flow seamlessly into your employee’s performance reviews, removing duplicate work or the need to toggle between two different tools. 

How does Paycor’s career management software simplify succession planning?

Paycor’s career management software helps identify and develop high-potential employees ready to step into key roles. By tracking employee skills, goals, and performance, it provides valuable insights for succession planning, ensuring a smooth leadership transition and business continuity. This reduces the risk and disruption associated with unexpected vacancies.

How does career development software improve employee retention?

Career development software shows employees that you’re invested in their future. By providing tools for goal setting, skill development, and career planning, it empowers employees to grow and advance within the company. This increases engagement and job satisfaction, making employees less likely to seek opportunities elsewher

How quickly can businesses implement career management software?

Implementation time for career management software varies depending on the complexity of the system and the size of your business. However, cloud-based solutions like Paycor’s can typically be implemented within a few weeks to a couple of months. This includes setup, data migration, and employee training.

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