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Career mobility the holy grail of talent management

After listening to a senior leader leading a virtual team, I started to realise that not only was his team not benefitting from remote work, but the whole experience of virtual collaboration may be amplifying the problems that existed when teams were being formed or transformed.

Think beyond the obvious when building a network. “Everybody you know is your network. Everyone—from former colleagues, to suppliers, relatives and friends, to your dentist and people in community or leisure activities. Ask yourself, ‘who do I know?’ That’s your network.”

Heavy hitters in the career transition industry are pulling out of long-standing engagements. Career transition support has been pared way back. In a stroke of ultimate irony, the industry that has responded when employers need to downsize is undergoing its own unparalleled downsizing.

As we shift how and how often we interact with our bosses and colleagues; we face a new challenge: How to remain visible and stand out at work as remote work becomes more the norm.

A career story goes way beyond your resume, degrees, or certifications. It’s a narrative that’s unique to you, where you have come from, and where you want to go.

People today are thinking more deeply about what kind of work culture they want to experience, and how they can best work to create and contribute to such a culture.

A career path should provide you the opportunity to work hard, develop your skills, apply your experience, and reap the benefits through new challenges, higher salaries, and more prominent roles.

The challenge going forward, as some workers choose to return to the pre-pandemic ways of things and others find they’d rather not, is how to ensure that resentments don’t build between your in-office and remote or hybrid workers.

Assess your organization’s state of readiness for a mentorship program. Our checklist will tell you if your organization is prepared to deliver mentoring to its employees.

Recruiters are trying to scope jobs as best they can and interviewing for certain skill sets. But, in some instances, I’m hearing from candidates that midstream—between the second and third interviews—they find job requirements have changed.

Regardless of the length of the runway, retirement shouldn’t be an event but a process, ideally one of self-discovery, fulfillment, and expansion.