1. Budget and Performance: Tools for Enhancing Your Career AABPA November 20, 2012

2. Career Development Tools Individual Development Plans Informal Training (podcasts, webinars, brown bags) Cross-Training (special projects, stretch assignments, developmental assignments Formal Training (classroom or online)Mentoring

3. Individual Development Plans Individual Development Plans (IDP) helps identify the employee’s career development goals and the strategies for achieving them. Typically, the employee will complete an IDP on an annual basis. This plan is intended to: Encourage the employee to take ownership of his/her career development Provide an administrative mechanism for identifying and tracking development needs and plans Assist in planning for the agency’s training and development requirements.

4. Informal Training Brown Bag Lunches PodcastsWebinars

5. Cross-Training Developmental Assignments Stretch Assignments Special Projects

6. Formal Training Employees should take advantage of formal training offered – classroom or online Many agencies have Learning Management Systems that include a suite of online courses (technical, soft skills)

7. HR University Federal Government’s “one-stop” shop Human Resource Career Development Center HR University (http://www.hru.gov)http://www.hru.gov Professionalizes the HR career field Addresses competency and skills Identifies and offers the best HR training Achieves Governmentwide savings

8. HR University Over 100 courses have been vetted and are offered through HRU Over 16,000 registered users Cost savings ticker is at over $30 million Manager’s Corner provides critical training for first time supervisors and managers College level courses are approved and offered

9. Mentoring Mentoring is a formal or informal relationship between two people - senior mentor and junior mentee (usually outside of chain of command). Mentoring Benefits Helps onboard new employees Helps retain the next generation of leaders Improves leadership and managerial skills Enhances career development Puts high potential individuals on a fast career track Promotes diversity Improves retention Helps manage knowledge within the organization

10. Mentoring: Formal and Informal Many agencies run formal, stand-alone mentoring programs to enhance employee career development. Formal programs include a matching process, mentor/,mentee training, formal mentoring agreement, structured developmental activities, formal evaluation process, and a graduation ceremony Informal Mentoring is another option for employees to enter into a mentoring partnership. Informal mentoring has less structure and no formal matching process Informal mentoring is usually initiated by the mentee

11. Mentoring Flash Mentoring Group Mentoring Peer Mentoring Reverse Mentoring Situational Mentoring There are several ways to engage employees in a mentoring process

12. Resources OPM Training and Development website http://www.opm.gov/hrd/lead/index.asp http://www.opm.gov/hrd/lead/index.asp OPM Training and Development wiki http://www.opm.gov/WIKI/training/MainPage.ashx http://www.opm.gov/WIKI/training/MainPage.ashx HR University http://www.hru.govhttp://www.hru.gov

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