A fundamental human need is learning and growth.

If your employer can't show you what jobs would be a natural next step in your career, it means they haven't invested in developing career paths.

Career paths are not difficult to define.

Step 1 - Group jobs by their functional focus. Example: Accounting, Finance, Legal, Sales, Operations, HR, IT, Marketing, Communications, Government Relations, etc.

Step 2 - Define career levels. Many employers have an individual contributor career path and a management or supervisory career path.

Step 3 - Proactively design jobs to ensure that there is a logical path for employees and their managers to use as they develop their skills and capabilities. Of course, make sure these jobs and work being performed are needed by the company.

That's it. My team and I do these Job Architecture/Career Path projects all the time.

If you have this as a 2023 initiative, let's talk.

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