Managing future career paths
First Claim
1. A method in a computing system comprising:
- managing a plurality of career paths, wherein the career paths are future career paths of employees of an organization and each of the employees has a set of current competencies tracked by the organization, and wherein the managing comprises assisting an administrator for the organization in defining conditions related to the career paths within the organization by, for each of multiple work position types within the organization, receiving from the administrator a corresponding set of required competencies and an indication of one or more other potential next work position types to which employees in work positions of that work position type can move; and
automatically creating a network of related work position types by linking each work position type to each of the indicated potential next work position types for that work position type; and
assisting multiple employees of the organization in managing a respective future career paths within the organization by, for each of the multiple employees, receiving from the employee an indication of a target work position type that is distinct from a current work position type of the employee;
automatically identifying a career path for the employee through the created work position type network that includes a series of work position types from the current work position type to the target work position type;
automatically retrieving the tracked set of current competencies of the employee;
automatically determining a next work position type in the series after the current work position type and determining one or more competency gaps between the current competency set of the employee and the competency set corresponding to the determined work position type;
for each work position type in the series after the determined next work position type, automatically determining one or more competency gaps between the competency set corresponding to a previous work position type in the series and the competency set corresponding to that work position type;
automatically determining an action plan for the employee that includes one or more actions for each of the determined competency gaps over a period of time, such that performance of the actions by the employee over the period of time will eliminate the determined competency gaps; and
presenting the determined action plan to the employee for use in managing the identified career path.
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for using competency-related information for individuals to provide a variety of benefits is described. In some situations, competency-related information is used to assist members of an organization in managing future career paths within the organization. An organization member can specify a starting position type and a target future position type, and one or more possible career paths leading from the starting position type to the target future position type (possibly through one or more intermediate position types) are identified. Competency gaps for the member relative to the position types along the career path can be identified, and actions to reduce those competency gaps can be identified for possible inclusion in a future action plan for the member.
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60 Claims
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1. A method in a computing system comprising:
managing a plurality of career paths, wherein the career paths are future career paths of employees of an organization and each of the employees has a set of current competencies tracked by the organization, and wherein the managing comprises assisting an administrator for the organization in defining conditions related to the career paths within the organization by, for each of multiple work position types within the organization, receiving from the administrator a corresponding set of required competencies and an indication of one or more other potential next work position types to which employees in work positions of that work position type can move; and
automatically creating a network of related work position types by linking each work position type to each of the indicated potential next work position types for that work position type; and
assisting multiple employees of the organization in managing a respective future career paths within the organization by, for each of the multiple employees, receiving from the employee an indication of a target work position type that is distinct from a current work position type of the employee;
automatically identifying a career path for the employee through the created work position type network that includes a series of work position types from the current work position type to the target work position type;
automatically retrieving the tracked set of current competencies of the employee;
automatically determining a next work position type in the series after the current work position type and determining one or more competency gaps between the current competency set of the employee and the competency set corresponding to the determined work position type;
for each work position type in the series after the determined next work position type, automatically determining one or more competency gaps between the competency set corresponding to a previous work position type in the series and the competency set corresponding to that work position type;
automatically determining an action plan for the employee that includes one or more actions for each of the determined competency gaps over a period of time, such that performance of the actions by the employee over the period of time will eliminate the determined competency gaps; and
presenting the determined action plan to the employee for use in managing the identified career path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method comprising:
managing future advancement paths of members of an organization, the organization having multiple position types that each have defined requirements, at least some of the position types comprised in a position type network that specifies one or more next possible position types for each of at least some of the position types of the organization, wherein the managing comprises receiving an indication of a target position type for a member, the target position type distinct from a current position type for the member;
automatically identifying at least one possible advancement path from the current position type to the target position type based at least in part on the position type network, each identified advancement path including a series of one or more position types distinct from the current position type such that each position type in each series is one of the specified next possible position types for a previous position type in that series and/or for the current position type; and
for each of at least one of the identified possible advancement paths, for each position type along the included series for the identified possible advancement path other than a first of those position types, automatically determining one or more requirements for moving to that position type from a previous position type in that series;
for each of the determined requirements, automatically determining one or more options for future actions of the member such that performance of any of the future action options would satisfy the determined requirement; and
automatically providing indications of the determined future action options for use in assisting the member in moving along the identified possible advancement path to the target position type. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computing device to manage a future career for an individual, by performing a method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a target work position for an individual that is distinct from a current work position for the individual;
automatically managing a future career for the individual by determining one or more future actions that when performed by the individual would satisfy criteria for moving along a possible career path from the current work position to the target work position; and
providing indications of the determined future actions for use by the individual in moving along the possible career path to the target work position, wherein each of one or more intermediate work positions along the possible career path represents one of multiple work positions of an indicated work position type, wherein the individual is a member of an organization, and including identifying the possible career path from the current work position to the target work position based at least in part on a work position network for the organization that specifies one or more next possible work positions for each of multiple work positions of the organization. - View Dependent Claims (51, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A computing device comprising:
a career path management component for assisting in career path management, wherein career path management component comprises a career path manager component that is capable of, for each of multiple members of an organization, receiving an indication of a target organizational position type for the member that is distinct from a current organizational position type for the member, identifying a possible career path from the current position type to the target position type that includes a series of one or more position types distinct from the current position type such that each position type in the series other than a first of the position types is a next possible position type for a previous position type in the series, automatically determining one or more requirements for moving to each of at least some of the position types along the series from the previous position type in that series, and automatically determining one or more future actions whose performance by the member would satisfy the determined requirements; and
an information providing component that is capable of automatically providing indications of the determined future actions to members for use in assisting those member in moving along the identified possible career paths. - View Dependent Claims (59)
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60. A computer system comprising:
means for assisting in career path management comprising means for managing future advancement paths of members of an organization, wherein the organization has multiple position types, each of the multiple position types has defined requirements, at least some of the position types comprise a position type network that specifies one or more next possible position types for each of at least some of the position types of the organization, and the means for managing comprising means for receiving an indication of a target position type of said position types for a member of an organization that is distinct from a current position type of said position types for the member, means for identifying a possible career path from the current position type to the target position type that consists of a series of one or more position types distinct from the current position type such that each position type in the series other than a first of the position types is a next possible position type for a previous position type in the series, means for automatically determining one or more requirements for moving to each of the position types along the series from the previous position type in the series, and means for automatically determining one or more future actions a performance of which by the member would satisfy the determined requirements; and
means for automatically providing indications of the determined future actions to the member for use in moving along the identified possible career path.
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