News May 30, 2023
CareerBurst is a brand new solution, and an add on to the Valamis complete learning solution. It is a complete set of tools to drive employee retention from within your organisation. It’s been designed to shift the mindset of your talent pool from thinking: ‘Where is my next career move’, to: ‘What are my career goals within my current organisation and, in practice, how do I get there?’
Unique in its self-driven approach, CareerBurst encourages a culture of growth within your company whilst reducing talent turnover and increasing employee engagement. CareerBurst addresses that, when it comes to managers, only the lucky few will ever receive structured training to support their teams’ aspirations within a company. It includes a tool kit for managers and mentors, plus advice and guidance on how to support people in achieving their goals (however big or small). In addition, managers are supported on how to hold meaningful career conversations with their team and guided through the follow-up process of putting a career development action plan in place.
It’s no secret that neglecting career development plans, coaching, and mentoring creates a high employee turnover, whilst investing and encouraging employee development has proven links to success. Providing career development for talent retention is now one of the hottest topics in our industry. For example:
“Employees are leaving their current employers for better professional development opportunities (45%) at similar rates as they leave for higher compensation (48%),” said Vitorio Bretas, Director Gartner HR practice. “Thirty-five percent of employees surveyed said they left their employer for better career trajectories.”
With 20 years’ experience in the learning technologies market, it’s a subject that Valamis is very familiar with and looked to provide a solution for as part of our holistic, joined-up approach to learning.
Valamis CareerBurst is the only research-based tool on the market that takes this approach to internal talent management. It helps managers to appreciate the skills and talents that people already have and what they enjoy doing at work. As well as strengths, it explores weaknesses with a view that they are something to be built upon to add value to the business.
CareerBurst supports everyone – at every level – to identify the next steps for them, making career development democratic and no longer something that solely benefits the highflyers. By encouraging everyone to start thinking about their roles, likes and dislikes, both employees and talent are retained, and managers can demonstrate that they value people’s strengths and weaknesses.
As an addition to the Valamis complete learning solution, CareerBurst is designed to enhance every touch-point. From a starting point of understanding where you are and where you want to be, the LXP experience provides the way forward. From skills mapping and links to content, training and events, continuous professional development and self-driven learning all contribute towards making career conversations a reality.
The Valamis experts on talent management and career development are here to guide you. Contact us to discuss how CareerBurst can grow your employees, retain talent and support your organisation’s strategic goals.