Posted June 3, 2010
PTDA offers Career Progression Resource
A new tool from the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) helps executives communicate employees' career options and provides resources for supplementing training where necessary. The comprehensive Career Progression Resource is an interactive resource for managers and human resources professionals.
Starting with the Career Progression Ladder – a visual organization chart of how employees can progress their industrial distribution career – employees can review job descriptions and salary ranges for nearly 50 jobs in industrial distribution. The new Skills Sets and Training Matrix takes it a step further by supplementing the ladder with a list of the skills needed for each job and a list of training programs designed to build skills in each category.
Developed for human resources, management and training professionals, the Career Progression Resource is available at www.ptda.org/CareerProgression.
"This new resource provides a simple and convenient method for communicating what skills are necessary for specific jobs within an organization. It is very user friendly in that you can click on a job within the organization chart and a list of descriptions for that particular job will appear," said Chris Curran, president of Climax Metal Products Company, who serves as chair of PTDA's Employee Development Committee. "Additionally, you can click further to see a description of the skills associated with each given category."
In the last year, managers have asked employees to take on new responsibilities and increase productivity as operations tightened in response to the recession. With signs of economic improvement mounting, savvy companies are turning an eye to growth by helping employees understand the career opportunities that abound with their employers.
Curran predicts companies will shift focus back to recruitment and retention in the coming year.
"Retention is something that hasn't been on the radar for many companies over the last 18 to 24 months, but that will change in the future," he said. "In times like these, it is more important than ever that companies are doing everything to retain their best people."
