HR Lineup December 2020

HR LINEUP DECEMBER

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— Empowering our talent to advance

With the introduction of the Open Job Market we aim to unleash talent through- out the organization, and bring forward qualified internal candidates to stimulate more diversity in job applications. While employees are empowered to own their careers, you play a vital role as their man- ager! You can support their career devel- opment by checking in with them on a reg- ular basis. How often do you have career conversations with your team today? Are you aware of your employees’ career aspi- rations? The upcoming PDA discussion in particular provides a great chance to dis- cuss potential development opportunities. If you’re not sure where to start, or how to help, you are in luck! Resources exist to as- sist you in guiding your employees to take ownership of their careers, and two exam- ples are the Electrify Your Career portal and the Explore. Own. Accelerate. Enabling Talent program.

The Electrify Your Career portal contains tools and resources for helping an em- ployee reflect on their career aspirations and the areas they would like to focus on in order to take the next step. The portal, available globally to all colleagues with an ABB email address, also includes resources to equip you as a line manager to have pow- erful career conversations with your team. The Explore. Own. Accelerate. Enabling Tal- ent program is geared toward empower- ing our most engaged and committed em- ployees. Upon invitation, participants self-enroll to benefit from activities such as completing a Virtual Career Counselling course, attending an Inspirational Speaker Series session on mindfulness or receiving an email alert with relevant job opportuni- ties. The current group of participants in- cludes 1,465 employees, and these are just some of the activities taking place, with many more to follow throughout the re- mainder of the cycle until April 2021.