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The TalentBrowser™ Module
for the Learn.com Platform
The information age has completely changed the way individuals research, teach and learn. The tools used to find a nugget of information or a subject matter expert for personal development are always readily available for anyone to use on-demand. Why should corporate learning and employee development be any different?
Learn.com has once again blazed new trails, offering the first Pull Learning Technology (PLT). PLT is the way of the future for organizational development. PLT is the converse of the more traditional learning method known as "push" or "assigned" learning. The TalentBrowser Application for the Learn.com® platform has pioneered Pull Learning Technology, thus putting the power of self development, career planning and learning into the hands of the individual employee for the first time ever.
TalentBrowser is a powerful, user-driven example of a key element of the talent management suite value proposition that we call 'profile management.' In combination with competency management, profile management serves as the data foundation for all talent management processes. The 'profile' contains all the data about an employee. Comprehensive profile management supports the capture and management of information for employees, job profiles and job families.
Bersin & Associates
Job Profiles Supporting Integrated Talent Management
With TalentBrowser, Learn.com is addressing all three higher-value benefits of a self-service approach to career management by (1) Allowing the employee to identify and communicate his / her desired potential promotional goals; (2) Providing an approval workflow to ensure that the employee's choice in career management paths remains in alignment with the needs of the business; and (3) Enabling the employee to build connections to other employees with similar career interests (for support on the journey) or already in desired roles
(for mentorship).
Bersin & Associates
Using the TalentBrowser module for the Learn.com platform, for the first time ever, end users will be able to:
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- Compare their current skill set against the skill set needed for another job profile within the organization, quickly isolating gaps and areas of improvement. This will give the individual the ability to perform career planning by researching their own readiness for open positions or rate themselves on career development objectives.
- View a graphical representation of skills gaps that would need to be filled before an individual would be qualified for a particular job or role.
- Gain access to pools of best practices and SMEs for constant contact and collaboration
- Instant and constant measurement against goals in real time
- Requests a job profile from their manager with one-click to allow the Learn.com platform to assign skills, development plans, competencies, courses and assessments needed to be an exemplary performer for a particular job role or job profile.
- Create bench strength by allowing the users to begin elevating their skill sets in jobs they are most interested in advancing in allowing the end users to proactively build organizational bench strength.
- Import requested job profiles into a current development plan. Any employee can pick the job or career of their dreams and develop themselves for their future role within the company! The NEW job profile will automatically add the NEW development plan and mapped to the existing job profile of the employee including the courseware or other training associated with it. Everything the employee needs to prepare themselves for the future job will be delivered at their fingertips.
- Find Subject Matter Experts (SME) and allow end users to query the organization job profile bank to find the absolute exemplary performers and their key traits and begin collaboration across the enterprise.
- Provide end users and managers visibility as to what is clearly expected of employees in their current role and ones they aspire to.
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While assigned learning will never be completely removed from the employee development curriculum, and rightly so, the tools to empower employees to self assess and develop are paramount for not only the development of the employee, but also for the retention, motivation and overall happiness of the employee.
A recent study conducted by Cornell University revealed the 5 factors that must be present in a workplace for employees to be happy and motivated to work. They are:
- Employees need respect
- To be members of the in-crowd
- To impact decision making about their jobs
- To have the opportunity to grow and develop
- Access to reasonable leadership
Fit Analysis
Developing talent was the biggest challenge, cited by 62% of organizations surveyed. More and more organizations today understand that employees top job satisfier often is career development, along with compensation. Employees want to be challenged and developed. If they are not, they often become less productive or contemplate leaving the organization. This mindset is especially true for highly talented professionals. To proactively address this issue, organizations are placing talent development as a very high priority.
Aberdeen Research.
