Career Counselling

CIPD Survey Findings

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) published its survey ‘Managing Employee Careers’ in 2003. The survey was based on the views of HR practitioners in over 700 UK-based employers spanning all industrial sectors. Some of the key findings were:

• The main strategic aims of career management are to grow future senior management/leaders, retain key staff & support changes in the organisational structure/business environment

• The majority of organisations appear to follow a ‘partnership’ model when managing employees’ careers. Organisations generally advocate individual ownership for career management, but also agree that individuals need advice, support and training in how to manage their careers.

• 56% of respondents report(ed) that line managers do not take career management seriously.

• About half of respondents thought that their employees ‘quite valued’ or ‘highly valued’ career management activities

• The practices considered to be most effective are an open internal job market, development or assessment centres, online vacancy boards, development programmes & graduate entry schemes

• Just under half of the organisations surveyed report(ed) that career coaching takes place within the organisation

• The most common aims of career coaching are said to be developing potential, performance improvement & retention

• Over 95% of respondents agree that individuals will be expected to take responsibility for looking after their own careers in the future

• However, over 90% of respondents also believ(ed) that individuals must be offered support in terms of advice, guidance and information by organisations for this to work effectively

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