Career Planning and Talent Management Certificate Program

Build a business case for talent management in your organization.

Now more than ever, employees need to have the right skills to meet the strategic challenges of the organization and employee career-paths need to align with these objectives. This two-day program will explore processes essential to achieving an optimal match between individual and organizational needs; and promote individual growth and organizational renewal.

Audience
This program is for professionals who want to understand the key responsibilities and challenges of aligning individual employee skills and talent with organizational needs, and who want to implement a fully-integrated career planning and talent management approach in their organization.

Course Description
Career planning and talent management are key functions of the learning and performance professional. Participants will learn to ensure employees have the right skills to meet the strategic challenges of the organization; align individual career planning and organization talent management processes to achieve an optimal match between individual and organizational needs; and promote individual growth and organizational renewal. The content of this program is based on the ASTD Competency Study and helps in preparation for obtaining the CPLP credential.

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Earn 1.4 CEUs upon successfully completing this program. Learn more.

ASTD Certificate Programs are learning events and a certificate is awarded to participants upon successful completion of the program. No test is given and participants are not certified. Certification is a testing event that confirms that skills, knowledge, or competencies have been acquired. Please click here for more information on the ASTD Certification Institute’s credential, the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance™ (CPLP™).

Learning Objectives
After this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Use a six-step ASTD model to identify areas for improvement and create a fully-integrated career planning and talent management process that aligns various functional areas
  
• Conduct job/competency analysis for roles in their organization
  
• View employer branding, attracting, recruiting, selecting, on-boarding, and performance management as critical components in a fully-integrated talent management approach
  
• Assess their organization's career planning process and use an ASTD model to improve it
  
• Develop a pipeline plan to ensure a steady stream of talent to fill key vacancies and create a succession plan for mission-critical positions
  
• Implement, evaluate, and sustain career planning and talent management efforts in their organization.