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CAREER MANAGEMENT | THE SUSTAINER
short, medium and long-term aspirations and identify any shortfall you may have in the essential and preferred job requirements. This will give you time to address these, gain the extra qualifications you may need and more accurately represent your short and medium-term goals to your Chain of Command. This additional context will then allow your reporting chain to ensure that your annual report identifies and highlights performances that support these aims. This drive for focus on KSE-B does not impact solely on individuals and gaining qualifications, but also employers. Job specification owners need to ensure that the essential and desirable criteria, accurately reflects the needs of the job. Be over ambitious and the risk is you either miss out on ideal candidates, or the
job you hold doesn’t get filled. The filtering process, when there are considerable runners for a job, can be ruthless and therefore stating something as simple as ‘ICSC essential’ could exclude a highly competent LE officer who hasn’t attended. With the ready access to information that the CM Portal will bring, it will be important that job specifications are able to hold the test of time or are ever evolving. These developments will make a difference to you as both an employer and employee – hopefully assisting with getting the right person, into the right job, at the right time. Individuals will be empowered much more, as they will have more access to information and will be able to influence their career direction by making informed decisions. Whilst technically it is nothing new in APC delivery, it’s all there if you
look and your CMs are there to answer your questions. All this will mean that we can spend less time finding things out and more time assisting with your career management. Right now, though, the emphasis is on making sure the information is correct, as it will be a critical component in ensuring success. This means much ploughing through data up at APC, but you can make a difference too. Check your JPA details are correct courses, training and qualifications gained added (liaise with your admin cell if necessary) and begin reviewing and refining job specs at all ranks. This will be a welcome addition to the tools you need to manage your career. Here in APC we are confident of the difference it will make, in how we support you and in how your career develops.
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