Should HR Handle Career Planning, or Is It Time for a Change? What Do You Think?

HR departments should not be responsible for career planning.

Do you agree or disagree? 😳

It should be the joint effort of the HR department and the top management if they want talented employees to remain in the organization. They will have to formulate a foolproof career plan. This is especially true for companies with high turnover. Additionally, career development should be for managers and executive levels.

It's important that both the top management and the HR department work hand in hand because career planning involves an overall perspective in terms of growth, which aligns with the organization's structure and goals.

I believe it's the top management of the organization, which, in consultation with HR, should formulate an effective career planning strategy to ensure that talented professionals do not leave the organization mainly due to the lack of promising career opportunities. It's the responsibility of the high-ups...

A good career plan often succeeds in retaining good employees. Learning organizations take this aspect very seriously and believe in Human Resources, not just machines. They think it's the people, not machines, who run the systems and transform the world. Keeping this in view, they offer very promising career paths and succeed in retaining the best people most of the time.

Career Planning

Three elements are involved:

1. Top management initiatives/directives.
2. HRM coordinates.
3. Employees actively participate.

Regards,
Leo Lingham