Are you struggling to retain your best employees? Not having a clear career path for employees could be to blame. Career path planning is key to boosting retention, driving engagement and preparing your workforce for the future.
As a leading outsourced HR company, we have over two decades in helping Australian businesses create tailored career path planning frameworks that improve employee engagement and retention, without compromising on business goals or budgets. Our people-first approach and strategic workforce development plans ensure your employee growth and career progression are aligned with your organisation’s objectives.
Are You Losing Good People Because They Don’t See a Future?
According to Hays Salary Guide F25/26, 45% of employees are forecasted to leave their current role due to limited career opportunities and development. On the flip side, LinkedIn reported that 94% would stay longer if companies invested in their career. This shows that employee engagement and talent retention are directly connected to how employees view professional growth roadmaps and career progression within a company.
If your organisation has flat structures, stretched managers, undefined progression maps or lacks structured career development touch points, your organisation may be at risk of employee fallout.
The Hidden Cost of Undefined Career Progression
When employees are uncertain about their professional career development at a company, engagement drops and turnover rises. Without clear growth frameworks in place, employees disengage and start looking for opportunities elsewhere as they do not see the value of staying in a stagnant role.
This leads to:
Over reliance on Hiring
Missed internal promotions and a heavy reliance on external hiring.
Talent Retention Challenges
Loss of top talent retention and difficulty in finding talent to fill their positions.
Damaged Employer Brand
Employer brand is being damaged as employees do not have a clear understanding of what growth looks like within the company.
Our People-First Approach to Career Path Planning
We are here to support your organisation in implementing smart employee growth goals that make sense for your business size, structure and culture.
Design a Scalable Framework
With our career development plans, we help map out growth by job, role and skill mapping to ensure clarity, motivation and fairness. This gives your employees a clear picture of what employee growth looks like in your organisation.
Growth without Breaking Budget
Professional growth roadmaps don’t need endless promotions or costly programs to keep employees engaged and motivated. We help you create career pathways, skill expansions and mentoring programs to create clear progression pathways that suit your organisation’s goals and budgets.
Enable Your Managers
We train your manager with the right tools to create career plans and act as career advisors for your team, helping them confidently support employee growth within the company.
Align Business Strategy
We align your HR strategy for career development and skill mapping with your business goals. This helps you identify which roles and workforce skills you will need in the next 12 to 24 months.
Our Career Path Planning Process
Step 1: Discovery & Role Mapping
To start, we review your current structures, roles and progression gaps. This helps identify key growth opportunities and pain points.
Step 2: Framework Design & Alignment
We develop professional growth roadmaps that are tailored to your business’s unique needs. Whether you need flexible career transition pathways or skill mapping strategies, we help define what employee growth looks like in your company.
Step 3: Communication & Manager Training
We run training and mentoring workshops with management to develop effective career plans for employees, enhancing talent retention and employee engagement.
Step 4: Embedding & Support
We work closely with your team to implement the framework into your HR strategy, such as performance reviews, onboarding and succession planning. Our team is here to support throughout the entire process to ensure success.
What You Can Expect From Working With Us
When partnering with us, you receive more than a career path strategy. You receive a working system that integrates into your organisation’s goals and objectives, setting your employee growth and workforce development up for success.
Our strategies are fully customised to meet your organisation’s unique needs. Here is what it looks like in practice:
Tailored support
Tailored career path framework per team or role.
Development Maps
Outlined growth and skill development maps for staff at every level.
Customised Templates
Workforce development plan templates and check-in tools customised for your business.
Leadership Training
Management and leadership training for implementation and support.
HR Alignment
Succession planning and retention goal alignment.
Hands-on Support
We work closely with your business to embed career development plans seamlessly.
Why Partner With E.L Blue?
As a leading trusted outsourced HR Partner, E.L Blue has over two decades of experience in supporting small and medium businesses to build successful, engaged teams.
We offer:
- Local HR specialists in career path planning
- Full implementation support, not just a consultation
- Solutions to customise and scale your business
- Seamlessly integrate with your current workforce planning and HR alignment
We support your organisation in aligning people, purpose and performance through people-first HR strategies and support.
Hear From Our Clients
The team that runs our Human resource function are very knowlegable.
It is great to have an HR input that really contributes to our company's success and profitability
Ready to Build a Team That Grows With You?
If your organisation is ready to turn retention risks into success stories, E.L Blue is here to support your organisation with career path planning to improve retention and engagement. With our support, your employees will know what the future holds and why they should stay.
Frequently Asked Questions
What if we have a flat structure?
Doesn’t matter! Even flat organisations can show progression. We help support your employees and business growth through skills, responsibility and project ownership mapping rather than just titles.
How long does it take to implement a career pathing program?
Depending on the size and complexity of the project, it can take anywhere between 6-12 weeks to implement.
What’s the ROI of career development?
Employees who feel looked after and have strong progression projections are less likely to change jobs and show higher levels of engagement.
Do we need HR software for this?
No, we integrate seamlessly with your existing systems, acting as a supporting HR department.