Recently, I had a conversation with an employee who was uncertain about their career direction. As an HR professional, it was a reminder of the importance of supporting employee growth. It’s rewarding to help others explore their options. How do you go about giving career advise? what tools do you use?

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Asking questions that help them identify their own goals, and not just what would be next for their role. Then we build a plan from there. I don’t have that often, but I enjoy helping employees who are looking for some advice or just exploring what could be next for them.

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Its not something I've had much experience doing. I don't want to lead them to the wrong thing. It's an Important job to help and a privilege to be asked.

Ask questions about their dreams and their goals and why they think that specific career and what interested them etc. Talking it out and giving some opinions can be very helpful.

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That sounds good. Talking about it out loud can make it easier to get their head around what they really want to do.

I always start by asking what they enjoy most in their current role. Then I help map their skills to future roles. Tools like career pathing templates and simple strengths assessments work well. Listening, more than advising, is often the game changer.

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