Career Development; your career at Voys

The employee journey refers to the various stages and experiences that an employee goes through during their time with a company. It encompasses the entire lifecycle of an employee's relationship with the organization, from the initial recruitment process to onboarding, ongoing work experiences, development, and potentially offboarding or transitioning out of the company.

On this page, we will focus on the topic of career development at Voys, how you can take control of your own career, and how Voys can assist you in this process.

When it comes to career planning, it's about what you want in the long term, in five or ten years. But it's also about the step you can take right now. Maybe it's important to change jobs, make changes in your daily activities, or even explore hobbies or volunteer work.

• Why career development is important
• Career Planning - a concrete goal
• Value Model @ Voys
• People Circle - toolbox

Why career development is important

Career planning is important because it helps you make conscious choices for your career, promotes your personal and professional growth, and enables you to have more control over your career path.

Career planning is important for several reasons:

1. Providing direction to your career: By creating a career plan, you can set goals and provide clear direction to your career. This helps you know where you want to go and what steps you need to take to get there.
2. Personal development: Career planning encourages continuous personal and professional development. It allows you to sharpen your skills and knowledge, acquire new skills, and gain relevant experience to improve your career prospects.
3. Career satisfaction: A well-thought-out career plan can contribute to career satisfaction. It enables you to do work that aligns with your interests, values, and strengths, leading to more fulfillment and satisfaction in your professional life.
4. Effective use of resources: By planning your career ahead, you can manage your time and resources more efficiently. You can invest more strategically in training, networking, and other activities that support your career goals.
5. Career flexibility: A career plan also provides flexibility. As you plan ahead, you can consider changes in the job market, personal circumstances, and new opportunities. This allows you to adapt your career path to changing circumstances.

Career Planning - a concrete goal

First, determine what makes your heart beat faster. What would you like to do or contribute if anything were possible? Dare to dream. It's okay if you don't immediately know what that is; sometimes passion for something develops over time. You don't necessarily have to plan everything out completely.

Make a plan!

In a nutshell, your career plan might look like this:

• Step 1 - Who are you? What is your personality, lifestyle? What motivates you? What are your values? What are your strengths and weaknesses
• Step 2 - What skills do you have? What qualities do you possess? What have you already achieved?
• Step 3 - Where do you want to go? What direction do you want to take? Which sectors interest you? What positions do you aspire to? And do they align with each other?
• Step 4 - When do I want to achieve this? Create a timeline. How do you get there? Do you lack any skills? Is there any training or education you need? What can you ask your network for?

Value Model @ Voys

Use the method to make sure you are Valued appropriately!

So, how do you develop yourself within our Value System?

In each pathway, you start in a junior position*. As you get one or two years of experience under your belt (but for professionals, this can be up to four years), you grow into a medior. Most of your career will be spent at the core level of your pathway. This is the level where you know all the ins and outs of your expertise and can tackle pretty much any problem that presents itself independently. Only an estimated 20% of people will eventually become master. Seniors are not defined by age or years of working experience but by their attitude. They’re often very involved in mentoring less experienced colleagues, and they need to act on a level that’s beyond that of their own pathway. *Except if you change profiles during your career. Then your old level and profile may result in the fact that you don’t have to start again as a junior.

We have already written very much on this topic, so we lovingly refer you to those pages and to the role of Value Advisor.

📝Fundaments of the Baarda Model

People Circle - toolbox

People Circle can help you with the toolbox. We already have a lot for you; from personality tests to study budgets, to work happiness research, and much more. We list some of them below and refer to other places in Notion.