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Article: Career development gets failing grade from many workers.(Training & Development)(Survey)
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- HRMagazine
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
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There's a disconnect between the career development employers offer to employees and the career development employees want, according to a global survey of nearly 1,000 executives and managers. "Employees are clearly not benefiting from management efforts to support their careers," said Christopher Rice, chief executive officer of Blessing-White, a global consulting company in New Jersey.
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Forty-one percent of the 976 respondents said their employer's approach to career development failed to meet their personal needs, while 29 percent thought their employer's programs for career development met their needs. Nearly a third, or 30 ...