Internal Career Opportunity Program

11 Jun 2021, Singapore: In one of my HR Blog article on Talent Management Program - A Holistic Approach, I listed out that "Part 5 (a) Internal Career Opportunity Program" should be one of the elements of a holistic talent management program.

Listed below are just some of the guideline to establish an internal career opportunity program: -

• Make it a standard operating procedure for your hiring manager (ask yourself as a HR Professional) to always ask "Is there currently anyone can take over the vacant or new created job position?  
• Review the job description and person specification – taking into consideration the selection criteria for internal employees the minimum qualification and relevant working experiences to be considered for the vacated or new created job position.
• There must have a short-listing process to short-list both internal and external candidate application.
• Exemption management: Some companies has special exemption process to enable an internal employee to had the upper-hand for example ...

Internal candidate: minimum requirements, an engineering or technical Diploma / Associate Degree with a minimum of 5 years working experiences and current studying an engineering degree program form a recognized university or higher learning institution.

External candidate: minimum requirements, an engineering degree in mechanical with minimum 2 - 3 years working experience in aerospace industry.

Above are just an example of the requirements when I mean "exemption management". Some fair employment advocates may cited it is an unfair practices and debate on the ground of double standard. As a HR professional, I am in favor of the above practice if it does not infringe any employment law in a country. 

• Lastly, for internal candidate to received the employment appointment - usually their application will be scrutinized by a panel of the (i) hiring manager, (ii) the hiring manager's superior, (iii) the site HR lead, and (iv) a representative of the country / regional HR leadership.

I believe the above pointers will help your organization develop a framework for an internal career opportunity program.

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