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Talent Management

Our HR Community, like our overall civil service, is experiencing the impact of demographics on its workforce. As our workforce ages and the competition for skilled employees becomes even tighter, we need to be proactive in HR (workforce) planning and talent management if we want to make a difference through a skilled, committed, and accountable public service.

Our Philosophy

Modern day talent management has evolved from succession planning of “putting names in boxes” to developing many people with the capacity to be effective leaders in any number of positions, in any area of HR. Talent Management is a deliberate and systematic effort to encourage individual advancement and ensure continuity in key positions, including management, technical and professional specialist roles, across professional groups such as HR.

It is a key strategy that addresses many of the issues the government is currently facing, such as an aging workforce, increasing retirement rates, tight labour market, limited competitiveness, and fast-paced changes in work.

Our Approach

We strive to extend beyond the focus on management and leadership roles so that we can build high performance and high involvement work environments for all employees, across our community.

Our corporate Talent Management model includes identifying critical positions, utilizing skill and competency information, conducting talent review meetings (also known as gap analysis between business needs and internal talent for key positions), and implementing strategies (such as secondments, job rotation, formal training) to address the gaps.

One component of our approach is career development workshops for the entire HR Community. These workshops focus on the new HR competencies and career development planning. Career development planning is foundational to successful talent management as it encourages employees to talk about career aspirations, strengths and areas for development, and in turn, makes managers aware of employee needs and the Community’s overall bench strength.

By implementing a talent management program that is transparent and equitable we are creating an environment for people to develop their skills in preparation for a range of future possibilities. This results in a workplace that will be well positioned to face whatever lies ahead.


Talent Management