Telia invests millions in career-planning

TELIA INVESTS MILLIONS IN CAREER-PLANNING Telia Promotor is investing approximately SEK 2.2 million to develop and clarify career paths within the company for its 300-strong workforce. "We believe that individually customized, interactive career-planning is an excellent way of retaining and developing our staff and thus increasing our value and competitiveness," says Personnel Manager Lil Skyllmar, who is also responsible for career planning at Telia Promotor, where online career development using Prohunt's software tool ProCareer is already up and running. Decreased external staff turnover - increased internal mobility Telia Promotor is an IT consultancy specializing in helping companies enhance and develop their customer relations. A company within the Telia Group, Telia Promotor is also active on the open market. Promotor aims to make career-planning part of its standard business activities. The idea is to improve development discussions and the dialogue between manager and co- worker, decrease external staff turnover and increase internal mobility. "We needed a self-teaching system which encouraged career planning and was not bound by time, location or space," says Lil Skyllmar, who is also acting as Project Manager within Telia Promotor. "This is a vital factor for us as we have offices in four different locations in Sweden. Tried and tested methodology ProCareer is a career-planning software tool developed by Prohunt. The methodology, which is now web-based, is founded on ten years of development and application among more than 14,000 staff in Scandinavian companies and organisations. At Telia Promotor, the system will be applied so that all managers will not only be able to carry out their own career planning but also act as career coaches, helping staff to take independent responsibility for their own career planning. Prohunt's new ASP-service was chosen To get up to speed quickly yet still guarantee smooth running of the system, Telia Promotor chose Prohunt's new ASP-service to operate ProCareer. The ASP service means that, in co-operation with an operations technician, Prohunt will take care of operations and be responsible for all program maintenance. The ASP solution guarantees Telia Promotor a high level of access, security and stability without the need to make investments in hardware, technical infrastructure or maintenance. Users have access to the system around the clock, all year round, constrained by neither time nor space. A web-browser and an Internet connection are all that are needed to be able to use the program. For more information please contact: Prohunt: Customer Tel: +46 8-789 61 Mobile: +46 70-266 61 Susanna Service 00 06 Fritzdorf Louise Information Tel: +46 8-789 61 Mobile: +46 70-266 61 Bielenstein Officer 00 19 Telia Promotor: Personnel Tel: +46 8-707 34 51 Mobile: +46 70-560 36 Lil Skyllmar Manager 14 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/12/20010312BIT00140/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/12/20010312BIT00140/bit0001.pdf