Put Trust in Your People

At its most basic level, the employer-employee relationship is built on trust. 

Employees trust employers to pay them for their work. Employers trust employees to show up, behave professionally, complete tasks, manage projects, meet deadlines, and… well, you get the idea. We trust our employees to do a whole lot of things.

So, why don’t we trust them to direct their own careers?

Think about it: our people know themselves better than anyone else. They know what their skills are. They know their strengths and their weaknesses. They know what they really like doing and what they hate doing. They know what they’re interested in learning or trying out.

They know, deep down in their hearts, where they want their career to take them. If we genuinely want to help them get there, the best thing we can do is trust them with the keys.

That means embracing internal mobility as a cultural cornerstone. Look internally first when filling open roles. Give employees a space to share their skills, preferences, and overall career desires. Make it easy for them to find, browse, and apply to internal jobs. Make sure they’re aware that said jobs exist so they can explore and pursue all their options.

The fastest, easiest, most effective way to make all this happen is with the help of an internal mobility tech solution that can empower your people to drive their career forward. 

The solution you’re looking for should provide every employee with the opportunity to tell you everything about where they want to go and what they would like to be doing. It should automatically match employee profiles populated with this feedback to existing internal openings, so finding the right fit and applying is as simple as a couple of clicks. It’s also anonymous, so no one has to worry about bias playing a role in decision-making. 

There’s no better way to show our employees we trust them than allowing them to take charge of their own careers through internal mobility. It will pay off big time when, instead of leaving for another company, they decide to stay and chart their course with us.