Introducing The HR Career Navigator

by joshbersin · Published August 22, 2024 · Updated August 23, 2024

Today we introduce a groundbreaking new offering: an AI-driven comprehensive Career Navigator for HR professionals. Here’s the story.

The Human Resources profession is vast, complex, and continuously changing. HR professionals who started as recruiters or HR generalists are now flooded with opportunities for specialist roles, technology roles, or consulting opportunities. How does an HR professional plan and manage their career?

Well until today, most of us did this through experience. As we learn and grow we are exposed to new disciplines, new people, and new technologies. As these opportunities arise we find things we like, perhaps we’re forced to look for a new job, and most of us follow a zig-zag career of advancement, growth, and some form of self fulfillment. And if you aspire to be a VP or CHRO, you push yourself to try new things and learn to be a leader, executive, and business person as well.

Our Global HR Capability Model details 94 different capabilities throughout the profession. Add to that the dozens of new skills needed around AI and you wind up with hundreds of options for growth. And if you’re stuck in a company that doesn’t invest in HR, you may not even be exposed to these new opportunities.

In our ongoing quest to support and advance HR, we are introducing a groundbreaking new solution to help: the HR Career Navigator. This platform, which is available at no cost, lets you upload your LinkedIn resume, fill in your experiences, and rate your skills. Then, using the power of AI (powered by Eightfold) the system analyzes your career, identifies adjacent skills, and gives you personalized advice on new roles, new jobs, and multiple career paths.

As you investigate and select your desired paths, the system gives you precise training and development resources (from The Josh Bersin Academy aka JBA) and connects you directly to peers who have those jobs and are willing to give you advice. It’s a career advisor, navigator, and coach all in one.

This platform has been in development for more than two years. Working with Eightfold we took all our experience with HR jobs, skills, and career experiences and mapped this taxonomy to Eightfold’s powerful AI engine. Now, as an integrated solution, the system can help you explore hundreds of jobs and roles and gives you multi-step development paths to consider. And with the 700+ learning resources and 27 certificate courses available in the Josh Bersin Academy, you can immediately develop the skills you want.

I know this is important. I talk with HR leaders and their teams every day, and I know that 95% of you are looking for projects, experiences, and opportunities to grow. Our Systemic HR research shows how companies that invest in HR capabilities far outperform their peers in employee engagement, retention, growth, and productivity. And I also know that most senior HR leaders (including many CHROs) are always looking for ways to advance, learn, and expand their ability to add value.

The HR Career Navigator is directly linked to The Josh Bersin Academy. This means you can use the Navigator to learn and grow, as well as to meet and reach out to your peers. Please join us on this journey! Sign up here!