Research has shown us that career satisfaction increases employee engagement which, in turn, leads to improved retention and performance. However, in the past at Anglo American, our engagement with employees has shown us that some of our colleagues believed there are limited growth opportunities within the company, and that there is inconsistency in the overall career experience.
Employees have told us they are seeking increased transparency when it comes to their career, particularly when receiving feedback from line managers, and support from the company to match their skills and experience with career-building opportunities.
In response to this colleague feedback, and to support our current talent-management practices, including the careers work in support of our work towards our inclusion and diversity goals, our Talent Management team designed and introduced a compelling and inclusive career offering. The aim of the offering is to define what it means to have a career at Anglo American, by building career skills and providing a suite of simple career development tools and resources for any employee to access.
As well as developing a central career ‘hub’ on our intranet site, we have developed a collection of easy to-use career tools and activities for employees to use at a time that suits them. These tools and activities are designed to help our colleagues actively manage their careers; reflect on their skills strengths and aspirations; understand and close skill gaps, and identify potential opportunities.
Employee participation – and external recognition
In 2024, we launched two, 90-minute virtual workshops focusing on seven essential career skills and had reached over 900 colleagues by year-end. In addition, our internal Eureka! Careers page, titled Navigate your Career, had generated more than 60,000 page views since we launched the career offerings in early July.
Anglo American has been asked to share our pathway to building a broad-reaching and inclusive employee career proposition at a number of external forums and we are sharing our knowledge and experience with peers across various sectors, as organisations continue to grapple with how to equip their colleagues to navigate careers during changeable times.
