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H2020 exploring career development

Researchers at the Learnovate Centre, Ireland, have received €3m from Horizon 2020 to investigate career development.

The three-year DEVELOP project aims to enhance employees’ understanding of the modern labour market by making them more aware of the changing demands on today’s workforce.

Previous research has found that employees who are actively developing their careers receive the least career guidance.

DEVELOP will focus on areas such as collaboration, leadership and developing social capital, skills which are today in high demand but are not traditionally taught and are hard to assess, explains Learnovate’s lead investigator, Dr Neil Peirce.

The project will be evaluated and validated through two diverse use cases, IBM (ICT) and BNY Mellon (financial services), which comprise a combined global workforce of 480,000.

It is hoped that DEVELOP’s outcomes will be of benefit to both employees and employers by facilitating greater mobility for the former and promoting staff retention for the latter, thereby reducing the costs associated with the hiring process.

Alongside the Learnovate Centre, DEVELOP brings together academic institutions and corporate organisations from Ireland, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.