Career development program in Queensland Transport: Acasestudy. Australian journalofCareer Development

The significant changes in work and workplaces are making organisational career development programs imperative from both an organisational and individual perspective. Queensland Transport has responded to the demand from its employees for career development tools and resources by committing to the development and implementation of a departmental Career Development Program. This paper outlines the Queensland Transport Career Development Program with a particular emphasis on how it came about, what it entails and the challenges faced. Various initiatives have been implemented to date, yet many challenges lie ahead. Career development inorganisations has shownincreased interest, bothinAustralia andoverseas. In therecent literature on organisational career development and career development programs, there isan emphasis oncareer development frameworks andkey issues relevant to career development programs in organisations. These are: • clarifying separate individual, management andorganisational responsibilities; • integration ofcareer development to human resource initiatives; • theimportance ofexecutive management involvement; and • evaluation ofthecareer development program. Career development responsibility is frequently described asa partnership between employees andtheorganisation. Although theshift inthepast decade has been toward greater employe