FAD Career Development Collaboration Team

The FAD Career Development Collaboration Team (CDCT) is charged with the development of recommendations for how FAD can better support career development for all FAD employees. This includes employees who wish to "move up", as well as those who wish to enhance their knowledge and skill set within their present job. Recommendations will include, but need not be limited to, the following: Suggestions for FAD leadership on how to: clarify policies related to career development, and develop an FAD culture of openness and transparency re: job searches Strategies to strengthen FAD as a community through enhanced networking opportunities and FAD-wide communication about FAD departments, services, and job openings Development of an FAD career "road map", clarifying job families and highlighting relatedness of positions across department. Clarification of the roles of employees, managers and hiring managers in the career development process. Suggestions for improving the PDP process, enhancing mangers competence, confidence and willingness to provide excellent performance feedback and career coaching. Latest News from the FAD Career Development Team (CDT) The FAD Mentoring Program Returns! Following a very successful pilot program in 2008, the Career Development Team (CDT) is pleased to announce the second offering of the FAD Mentoring Program. The mentoring program is a phenomenal resource for members of the FAD community. It provides staff with the opportunity to partner with a colleague in a confidential relationship to seek advice on career development, to get direction on how to achieve professional goals, or simply, to bounce ideas off a more experienced individual. The mentoring program will run for a six-month period from June 1, 2009 through November 30, 2009. Applications for mentors and mentees are now being accepted and are due by May 08, 2009. Further details, contact information and application forms are available from the FAD mentoring program iSite: http://mentoringprogram.fad.harvard.edu. The CDT meets monthly and welcomes comments on any aspects of career development. The team can be reached at: FADCareerDevTeam@harvard.edu. FAD Department Overview Series The FAD Career Development Team (CDT) is pleased to announce the "FAD Department Overview" series. This series, which will be delivered by each of the FAD Department Directors, was created in response to the "What's Your Harvard Like" survey in March 2006. The goal of the series is to create more visibility into the different organizations in FAD and to provide more information about the job families & career opportunities in those departments. Presentation 1: Controller Overview, September 14, 2007. Presentation 2: FAD Systems Solutions (FSS) Overview, November 9, 2007 FSS animation NOTE: Flash Player 9 is required to view this file. Presentation 3: Risk Management and Audit Services (RMAS) Overview, March 11, 2008. Presentation 4: Office of Treasury Management (OTM) Overview, February 19, 2009. Professional Development Commitment Statement (March 2007) [MS WORD] Recommendations of the Career Development Collaboration Team (March 2007)[MS WORD]