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Career PURPOSE The purpose of the career development program is to increase the capacity of the City's workforce to deliver service to Eugene's citizens. The goals of the program are to: • allow employees to continuously expand and upgrade their skills; • encourage career mobility through lateral job changes and/or promotion; • offer employees a range of career development resources and opportunities; • create a supportive environment in which employees may explore other positions and supervisors may observe employees' skills, abilities, and potential. , BENEFITS The organization, supervisors, employees, and the public all have a stake in broadening the skill base of City employees. One of the City's operating principles states, "We are flexible and responsive to change, continually learning and improving what we do as an organization." Career development contributes to a flexible, multi- skilled, broadly diverse, and focused work force that can respond to change more quickly in order to meet community priorities, produce a better quality product, and provide more effective service delivery. The City organization gains a more effective workforce by developing the talents and potential of its employees. Supervisors are afforded an opportunity to preview an employee's abilities and potential, and subsequently expand the labor pool for future recruitments. Through the Career Development Assistance Program (CRAP), employees may expand or develop new skills that may lead to increased job satisfaction in their present position or a new position within the organization. The career development program supports the City's Affirmative Action Plan by providing opportunities to protected class employees to gain additional knowledge, skills, and experience. (Mbooldet 11/99) 4