What is Career Explorer?
The Career Explorer helps you understand how your role can grow over time and what opportunities are available across the organization.
It provides a clear, visual view of:
- Your career progression within your role
- Related roles you can move into
- Skills needed to advance
Why Career Explorer matters
Career Explorer helps you:
- Understand what growth looks like in your role
- Explore future career opportunities
- Identify the skills needed to advance
- Take ownership of your career development
What is a job track?
A job track shows how roles progress within a specific area of the organization.
Each track is built within a job family, which groups roles based on:
- Shared skills
- Responsibilities
- Area of expertise
What you’ll see
At the top of the page, you’ll see your job track, which includes:
- A sequence of roles from entry-level to leadership
- Your current role highlighted
- The next roles you can grow into
This helps you visualize your career path over time.
How to use this
- Identify your current level
- Look at the next role in your track
- Understand what progression looks like
- Use this to guide your development goals
Related roles: expanding your opportunities What are related roles?
These are roles that share similar skills with your current role.
They are grouped into:
- Current level → Roles similar to yours
- Next level → Potential next-step roles
- Two levels up → Longer-term opportunities
Skill match indicators
Each role includes a skill match percentage, which shows:
- How closely your current skills align with that role
This helps you:
- Understand how prepared you are
- Identify skill gaps
- Explore alternative career paths
How to use this
- Explore roles beyond your current path
- Identify roles that match your interests
- Compare skill requirements
- Use this to plan your next move
How this connects to your growth
Career Explorer works together with:
- Role Description → Defines your current role
- Skill Survey → Shows your current capabilities
- Learning Resources → Helps you close skill gaps
Best practices
- Regularly review your job track
- Focus on the next role, not just long-term goals
- Use skill match indicators to prioritize development
- Explore lateral moves, not just promotions
- Discuss career paths with your manager
Summary
Career Explorer helps you:
- Visualize your career path
- Understand growth opportunities
- Identify required skills
- Take actionable steps toward advancement