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title: Career Explorer
description: "Explore your career path: see job tracks, related roles, and skills to grow, plan next moves, and advance with confidence today"
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# Career Explorer

## Career Explorer helps employees visualize their career growth opportunities by showing roles within their job track, job family, or department.

#### 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
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#### 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

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#### 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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Summary

Career Explorer helps you:

- Visualize your career path
- Understand growth opportunities
- Identify required skills
- Take actionable steps toward advancement

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