Career Development Plan Program

About the Program

Category: Personnel Management, Employment and Training (Best in Category)

Year: 2020

Chesterfield County Government (the county) employs approximately 4,400 people. Those employees are considered one of the county’s most valuable assets. The county offers training programs to enable employees to develop or enhance their skills. Many of the offerings are stand-alone certificate programs, but the most comprehensive program that is offered is the Career Development Plan (CDP) program. The goal of Chesterfield County’s Career Development Plan program is to increase employee retention and enhance the employee’s level of expertise.CDPs provide a method for employees to develop and progress within their jobs and prepare themselves to be ready for other jobs within the county. The program provides employees with an ongoing mechanism to enhance their skills and knowledge that can lead to mastery of their current jobs, promotions, and transfers to new or different positions. Through the CDP program, the county can attract and recruit new employees, strengthen the succession planning pipeline, brand Chesterfield County as an Employer of Choice and improve employee retention, morale, productivity and job satisfaction.In 2017, the county expanded efforts to implement CDPs for most front-line employees.