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Talent Suite · Career Planning
Career planning software that maps the path and closes the gaps
Career path mapping with progression milestones, skill gap analysis comparing current competencies to target role requirements, and development programs linked directly to learning.
See career planning software in 15 minutes with a working session shaped to your org.
25+
Years in production2
100%
In-house support, never farmed out14
$4
per employee / month / suite3 · CAD in Canada · USD elsewhere
AThe short answer
Workzoom career planning software helps employees and managers map progression paths and close skills gaps. It supports career pathing with progression milestones and competency targets, runs a skills gap analysis against a target role, links to learning, and supports mentorship matching. Because career planning software is built into the HRIS, career development plans read from performance reviews and learning records, so a development conversation produces a real plan tied to internal mobility and employee retention instead of a note that gets lost. Workzoom career planning software fits employers with 50 to 5,000 employees.
Live on Workzoom right now. North America and the Caribbean.
The real problem
03 pain points
Where career planning breaks down today
Without clear paths and milestones, ambitious employees assume there is nowhere to go. The best people leave to find growth elsewhere.
The Workzoom answer
Workzoom Career Planning gives employees visible career paths with clear milestones and skill requirements. When the path is visible, the decision to stay becomes easier.
Talent Suite
A visible path is the reason a good employee decides to stay.
Every Workzoom suite runs on one employee record, so career planning stays current with payroll, HR, workforce, and talent without an export or an integration to maintain.
Benefits
Why Career Planning?
Employees See a Future Here
Visible career paths with clear milestones and skill requirements give employees a concrete answer to the question of what is next for them. When the path is visible, the decision to stay becomes easier and the motivation to develop becomes real.
Development Plans That Connect to Real Training
When a plan calls for a certification or course, it assigns through Learning in the same system and tracks automatically. Development does not stay on paper because the connection between the plan and the training delivery is already built in.
Know Who Is Ready Before a Role Opens
Real-time readiness tracking shows which employees are developing toward which roles based on actual training completion and performance data. When a position opens, the pipeline is already visible instead of discovered in a scramble.
How it works
How career planning software runs in production.
01
CAREER PATH DESIGN
Give every employee a visible route from current role to target position
Workzoom maps the progression from current role to future positions with clear milestones, skill requirements, and certification gaps visible to both employees and managers. Employees set their own goals and track progress through self-service.
- Define advancement paths with visible milestones and position requirements
- Employees set career goals and track progress through self-service
- Compare current skills and certifications against what the next role requires
- Career path design builds on the positions defined in the Organization module
02
MANAGER COACHING TOOLS
Give managers the structure to become consistent career coaches
Workzoom provides scheduled coaching sessions, structured assessments, and a 12-Box Evaluation grid so managers have concrete tools to develop their people rather than vague intentions. Development plans build collaboratively and track against real progress.
- Structured coaching and mentoring sessions with notes, feedback, and full history
- Custom development plans tied to the skills required for advancement
- 12-Box Evaluation to identify flight risk, high performers, and growth potential
- Development plan progress tracked against actual training completion in Learning
03
SKILL GAP ANALYSIS
See exactly what each employee needs to reach the next step
Workzoom compares each employee's current skills, certifications, and experience against the requirements of their target role and shows exactly where the gaps are. The analysis is automatic because career planning and HR records share the same database.
- Skill gap analysis comparing current capabilities to target role requirements
- Certification gaps visible alongside the learning courses that address them
- Gap analysis informs succession planning readiness assessments automatically
- No manual cross-referencing between HR records and career path requirements
04
PLATFORM CONNECTIVITY
Career planning connected to learning, performance, and succession
Workzoom connects career planning to every other talent module through one employee record. Development programs that require a course assign through Learning automatically. Performance review outcomes show career readiness. Succession planning reads from career progress directly.
- Development programs trigger training assignments through the Learning module
- Performance review outcomes connect to career development plans automatically
- Career readiness feeds directly into succession planning
- Successor assignment available directly from the career development dashboard
05
READINESS TRACKING
Know who is ready, who is growing, and where the gaps are
Workzoom gives a real-time view of who is performing well, what goals they are working toward, which development programs they are enrolled in, and how ready they are for the next step. When a role opens, the people developing toward it are already visible.
- Track performance, goals, and development program enrollment in one view
- Monitor readiness levels for advancement across the organization
- Identify skill gaps before they become staffing problems
- 12-Box Evaluation identifies flight risk and high-potential employees
06Customer stories
Proof, not slideware.
Teams running Workzoom career planning on real payroll, real schedules, real headcount. View all case studies
Before Workzoom, we were buried in spreadsheets. Now HR is so much simpler. We spend less time on admin and more time supporting our staff and residents every single day.
What mattered most was choosing a solution built for businesses like ours. Workzoom delivered everything we needed, from payroll to facial recognition clocks, and worked with us every step.
32
case study: hires onboarded in three months, zero paper
We would not be able to hire the way we do with the same resources. It has kept our headcount consistent without growing it, saving us time and money every single cycle.
200+
case study: employees across multiple entities, one record
Workzoom completely transformed our payroll process in just one month. So easy to audit, validate, and make corrections, even at the last minute. The support we received was incredible.
Moving to Workzoom was the right move. It gave our dynamic report and payment structures the flexibility we needed, at the right price.
Switching to Workzoom made managing payroll and timekeeping so much easier. We processed our first payroll faster than we expected and now feel far more confident in everything we do.
07Keep exploring
More from the Talent Suite.
Pair Career Planning with the rest of the Talent Suite. One employee record, nothing to integrate or maintain.
Performance
Goal setting, self-evaluations, manager assessments, peer reviews, gap analysis, and compensation recommendations. All in one connected cycle that feeds payroll, learning, and succession.
Learning
Course creation with assessments, automated training assignment by role, certification tracking with expiry alerts, and SCORM support. The system of record for all training data.
Succession
Identify key positions, assign potential successors, assess readiness, and build development plans. Reads from performance reviews, learning records, and career plans for a unified view of your talent pipeline.
Workzoom is $4 USD per suite per employee per month, or $16 all-in for the full platform. No setup fees, no long-term contract. See pricing.
08Frequently asked
What teams ask before turning on Career Planning.
Specifics on how Workzoom career planning works, what it costs, and how it connects to the rest of the platform.
Workzoom's career planning software defines career paths, builds development plans, and tracks readiness for advancement, all connected to performance, learning, and succession in one system. Unlike standalone career development tools, Workzoom connects career planning to the actual training delivery, review outcomes, and succession data that live in the same platform.
Workzoom addresses the primary reason high performers leave: they cannot see a future inside the organization. Career paths in Workzoom map the route from current role to future positions with clear milestones and skill requirements visible to employees through self-service. When internal roles open, employees can see whether they are developing toward them.
Workzoom's 12-Box Evaluation plots an employee's value to the organization against their retention risk so managers can identify who needs retention attention before they leave. It is a distinct tool from the 9-Box: the 9-Box rates talent on performance and potential, while the 12-Box rates risk on value and flight risk, so the two answer different questions.
Workzoom connects development programs to training delivery through the Learning module in the same system. When a development program requires a course or certification, it assigns through Learning and tracks automatically. Course completion flows back to the employee's career record so skill gaps close in real time, not at the next annual review.
Workzoom connects career readiness data to succession planning through the same employee record. Readiness levels tracked through career planning flow directly into succession plans so HR and leadership can see which employees are prepared for key roles based on actual development progress, not assumptions or outdated assessments.
Workzoom connects performance review outcomes to career development plans through the same employee record. Review history and career readiness appear side by side without exporting data between systems. When a review identifies a gap, that finding automatically informs the development plan and highlights what training is needed next.
Workzoom gives managers scheduled coaching sessions with notes and full history, custom development plans tied to skill requirements, and the 12-Box Evaluation grid for consistent talent assessment. The conversation becomes structured instead of vague, and both manager and employee work from the same data about where the gaps are and what needs to happen next.
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