Empowering Talent Mobility: Pioneering Change in the Australian Army and Canadian Government

As our world increasingly embraces digital transformation, organizations, military or otherwise, are on the hunt for effective solutions to upskill their workforce and enable talent mobility. Today, I'd like to shed light on both the Australian Army's ServeOn campaign and the Canadian Government's micro-mission initiative.

The ServeOn Campaign: Mobilizing Veteran Talent

ServeOn (ServeOn | Army.gov.au) is an Australian Army initiative aimed at enabling veterans and reservists to continue their service in innovative ways, leveraging their skills and experiences to meet emerging challenges in national resilience.

Implementing a skills-based hiring platform as part of the ServeOn campaign has revolutionized the way the Australian Army manages its talent. The OneArmy.Potential platform provides an array of courses in fields like data analytics, cybersecurity, and robotics, allowing veterans to retrain and redirect their skills. This helps in creating a dynamic, multi-skilled workforce that's well-equipped to tackle new challenges. With the OneArmy.Potential, ServeOn can efficiently match veteran and reservists' skills to needs, contributing to more effective disaster response and broader national resilience.

Canadian Government's Micro-Missions: Facilitating Flexible Deployment

In Canada, the Government's micro-missions initiative aims to break down silos across departments and encourage flexible talent deployment. The Canadian public service is increasingly embracing a model where employees can undertake short-term assignments, or "micro-missions," in various departments to expand their skills and perspectives A micro-mission, why it’s worth a try | Canada.ca blog.

ServeOn's platform is a perfect fit for this approach. Its robust talent assessment and matching capabilities allow government employees to identify and enhance their skills, then match them to relevant micro-missions across different departments. This enhances employee engagement, fosters interdisciplinary learning, and promotes a more flexible, innovative public service.

By harnessing the power of the ServeOn platform, both the Australian Army's ServeOn campaign and the Canadian Government's micro-mission's initiative have been able to significantly advance their talent mobility objectives. These examples illustrate how modern digital platforms can unlock workforce potential and facilitate effective responses to complex, rapidly changing environments.

Has your organization embraced talent mobility? What are people's thoughts on the ServeOn and micro mission?

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