Welcome to MCW’s Career Lattice. Throughout our careers, we each follow a unique path and can move laterally and vertically across experiences . The Career Lattice, developed by the Office of Human Resources, will help you visualize where you are today and determine where you want to go in your career here at MCW.
The Career Lattice will educate you about Career Groups, Career Paths, and Career Opportunities within MCW. The first step is to visit the Talent Profile page within EMERGE to view your current grade and Career Path. Already aware of these items? Move to Step 2.
In this step, you will learn about your current grade and Career Path. Understanding where you currently are in your career at MCW will help as you work through the next steps of the Career Lattice.
Visit your Talent Profile and learn your grade and path.
Now that you know your grade, in step 2 you will explore Career Groups within MCW. Your Career Group is determined by both your experience within your field and your education. MCW categorizes jobs into four primary Career Groups: Experienced, Core, Support, and Foundation. This step will help you understand more about your Career Group, including the scope of your job, and also about the Groups above and below you. This step is especially helpful for individuals contemplating applying for a promotion or switching Career Paths. The basic qualifications for each Career Groups are shown below.
Jobs are graded based on common factors which are used to identify a job scope. Each Career Group has a defined skill, effort, responsibility, working conditions and overall organizational impact. Here, you are able to evaluate expectations for individuals within your Career Group, as well as levels above and below you. This will help you understand learning and experience that may be required in order to take the next step in your career.
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In step 3, you can learn more about where your interests, knowledge, skills, and abilities align to understand other opportunities at MCW. This step will be especially helpful to individuals contemplating a move outside of their current Career Path by giving an overview of other Career Groups within MCW.
The Career Lattice provides a map of lateral and vertical opportunities. Here you are able to visualize opportunities across Career Paths.
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Please note that not every Career Path has positions in every grade. It is important to discuss opportunities for growth with your leader. Although there may not currently be a position in your desired path and grade, MCW is committed to providing our staff opportunities for growth and development.
In this step, you will use the knowledge you’ve gained in the first three steps to explore opportunities at MCW. Here, you can update your talent profile including work history, education, skills, and career plan; explore job descriptions that align with your current or future career goals; and look at job openings available at MCW.
As an institution with 400+ unique position titles crossing 4 distinct missions, determining the next career move and creating a career path can be complex. The Career Lattice has been developed to outline the various career path possibilities at MCW by highlighting lateral and vertical career mobility options. The Career Lattice includes 9 career paths, 20 pay grades, and 4 career groups.
The Career Lattice will help you visualize where you are today and determine where you want to go in your career here at MCW. In four easy steps, the Career Lattice will help you identify career growth opportunities.
How does the Lattice work? See two examples of how the Career Lattice can be utilized by employees in different scenarios:
• Employee Interested in Growing within their Department
• Employee Exploring a new Career Path
