These committees can also advise managers on Aboriginal issues. This will enhance both your department's relationship with the Aboriginal community and your candidate pool. Seek diversity in Aboriginal organizations to increase the range of skills and abilities to which you have access. In particular, try to establish contacts in both isolated and urban communities. This third category refers to all the activities associated with developing and implementing career plans.
Career development is a joint undertaking to be shared by the manager and individual employees.
Your focus in career-development activities should therefore be on sharing responsibility, being open and approachable, and encouraging initiatives. Mentoring programs are more formal than buddy systems. This is especially important in today's environment of restructuring and downsizing. Encourage Aboriginal employees to take advantage of relevant training opportunities, and make sure that employees have opportunities to apply such training. Conclusion Aboriginal peoples are underrepresented in the federal Public Service, and their retention rate is lower than that for other employees.