Special consideration will be placed on upward mobility for minorities and women. Through career counseling employees have the opportunity to obtain professional guidance in identifying their career and educational goals and ways to achieve these goals. The purpose of career counseling is to provide the guidance employees need to make informed, appropriate career decisions while taking responsibility for their career at Emory. Training An important part of Emory's affirmative action program is the training, education and development of all employees. For those interested, training provides the opportunity to learn new skills needed to qualify for other positions within the Emory system.
Training also supports efforts to enhance current skills and further personal development.
Several specialty seminars are offered on a continuing basis to expand the services offered by Human Resources and Hospital Education Services. Employee Training and Development Training enables employees to become eligible for promotional opportunities and improves their skills in their present position. Emory provides such opportunities to its employees through no cost, on-campus programs offered by the Human Resources and Hospital Education Services, and by sending employees to conferences, conventions and workshops locally, nationally and internationally at no expense to its employees. Also, the President's Commission on the Status of Minorities governs the Professional Development Fund which is available to help defray the cost of traveling to conferences. The staff of the Training Department continues to solicit input from the Equal Opportunity Programs office and the rest of the Emory community to ascertain the changing training and development needs of Emory's employees.