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eNewsletter Issue 3
Hello!
Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Railway Talents eNewsletter. In this issue we update you about Rail Career Sheets, eCareers, eLearning projects as well as Railway Talents’ Ambassadors scheme. We also talked to Anu Jain, Railway Talents’ Ambassador representing Switzerland, and asked her few questions about why she is volunteering her time to promote railway careers and how she can contribute to the project. You too can get involved in the Railway Talents project, just let us know how would you like to contribute to by sending your ideas via email to:
[email protected] Enjoy reading! Nathalie Amirault, Head of Expertise Development Unit at UIC & the Railway Talents team
eCareers update
UIC funded eCareers portal is under development with an expected launch by the end of 2016. The project is currently being tested by IT team and contractor. The aim of the portal is to match rail job seekers with rail companies offering jobs worldwide, starting with UIC member companies first.
Version: October 2016
eLearning update
Over summer RailUniNet partners have started working on an online course in Rail Safety and Security. The course curriculum is still under development and once the teaching and learning materials are ready (and this should happen by the end of 2016) they will be available via UIC funded eLearning portal at: http://uic-elearning.org
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Rail Career We encourage all people working in the railway Sheets industry, at operations, tactical and strategic levels, to complete our Rail Career Sheet online (available at http:// railtalent.org/people-rail) so that we can showcase variety of jobs available in the sector, as well as gender and cultural diversity. Since 2014 we have collected over 70 completed entries and published them all on the Railway Talents website, so that new talents can be inspired by people who are already in the sector. The most recent entries of Rail Career Sheets published present careers of Matheus de Oliveira Lima, Railway Inspection Engineer from Brazil and Laura Fortunato, Proposal Manager from Italy. LinkedIn groups We have set up two groups on LinkedIn, a portal for professionals, where we promote Railway Talents project. The first group is simply called ‘Railway Talents’ and is open to the public so anyone with a LinkedIn account can join in and contribute. The 2nd group is open to Railway Talents’ Ambassadors only. The plans are to use both groups to discuss new ideas for promoting talents in the railways as well as to ‘socialise’ online and meet rail colleagues from around the world. Check http://railtalent.org for details. RailUniNet:
Dr Anna Fraszczyk has now new member left Newcastle University, UK to take up a postdoctoral fellowship position at Mahidol University, Thailand. Anna will be representing her new employer in RailUniNet from October 2016.
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Picture: Laura Fortunato and Matheus de Oliveira Lima
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eNewsletter RT: How do you plan to Anuradha Jain, Partner contribute to the scheme? at Consulting Partners St. Railway Talents’ Ambassadors AJ: I am already working Gallen and transport and with other ambassadors rail consultant, attended the first Railway Talents event at Newcastle University in 2015. in carrying out talent management surveys & developing Since then she has been working on a number of rail-related solutions for rail industry. I plan to associate myself with projects, including a survey on railway talents in the industry training and development programmes for railways. Also, to in collaboration with dr Janene Piip. Together they published take the opportunity to discuss challenges and solutions in talent management in different forums with managers and “10 Guiding Principles for Good Practice” available at: http://railtalent.org/articles/10-guiding-principles-good-practice leaders in the rail industry, write further articles, work on and Meet Anu, female Railway Talents’ Ambassador from Switzerland. present solutions in conferences on various railways topics to spread the word. RT: Anu, what do you specialise in? AJ: My key focus is in freight railways. I specialise in RT: What does being a talent mean to you? optimisation and automation of planning and production AJ: The present challenge for railways is to be able to processes, introducing methods/tools for capacity adapt to market conditions quickly, which large network utilisation which include market oriented approaches. organisations do not easily lend themselves to. In this Finally strategy development and implementation which context, to me, talent means two things. Firstly, the inherent potential of each member, of the dedicated human resource includes management development. RT: Why did you join the Railway Talents Ambassador scheme? pool of railways, which needs to be honed continuously to AJ: I come from a background, where railways was respond to new changes. Secondly, the resource outside synonymous with nation building and where youngsters railways which can be tapped and inducted from time to joined it as a part of family tradition, a matter of pride. Today, time to identify, develop and drive change. railways need to be attractive as innovative organisations RT: What methods do you think the railway industry should for millennials and to the mid-level managers who have use to attract more talents? contributed the best time of their lives to this sector. By joining AJ: Most railways use the classic approach of holding the scheme I want to contribute in exams and recruiting on basis of job interviews. This resolving the challenge railways may also include recruiting university students for some. is facing in recruiting and Railway organisations like other private companies should retaining skilled resources. Last visit colleges/universities and educational organisations but not the least, having worked regularly to inform and recruit students. Job openings for mid in railways in Europe and India, I aged professionals, especially with family responsibilities have a personal network across need to be redefined. The talent management program countries which will enable me to should also include job rotation in other countries, actively contribute to the scheme. companies; encouraging networking and exchange of ideas in conferences. More and more people intend to take the career planning in their own hand. Railways need to recognise this and change career planning options accordingly.
Ambassadors’
Railway Talents’ teleconferences Ambassadors have started communicating via conference calls. The first call took place before summer, the second in early October and the next one is planned for November. During the calls Ambassadors discuss new initiatives and report on activities they were/ are involved in. Updates from the calls will be published online. To join the pool of Ambassadors please visit: http://railtalent.org/ambassadors and contact Mrs Nathalie Amirault at
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Picture: Railway Talents’ Ambassadors Map 11/08/16 Picture: Anu Jain
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