While it is crucial that your employees gain relevant knowledge and skills at the beginning of their career, it is equally important that they continue to develop throughout their career.
Ensuring your employees maintain up-to-date knowledge in areas relevant to their role as well as honing their technical, personal effectiveness, business and leadership skills will ensure your employees are successful in their current role as well as future roles within your organisation.
More importantly maintaining your employees professional development needs will ensure your organisation’s success based on accurate knowledge and the highest level of technical competence.
Employers play a key role in the development of staff, whether it is providing on the job training, specialised in-house training or encouraging employees to attend professional development courses and seminars.
In order to assist you with the development of your staff, CPA Australia offer a number of products and services, including:
- our Career Guidance System, a free online assessment tool that employers may use with their employees to assist in assessing current competencies and areas for development
- a huge vast range of continuing professional development activities including; congress, conferences, webinars and online courses
- CPA Library, which members of CPA Australia may use for independent study to gain knowledge in specific areas relevant to their role
- tools, and technical resources provided in our knowledge portals, to assist in maintaining relevant knowledge in quickly changing industries


