Your career is important to us at Xafinity, so important we have a programme known as ‘Stepping Stone’. Each stone represents a different way that Xafinity invests in its employees development and encourages career

• Induction
  
  At Xafinity we understand that your starting with a new Company can be a daunting experience. Because of this we have a induction programme that provides an introduction to Xafinity, our values and our working practices both Company wide and locally.
  
• Learning & Development
  
  At Xafinity we recognize that the success of everything we do depends ultimately on the capability and commitment of our people. In order to help our employees excel in what they do we provide a range of courses from business focused training such as leadership, customer awareness, and negotiation skills to more specific training such as IT and Pensions Industry.
  
  As well as guided learning individuals are also encouraged to study for professional qualifications such as those offered by the Pensions Management Institute or indeed any other relevant professional body whereby the qualification achieved is of direct relevance to your role.
• Career Progression
  
  At Xafinity we appreciate that our employees may wish to develop their careers in different ways. To help our employees make an informed choice of their options we have created a Career Progression framework and intranet tool. The framework and tool allows employees to understand where their role is placed within the Company and compare it to all other roles. Employees can also access role profiles for all jobs so as they can make comparisons between their existing skills, abilities and experience and those required of the role or area they would like to move to in the short or longer term.
  
  Once this information is obtained, our Managers are well equipped to nurture and help people to develop and to support their career aspirations.
• Personal Development Reviews (PDR)
  
  To enable employees to understand their and the organizations objectives, to maximize their potential, and to reach career goals we operate an annual performance review process which we call PDR. Managers are encouraged to conduct regular informal team meetings and one to one reviews throughout the year, but the PDR is a bi-annual and documented process to ensure that all Xafinity employees are appraised in a similar and formalized way at regular times each year.
  
  The process is driven by both Managers and staff through self-review and discussion. Objective setting, as part of the process, ensures all our employees are aware of their performance targets for the appraisal year and that these are linked to our overall Department and Company objectives to ensure everyone is ‘pulling in the same direction’.