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Last Updated: 2026-02-06
Example: Manage Development Items in the Career Hub

Example: Manage Development Items in the Career Hub

This example illustrates how workers can use the
Career Hub
 to manage all aspects of their development items. Amy Frost is a Sales Representative at Global Modern Services (GMS) who is interested in transitioning into the role of Regional Sales Manager for Eastern Canada. To prepare for this position, Amy creates a development item to improve her French language skills so she can build better relationships with her French Canadian prospects while meeting the requirements for her target role. Amy can create or edit development items and view status updates and a personalized plan in the
Career Hub
. Amy can also track the progress of her career as she completes development items.
  1. The Talent Administrator configures the
    Self-Service: Development Items
     domain policy to enable workers to create their own development items.
  2. From the
    My Development Items
     report, Amy clicks
    Manage in Career Hub
    .
  3. She clicks
    Add
    New Development Item
    . She enters these values to create her French Language development item:
    Option Description
    Development Item
    Focus on French Language Skills
    Additional Information
    Overall Objective: Develop a conversational level of the French (Quebecois) language.
    Enroll in an online language course to gain a solid foundation in French verbal concepts and techniques.
    Skills to Develop
    By Category and
    French- Communication
    Relates To
    Sales Manager (Job Profile)
    Status
    In Progress
    Category
    Coursework
    and
    Training
    Start Date
    Today's date
    Completion Date
    12/31/2026
    Status Note
    09/01/2025
    Completed initial course.
  4. Amy clicks
    OK
    .
  5. She clicks
    Manage Development Item
     to access the
    View Development Item
    report.
    • If she has more information to add, she clicks
      Edit Development Item
      to add or update information related to her development item.
    • Workday suggests learning and flex teams that are related to the skills specified on her development item to help her complete it.
    • When she feels comfortable with her French language skills, she clicks
      Mark Complete
      to close the development item from the
      Career Hub
      . Workday prompts her to update her Worker profile with new skills.
Now Amy can view and manage her development item in the
Career Hub
.