Develop your skills
Even though computers and robots are performing more and more tasks, it doesn’t mean our jobs are going to disappear. It does mean they are changing though, and that requires appropriate qualities and abilities—also referred to as skills.
That’s why at Rabobank, we put a lot into helping you stay relevant in the job market and support your personal development, today, tomorrow, and in the future. This is essential, because if one thing is clear, it’s that we can’t do our work without the right people.
Acquiring New Skills
Every position has its own skill set: a mix of professional and interpersonal skills required to do the job. That way, you know what is expected of you as well as which skills you need to improve in order to grow. Do you have skills that could be applied in another role? There are plenty of opportunities for retraining and switching to a different field. Nice, right?
Your personal and professional development are really important to us
Develop Raboskills and stay relevant in the job market
Besides the skills you need for your job, we at Rabobank prioritize 12 other skills. We know that these skills will be essential and relevant in the future, both at Rabobank and beyond, which is why we encourage employees to work on their development.
These are the 12 Raboskills:
- Creativity
- You’re great at coming up with clever ideas and solutions that drive innovation, change and growth.
- Self reflection
- You take the time to reflect on what you’re good at and what you’re less good at, you seek feedback from your colleagues, and apply it to improve your work.
- Emotional Intelligence
- You understand and control your own emotions and recognize other people’s behaviour and emotions. You use this knowledge to inspire and connect with your colleagues.
- Storytelling
- You can express your message in a compelling manner and can adapt it for different audiences.
- Change agility
- You respond to unexpected changes flexibly and can easily adapt to new situations.
- Customer focused
- You understand the needs of our clients and are willing to go the extra mile.
- Professional collaboration
- You take responsibility for the goals of your team and the organization. You actively seek out the ideas, opinions, and contributions of others.
- Data Insights
- You know how to read, write and speak data and analytics in your work.
- Sustainable Practices
- Your choices, actions, and behaviour contribute to a better world for people today and future generations.
- Digital Literacy
- You can navigate the digital world easily. You use the right tools, technologies, and platforms.
- Decision Making
- You thoughtfully plan, refine and prioritize to support your professional judgement, make and execute the decisions for which your are accountable.
- Problem Solving
- I use critical thinking to identify the problem, assess relevant information to define and evaluate various scenarios and implement the best solution.
The Raboskills provide a simple and clear framework which allows you to develop and improve them. We offer courses and training for that purpose. Of course, you don’t need to be an expert in all 12 skills, but you can take the lead to make continuous improvements.